Emerald Lake Campground at Green Lake Provincial Park BC, Canada
Mileage: 49,434
We did some chores this morning while awaiting a call from the Jeep Dealer. By 9:30 I was on my way to get the finished Jeep with a new serpentine belt! Hooray!!
We traveled to the town of 100 Mile House. We stopped at the information center for guidance. The woman there was great and she suggested Green Lake Provincial Park for camping tonight.
So peaceful here and beautiful. A slight breeze, bright sunshine, blue sky, emerald green lake water, and mild temperatures…a perfect day.
We took our bikes out and cycled on the gently rolling country roads.
We met a guy riding his 1978 classic Honda Scooter. He lives here and he started to tell us about the wildfire last year. He said the fire was 110km long and 100km wide. They had 18 helicopters and 4 planes working all day for 31/2 months to try to eradicate the fire. 33 homes along the lake were lost. There are great black sections of forest visible from across the water.
Later in the afternoon we took the Jeep on a 4WD road.
We were on our way back to our campsite when Tim noticed the steam coming from under the hood of the Jeep. Another shredded serpentine belt…we were 3 or 4 miles from the nearest house…out in the back-country. Tim was able to remove bits of belt. We waited for the engine to cool and crept onward until the engine overheated again. Tim got most of the belt untangled from the engine.
Notice the wet spot under the Jeep…
We were waiting for the engine to cool down again when we saw the fox prowling for his dinner. He didn’t run from us but continued on his mission…before finally trotting down the dirt road. While Tim was under the Jeep I was taking pictures of the fox…and standing guard so that we were not suddenly surprised! Tim didn’t really care much about the fox.
We added water to the still boiling radiator and traveled onward until we overheated again. This time we were on the paved road where there were nearby houses.
Tim used this method:
- A) Putting the car in drive and getting it up to speed
- B) Putting the car in neutral and turning off the engine and coasting down the hill
- C) Turning the engine on and putting the car in drive to get us up the hill…and this is the way that we limped it home!
If you ever use this method…be careful going around corners because without a serpentine belt there is no power steering.
We were both very grateful to be back with the RV. He had a beer and I had some Malbec. We cooked steaks on the grill and laughed about our adventure! I never felt unsafe but I was really glad we didn’t have to walk out of there in the dark!
