White lake park I wake very nice morning fog on the lake and head south within minutes of getting up. Again lots of road construction, top up at $1.27 in a mining town near Hemlo Gold mine $0.14 cent less than staying on the Trans-Canada. Arrive in Parry Sound just after 4pm. Talk to Ellen for a while and decide I'd like my bed tonight rather her pullout. Arriving home by 8:30. driving 1020km today.
Trip Totals:
Distance 20,301km,
Most expensive Camp: White Lake Ontario $42.86,
Least Tweedsmuir Atnarko Free as the ranger never showed up.
Best deal: Anywhere in the Yukon
Hotels 2 nights $270. Camp sites $175. Auto maintenance $225
Total spent $3506. or $135/day fuel economy 43.8 mpg or about 7.2 cent per km.
Video time lapse still working on them.
Thursday, 6 September 2018
Tuesday Aug 21st Ontario slow go with lots of road construction
Leaving Winnipeg full a full tank and spare allowed my to drive through Thunder Bay where the most expensive fuel seems to be, passing stations showing $1.48ltr up just $0.30 a litre, filling up at the Sault Ste Marie $1.30. I did drop at Agawa native post for some smoked trout. $13/lb time up a lot from 2 years ago when I paid $9. Its just 10am and the post having another big day.
I mess up of shifting the clock in the car by an hour and so pulled into White Lake Provincial thinking it 6:30 when its was 5:30. Still a very long day of road construction stoppage. Fires are allow tonight and I pick a site by the lake, have a fire, walk around the park, lots of mushrooms around many are edible but I left my book at home so no picking. Tonight my most expensive camp site $42.86, park is mostly empty. By the lake they have docks for campers bring their boats, first park I see that. A beaver swims by in the early evening. Driving just 757km today.
I mess up of shifting the clock in the car by an hour and so pulled into White Lake Provincial thinking it 6:30 when its was 5:30. Still a very long day of road construction stoppage. Fires are allow tonight and I pick a site by the lake, have a fire, walk around the park, lots of mushrooms around many are edible but I left my book at home so no picking. Tonight my most expensive camp site $42.86, park is mostly empty. By the lake they have docks for campers bring their boats, first park I see that. A beaver swims by in the early evening. Driving just 757km today.
Monday Aug 20th Heading Home Fast
Starting about 80 short of Creston along hwy 3 into Fernie BC ski resort fuel up at $1.20 the lowest in BC and given the spare ensure that I avoid buying fuel in Alberta. Fire zone once again, although on the mountain side there does not seem any local effort to put it out. Onto Crowsnest pass which I though was a much harder climb, it seemed to go by pretty easy. On the Alberta side it has become a whole resort area. After this pass the mountains are behind me, low rolling hills.
Hwy 3 links up with the Trans-Canada at Medicine Hat and I continue on the Trans-Canada until Wayburn turning onto Hwy 39 south east. Highway 39 is a road that is your alignment is perfect you could like go to sleep for an hour or two and still be on the right ride of the road. At it widest from the Trans-Canada is drifts 98km south but it links into hwy 18 and that end in the south east end of the circle road around Winnipeg. Allowing me to avoid the traffic nightmare of both cities. Finishing today's drive about 80km east of Kenora. The last time I drove highway 18 the oil boom was in full force, hoppers everywhere pumping fast, small farm towns extremely busy with pick-up trucks and local bar advertised drinks at $18 on a large sign outside. Today quiet the housing development offering lots for 50% off and the bar scene nothing. Many hoppers were either shut or pumping slowly. What a difference 2 years makes.
Big driving day today 1997km a new personal longest 1 day drive.
Hwy 3 links up with the Trans-Canada at Medicine Hat and I continue on the Trans-Canada until Wayburn turning onto Hwy 39 south east. Highway 39 is a road that is your alignment is perfect you could like go to sleep for an hour or two and still be on the right ride of the road. At it widest from the Trans-Canada is drifts 98km south but it links into hwy 18 and that end in the south east end of the circle road around Winnipeg. Allowing me to avoid the traffic nightmare of both cities. Finishing today's drive about 80km east of Kenora. The last time I drove highway 18 the oil boom was in full force, hoppers everywhere pumping fast, small farm towns extremely busy with pick-up trucks and local bar advertised drinks at $18 on a large sign outside. Today quiet the housing development offering lots for 50% off and the bar scene nothing. Many hoppers were either shut or pumping slowly. What a difference 2 years makes.
Big driving day today 1997km a new personal longest 1 day drive.
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