Preparing for the Road

Evening of Thursday 4th Aug. Not much happening the past few days, left Vancouver Tuesday morning to head to Langley to pick up the camper, about an hour on the train, and then another hour or so on bus then a 5 min walk for Doug while I waited on the side of the road with the bags. A short drive to Abbotsford to sort out changing of the registration which took a hr or 2. Wednesday was spent getting tyres, sim card for some WiFi, and seeing what we needed to get a bike rack on. A quote of $1700 for a tow hitch and bike rack sent Doug looking for other options. Firstly to Fraser RV, to see if they had other suggestion, but got sidetracked looking at new vans and trailers - certaintly nice but decided our oldie van would do us. They did suggest we try "Capt'n Crunch" who had a lot RVs getting crush and may have a tow hitch that would be suitable. We did find one still attached to a van so with only 10 minutes before closing made arrangements to come back the next morning. So another night spent in Abbotsford, this time ignored the NO overnight parking signs at Walmart because the trailer layby area behind it where we stayed the previous was pretty dodgy as a homeless camp and noisy right nxt to the highway. Had to purchase spanner, drills etc but DIY Doug got the tow hitch off, payed $100 and we were on our way heading north towards Kamloops. Stopped at Bridal Veil Falls on the way for a small walk and viewing before carrying on highway 1. Certainly exciting to be driving through mountains finally. Stopped at Stump lake about 30 minutes south of Kamloops for the nights. Battery was now charged for the drill so Doug fitted the tow hitch - I'm hoping he got those bolts done up tight 🤔, and I cooked dinner. A pleasant dip in the lake afterwards was a great way to finish the day. Tomorrow onwards to Kamloops to buy some bikes.Læs mere