Day 8
Dec 16

Last night we had an early night as the time change jet lag is catching up to us.  Had supper at Boston Pizza last night and then before we left Brandon we had the hotel continental breakfast before hitting the road this morning.  Got into Medicine Hat and tried getting the outfit washed up and looking half decent.  Checked into the Heritage in Brooks for the night.

On the road at 6:30 am from our motel at Kaministiquia(try pronouncing that) and proceeded to the Upsala truck stop for a tasty breakfast. After enjoying bacon and eggs, it's back to truckin on wet but clear and smooth roads. They pour salt on the roads even when the sun is shining and the road is bare. We seen them doing it this morning. There were trucks pulled over in various spots adding washer fluid. We went trough 3 gallons in Ontario. After seeing 1765 moose signs, there they were, three moose at the side of the road. These roads are narrow so we were in close proximity to them. However, we  made good time in spite of the 90 km speed limit probably to conserve energy. we ran 12 over like everyone else and didn't suffer any consequences till a half hour into Manitoba. What a poor excuse for a highway and it's the trans Canada. It was horrible till west of Portage where it became fair. We pulled in to Brandon at 5:30 and are holed up in a Motel 6, ready to walk over to Boston Pizza for a hearty supper. Early to bed and back to work tomorrow.

Day 6 Dec 14

Got going about 7 AM and had an awesome breakfast at the Train Station Restaurant in Cochrane ON before we headed west. Hit some rain & snow on the way to Thunder Bay only to have the GPS take us downtown Thunder Bay and on very narrow streets to find a hotel/motel.  But we finally got ourselves back on track and got a room at the Timberland Lodge in Kaministiquia ON which is about 40 minutes west of Thunder Bay. We Saw 3 wrecks and one was a bad one involving two semis.
We also saw a large grain ship on Lake Superior.
All traveling and no stops for pictures.  The truck is big and this is strictly a business trip.

Day 5 Dec 13

The morning started with Gerry walking a good block to the Green Foods parking lot where the truck was parked to get it started and warmed up.  Back to motel for continental breakfast.  Then we both walked with the bags to the truck and once we got out of west Ottawa we were headed for North Bay.  Had lunch, fueled truck, put on new wiper blades then we headed for Cochrane.  Got booked into the Thrift Lodge and walked about 200 feet to the restaurant for a light supper.
Another days of no pictures. LOL

Day 4 Dec 12
We left Edmundston NB at 7AM. Road a bit dicey for the first hour.  We bi-passed Quebec City.  Saw the St Lawrence River.  It took us 1 hour to get thru Montreal on the Bi-pass road.  Then it was off to Ottawa where it took 1 hour & 10 minutes on the Bi-pass road.  Traffic was even worse than the Deerfoot in rush hour.  Had wind shield wiper problems.  Fixed them the best we could till later. Then going thru Ottawa on the bi-pass road it took 1 hour & 10 minutes to go 16 KMs.  Got a room at the Comfort Inn west of Ottawa.  Gerry had to park the unit at the Green Foods parking lot for the nite
We went to the Mandarin for smog.  Was very good but pricey!!!!!!
Now Gerry will worry about the truck all night as it might be pretty cold in the morning.

Day 4 Dec 12

We left Edmundston NB at 7AM. We Bi-passed Quebec City.  Saw the St Lawrence River. It took us  over 1 hour to get thru Montreal on the Bi-pass road.  Wind shield wiper problems.  Then it was off to Ottawa which took 1 hour & 10 minutes on the bi-pass road.  It was even worse than the Deerfoot during the rush hour. Got into the Comfort Inn west of Ottawa.  Gerry has truck parked in the Foods Green parking lot up the street.  We went to the Mandarin Restaurant for smorg.  Even better than the Phoenix in Red Deer, but pricey!!!!  The waiter knew Jason Kenny from his position as Immigration Minister and wanted to know if we thought that he would win the election over Notley.
Now Gerry will worry about the truck all night as it is to go down to -12C.

Day 3 Dec 11

Got a good nights sleep as we had bee up for 19 hours.  After a continental breakfast Don picked us up from the hotel and took us to where the truck & trailer was.  They were having light problems so we did not get on the road till 10:30.  We stopped for lunch at Lumberjack Subs in Youngs Cove NB. Back on the road and got to Edmundston as it was starting to get dark.  Have stopped for the night at a Best Western and will order in a pizza later.
Some how the lap top will not down load pictures.  SORRY

Day 2 Dec 10th

Today started at 3:30 AM and we went via taxi to the airport.  Got checked in & had a very good breakfast at Chillies.  Plane left on time at 7 AM and we headed for Toronto, Ontario. We were in a 737-800 and had a smooth flight.  Had a two hour lay over before getting onto a Bombardier Q400 turbo prop.  Into Moncton NB at 7PM NB time.  We left Calgary in the dark and arrived in Moncton in the dark.  We flew West Jet and they we're superb.  We have a connection at 7:30 AM to be picked up by the people that Kings bought the truck  our ride home.  We're at the newest Holiday Inn and we got Swiss Chalet delivered right to our room.
The WIFI does not seems to work properly so we cannot up load our pictures, so no pictures tonite so far.

Dec 8
Day 1

We're off again, but this time no motorcycles.  You've heard of trains, planes & automobiles?  Well no trains.
Jason from Kings Energy took us to Calgary to the Holiday Inn.  Had a good supper.
We are going to the airport in the morning with the shuttle 4:30 AM.
Hope the weather hangs in there.

Me trying to get hooked up to internet and trying to down load this picture.  We succeeded. LOL