The Great Alaskan Adventure

Today we were planning to drive half way to Squamish. Everything packed up and we were on the road by about 10:45. We made no stops all morning because there really wasn’t anything “Photo Worthy” so we ended up stopping for lunch at this neat little gift shop that had a little picnic area in front. I got out of the truck to go into the trailer to make lunch and ended up stopping dead in my tracks! The back tire on the trailer was not there anymore.......the rim with some black frills was still there but nothing you could actually describe as a tire! Uh....Oh! We have no idea when it happen or where but it must have been a ways back judging by the lack of tire. We never felt or heard the tire blow which was kind of scary. Colin and Ed made quick work of putting on the spare....(Thank Goodness there was one!) This definitely qualifies as the longest lunch break ever.....unhitch the truck, raise the trailer, remove tire, get spare tire from under trailer, put tire on, lower trailer, blow tire up to pressure, hook truck back on, clean up tools......and don’t forget we had to eat lunch in there somewhere too!
Thank goodness the rest of the trip today was uneventful. We landed in the Gold Trail Camp Ground, a small, clean and neat place, $14.00 for full hook-ups and for $9.95 you got an all you can eat buffet with either, steak, ribs, chicken or salmon. The owner was the cook and waiter and also guided you into your parking spot......and ended up he used to live in Fergus.....doesn’t that just beat all. The guy was quite the character.