Monday, June 24, 2013

"North to Alaska"...Day 20...Sunday, June 23, 2013

Wow...for the first time in days, I wake up to warm and sunny weather...no rain.
I make coffee in the French Press...yoghurt and granola for breakfast. Later, a welcome shower and shave.
It rained last night, so Cousin Bill's caulk job on his camper was not successful. We just need to "hole up" somewhere without rain and make a few repairs.
We head out around 9:00 for Grande Prairie...about 270 miles away. It's a pretty uneventful drive, except for the 100 mile stretch through "Moose Alley". This area has the highest incidence of "moose accidents" in all of Canada. We don't see (or hit) any...mainly because the Provincial government has "twinned" the road in the last few years.
I was not able to program the address for our campground into my Garmin...so...as we head into Grande Prairie, we're "winging it". We get lost...we're both "cranky"...we "snipe" at one another. But...we're "family", so that is soon forgotten. And...thanks to some helpful "Albertans", and their good directions, we at last arrive at Happy Trails Campground.
Manhattans and cocktail "snacks" follow. Bill makes a mean batch of au jus, and we have French Dip Sandwiches wahed down with a nice red blend from California.
We're going to stay over here tomorrow. Bill has to fix his camper leaks, and we need to replace the shelf in the rear hatch of my camper...it has totally detached and collapsed.

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