HOMEWARD BOUND

Well, I have been told that once the horse is dead, one should cease to flog it.  We were not finding any legal elk or mule deer, and my host Larry was getting behinder and behinder in his farm chores, so I reckoned it was time to cut my hunt short and head back east.  I still have a number of planned adventures ahead of me for the next month or so, and a bit more time for those is not a bad thing.

First day out I stopped in Prince George BC to get the oil changed on the F-250.  Larry chided me for not having done this previously on the trip.  The owner's manual (YES I am a male person, but YES I did read the manual!) says to change the oil every 15,000 km.  Seems they are talking about regular driving, in warm climes, and without a ton and a half of camper onboard.

Yesterday the odometer rolled over the ten thousand kilometre mark since I left home five weeks ago.  Ten thousand klicks, about 2000 litres of diesel fuel, roughly three thousand bucks worth, and a few callouses on my pink little bottom from the hours in the saddle.  "And miles to go before I sleep."

Last night I stopped in Hinton AB to meet a fellow firearms enthusiast, Blair P aka 99trix on Gun Nutz.  We had a marvellous time looking at his extensive collection of old Savage lever action rifles and associated kit.  Here we are:

That's a couple old Savages with a couple old Savages......

And today I am headed to Edmonton and then afterwards on to Cold Lake.

A couple more pictures:

That is one of the squawfish er I mean Northern Pikeminnow that I caught on the Nechako River in central BC.

My new buddy Blair with a (VERY Rare) Montreal Home Guard rifle from WW I.

Doug