Finally, a WiFi at a campsite.

Well, it's been quite a while since I've been able to access the blog to update any followers that I might have, or still remain. June 4th was more repair, June 4th was off to Jiffy Lube for and oil change, transmission flush and differential check. After some back and forth, the agreed upon transmission fluid check was waved off by Jiffylube.  Back to Sven's and we dropped the tranny pan, drained the ATF, got the wrong filter, scraped the previous goo off the pan and transmission (thick silicone sealer one should never use), reassembled, refilled,. and yes, it too was back. June 5th saw Sven packing his gear into 'The Ceilidh'. I won't list the number of things we attended to during the 'refit', but they were exhaustive! On the evening of the 5th we retreated to the brand new Legion at Port Moody and our gang of Bruce, Shannon, Betty, Larry, Sven & myself, Iain and Irene, toasted our imminent departure.

Thursday, June 6th and we're off at the break of ...  13:53. I drove off in the wee beastie toward our evenings destination, close to downtown Princeton. The Ceilidh was swaying, surging, tires thumping, but otherwise the drive train was running smoothly.

Approaching Chilliwack we stopped at an RV shop for an end piece for our blackwater hose. Naturally we had to improvise. The we asked the techie to look at our tires. He filled them to 60#, all but the rear, outside passenger dually.  The valve stem has been partially crushed and won't take air. So, we left Chilliwack for Princeton on tires at 60# rather than 25# and 32# etc..  Not surprisingly the chariot ran far more smoothly and we managed Alison Pass (Manning Park) with ease, reaching Betty and Larry at the first campground of the journey, Yay!

Friday, June 7th and we're off for points east. Travelling at cruising speeds of 100km, we stopped at the railway museum at Midway.  Highly recommended, with exhibits for ranching, railway, early schooling, community and other small town memorabilia that folks would not likely recognize.

Who can identify this item? No, not the cowboy hat the chest thing...

Larry, Betty and the redoubtable Sven at the train museum at Midway.

After our tour of Midway, we ventured to Greenwood for lunch and decent fish and chips, their daily special.  Greenwood is famous for being the smallest 'city' in Canada and for being the home of interred Japanese grandparents of NHL star, Paul Kariya.

From there we traveled on find a campground at Christina Lake, complete with showers and an early evening.