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The pilgrimage to Calgary……

Just a warning for travel this time of year in rural areas...bambi's daddies are all out looking for girlfriends this time of year and as with anybody chasing women...all reason & common sense goes out the window, they can be on a road any time of day, their time to chase is short & they don't stop for sleep or broad daylight.
 
David_R8 said:
Now anything close to zero is cold.
Ask @YotaBota and @francist...a west coast zero or below goes right through a person!
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I believe that. I've walked around Thompson Manitoba and Kapuskasing Ontario in a flannel shirt at 55 below zero and was not cold. But 5 below in Windsor or Ottawa or Vancouver goes right through you like a knife. I've always thought it related to wind chill somehow or maybe humidity but at those temperatures there is no water in the air no matter where you are!

Just thinking about that for a second, maybe it's the opposite! Setting aside the direct chilling effect of moving air for a moment. Since air at - 55 can't hold water, there can't be an evaporation effect to increase windchill. But at freezing temps the air will hold a little water so the extra wind chill becomes very real!

I dunno. What I do know is that - 5 in Windsor or Vancouver or Ottawa will damn near kill you and 55 below in Kapuskasing or Saskatchewan "can be" downright nice. Especially if you throw a pot-full of boiling water into the air!

Btw, I've actually carried propane around just like water in an open pail at 50 below....... What an amazing experience that was!
 
Currently watching Shawn make travel sandwiches after a trip out to his shop :p Lathe is looking sweet and ask him about his welding table vent hood - cool idea !!

The trip starts again tomorrow morning early and we will be enroute to Regina!!!

Weather on the way - snow squalls and crap up to Sudbury, sun came out and we were the only truck on the highway up to Nipigon. Got busy there but clear skies and arrived about 7:55 pm local to a great feast!!
 
It gets a bit sketchy for service despite the ability to see the repeater towers.?! Cmitch got a few nice pics of the land and sea and sun setting. It was tricky out of a road salted window but the scenery is amazing!!! I heard a lot of - OH Wow’s
 
Brent H said:
Oh and - there is no cell service for about 6 hours of the drive :oops:
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I can relate to this. I walked about 30 km from west of Upsala ,Ontario to Upsala on a very early Sunday morning when my U-haul truck had an issue. Not a vehicle on the road very early in the morning. It wasn't until late Sunday night I was back on my way. Hard to forget that day.

Edit.....I just remembered the prehistoric mosquitos......I was the only food for them for miles..... lol 978e77b4-47cc-11e8-85b3-af25d27017e0_1320x770_151758.jpg

lol...stock photo......but that is what they felt like.....
 
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Perry said:
I can relate to this. I walked about 30 miles from west of Upsala ,Ontario to Upsala on a very early Sunday morning when my U-haul truck had an issue. Not a vehicle on the road very early in the morning. It wasn't until late Sunday night I was back on my way. Hard to forget that day.
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30 miles??? Are your sure? Or did it just feel like 30 miles:p
 
YYCHM said:
30 miles??? Are your sure? Or did it just feel like 30 miles:p
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I changed it.....it was kms, but it felt like 100 miles. It was over an hour and a half walk. Probably closer to two hours. Sun was coming up when I made it to Upsala. I spent most of the day at a service station sitting outside by a payphone.

The truck started to overheat so I pulled over. Popped the hood. Serpintine belt laying on top of the engine. I spent a long time trying to figure out the correct routing. No matter which way I fed it on, it was too slack. No real tensioner in the system. When I finally gave up, I reached up to close the hood and there was a map of the belt layout. After looking at it for a while I realized I was missing one pulley. The tension pulley had sheared clean off along a casting line. It looked like a clean factory cut. So easy to miss it.

So U-hauls plan was to send out a replacement truck. How was I going to unload and load a truck by myself in the middle of no where. Plus I was towing a sports car on a trailer. I talked them into sending out a tech with the part that was required. I listed every tool we would need. The tensioner If I remember correctly needed a Torx or Triple square bit to remove it. Back then those where not too common. Tech shows up with no bit. At least he had the correct part.

Memories.....lol
 
Brent H you should be in luck with SK travel, plus 12 on Sunday is the forecast. Lots of frost coming out of the roads yesterday on a trip into Saskatoon.
 
Have a safe day guys, We have driven that route a few times, get ready for another day of rocks and trees.
Once you hit Kenora or so you should be able to see Calgary in the distance.:)
Its a different trip it takes 2 days to get out of Ontario and then you can blast across a couple of provinces in a day.
Take care.
 
yesterday just past Sudbury:
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The cool rocks on the route

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Just past Sault Ste Marie (1200 hours local (1000 in Calgary))

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Past Wawa and heading towards Thunder Bay ( about 1500 hours local)

Lake a superior:
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Next stop was Thunder Bay about 1945 local!!
 

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Brent H said:
@ShawnR and C’mitchie are fuelling up and I am going to pump bilges one last time!!
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Never heard the bilge pumping analogy before. I laughed my self silly! Your coast gaurd roots are seeping through....... :D

I didn't notice before, is @ShawnR joining you for the prairie leg?

I can see why you have been everywhere but the Prairie. No need for Coast Gaurd land busting..... Yet.

Again, safe travels to all.
 
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