Hey there.

I'm finally set up and running. The computer survived the move just fine. Oh, so did the rest of use. As you can see, our new Email is dougb@mntn.net

We made it here in 4 days, 3 nights. We didn't push it that hard, just drove until about 9 each evening. The dogs got as many pee breaks as they needed. We didn't do any tourist type things as the dogs were too stressed to be left alone for more that a short time at a time. Ryan did most of the driving, we took alternate shifts but his were longer than mine.

We arrived to hot, sunny weather, which lasted until Thursday. Now it's cool and damp. The mountain views from the house are sure nice when it's clear.

We got as far as Lonlac on #11 the first night. At that point we dug out our parkas and toques. We needed them all the way to the BC border. We had blowing snow and sleet in N Ont but not enough to cause any problems. That #11 is a great way to go. I'll never use the lake route again.

Second night found us at Virdon, Manitoba, about 1/2 hour east of the Sask border. I still think the prairies are interesting and enjoyable. We made it to Golden BC that night. That means we were in 4 provinces that day. The Rogers pass was no problem. The Kicking Horse was a white-knuckle drive due to the grades and steep turns. There is almost no snow in the mountains. They are in for a bad fire season.

The last day (Sunday) brought us through the rest of the mountains. The new highway down from Kamloops is spectacular but you have to watch you don't over heat your brakes. There is one hill that is at 6% for 20 miles. It's down hill all the way to Hope. It is summer time green from there on.

We got to the house about 3 pm. Sue had a good home cooked supper waiting for us. She had to fly to Edmonton on Monday morning but she had the evening with us.

Not a whole lot we could do for a few days with no belongings here. Visited Warren. Took the dogs to the vet. They are very itchy; think it's an allergic reaction to a fleabite. The moving truck got here Thursday morning and we had it unloaded by early afternoon. The dust from the boxes and packing paper is making us stuffed up but we can clean that up once we are un packed.

Found out that the garbage gets pulled apart by birds here. They are crows or something and they make a mess like the raccoons do back home.

Sue is in the office today, then she has the week off. I will make timing arrangements with Carol to pick up Ryan on the 13th. He and I intend to hike up the Chief sometime this coming week.

Better get back to unpacking.

Doug