Here it is ... a rainy night in Vancouver and we're getting ready to head off to Calgary on a Canada Post run. From there to Edmonton and back to Delta to pick up a Yukon load leaving Wednesday night. We have a new, unblemished windshield and hopefully it will stay that way for a long while. On the roads here they used gravel rather than sand and the stones get flying pretty easily.


We had lunch today with my son, the constable (Christopher). He's doing real well and is moving this Sunday to a new place in Vancouver with a couple army buddies. He still has his place in Whistler and I've told him he can never sell that place. His cousin, Erin, has come out from Ontario and is staying at his condo while she tries to get a new life started in Whistler.


On our last trip to the Yukon, JoJo took some great pics of the bison there. I've been looking them up on the web and it's very interesting learning about them. There used to be about 30 million of them in North America in the 1800's but rampant hunting nearly decimated them. In the late '70s populations of wood bison were introduced into northwestern Canada and some of the herds have flourished. In efforts to keep them off the roads, various methods have been used including helicopter hazing but the bisons just wait in the woods for the choppers to go away and then come out. We come across the Norquist Herd along highway 97 in BC around the Muncho Lake area. They truly are a magnificent looking animal as you can see here. Imagine running into one of these fellows in the night!


Truffles got out in Whitehorse and tore up some real estate running around the parking lot of the truck stop in her "cold weather gear". She has a blast running around in her booties! I guess it is all of her pent up energy that she blows off from being cooped up in the truck.

Also on our way back on our last trip we had a "Level 1" Vehicle Inspection done at the scale in Prince George. This when they check EVERYTHING on the truck including all the documentation as well. We fared pretty well with just our cracked windshield and our rear licence plate was dangling at the back of the tractor! We've had those items fixed and should pass any other inspections with ease! Hmmm ... I'm amazed I can type with my fingers crossed!!

Time to have a snooze as I'm piloting our rig at 23:00 hours when we leave for Calgary. See ya!