957 June 15, 2023 Fixing Things

We were ready to pull into the shop at 7am. 

Unfortunately, they couldn’t accommodate us until 9am.  We then waited in the very comfortable lounge in huge leather recliners.  There was TV and a very nice coffee maker.  We even had our own bathroom.  We used their WIFI and spent a lot of time on our phones.  It was cold and rainy and very windy and so we were content to be inside. 

At noon, we took the Jeep out to lunch at the Granary Kitchen. 

Barrie was a great mechanic and he kept us informed with every step in the process of diagnosing and then fixing the cracked connector hoses for the diesel exhaust system. 

By 4pm, he had finished.  We paid and we were on our way!

We traveled north to Edmonton where we stopped at The Tire Spot.  The Jeep had been showing low tire pressure in the right front tire and we wanted it fixed.  This was a small one-man shop. When we called him at 5pm, he told us that he would stay until we arrived.  He was pleasant and professional.  He had all the right stuff to do the job.  He found a small one-inch screw embedded in the tire.  In thirty minutes, the tire was back on the Jeep.  The man would not accept payment.  Tim offered a second time and the man said he would be offended.  He wanted to help us and it was his pleasure to do so.  WOW! 

At 6:30 we were back on the road.  We didn’t know what we were having for dinner or where we were staying for the night but we were fixed! We are so grateful that the RV didn’t break down earlier on the trip in a remote location. We were very lucky that we were in a town that had a professional truck care center.

We ate raw veggies and crackers and we found a Walmart in Whitecourt about another 100 miles away.  Route 43 will take us all the way to the Alaskan Highway.  So far, the road has been great.  We will see how it changes as we travel further north.  Tim drove until 8:30 and we stopped for the night.