Yes!  It is extremely rare (not sure one has ever been done!) that a blog post is done regarding a travel day.  But here it is.

It is only a hop, skip and a jump from Telkwa/Smithers to another Princely city – Prince Rupert – following the beautiful and wide Skeena River much of the way.  At Moricetown is a village of 800 Wet’suwet’en First Nation people, who salmon fish in the crashing whitewater of the Moricetown Canyon.  They were here this morning fishing with their nets.

Hold on tight.

E has a fascination for bridges and waterfalls;-)  So, while looking up Freightliner service centers along the way, she was also happily snapping away – –

“While looking for a Freightliner service center?” you say.  Yes – it is true.  While our trips seem all rosy – there are days of frustration when things do go wrong.  So, for the second time in three days we were looking for Freightliner.  Thankfully ‘Mr. Premium Truck & Trailer’ owns two such facilities exactly on our travel route.  Wednesday we were in the Prince George facility and Friday in the Terrace facility.  Thankfully Magic’s issue was only that of a leaky rear axel seal (Wednesday on the driver side – Friday on the passenger side), which didn’t require ordering parts and the service people were knowledgeable and efficient.  The Terrance stop gave us 2 hours to hit the local Safeway, which had several items we were unable to find in prior stops (Canada is not BIG on Mexican food, apparently) and a Starbucks;-)

Magic – now good as new AGAIN – was ready for the Yukon Territory and beyond.  But, first a few nights stay in Prince Rupert.

E & G – Off to see the Grizzlies