We spent the last night (Wednesday) at Greeny Lake in the 108 Mile area. We snagged the last campsite with a lake view and the weather was warm – actually make that hot. The kids jumped into the lake to cool down while I tried to dry things out from our not so dry week in Haida Gwaii. Our camping neighbours had their pig with them at the campsite… In the evening Jeff and I saw 3 river otters in the lake and no one had a camera…
We left Greeny Lake at 6:30am on Thursday to make our way back home. Just past Cache Creek on the Hwy 97S, the trailer tire blew as we were coming around a corner. We inspected the damage and moved the trailer further up the road where it was safer to swap the spare tire on. What we thought was a flat tire turned out to be worse… The suspension was damaged and there was a hole in the floor board when the tire separated.
We limped 25km to Fraserway RV in Kamloops. Fortunately it wasn’t too far and traffic was light. In addition to fixing the suspension and the undercarriage, the axle has to be replaced too. We left the trailer in Kamloops and since it was already 1pm we grabbed something at A&W and proceeded on our way.
When we got to the Coquihalla, we were looking forward to getting home and having a nice shower. Unfortunately that would have to wait.. An accident closed the Coquihalla and so there we were, sitting in the truck with no where to go…
We finally got home at 7pm – what a long day! I think our RV’ing might be put on hold for the rest of the year as the repairs will probably take months..
We’re happy to be home now – home before the long weekend.
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