Transmission leaks, Tombstone trolls and German tourists, Summer on the road begins

So finally we departed on our quest. Currently we are camped beside Williamson lake near the rapidly growing town of Revelstoke. Uma is just falling asleep while Joyee sings her lullabys. But let's recap our past week and a half. Departed Friday june 11th at around 3pm Arrived in Cultus lake around 5pm just in time for dinner. Our friends the Howdens(Alex, Nancy, Reece and Jesse) were kind enough to have us for the night. Nancy whipped us up some venison burgers for dinner and the boys entertained Uma while she sat in the high chair.

The next day we discovered that there was transmission oil all over the underside of the bus, not good. Aamco was accomadating and set us up with a shop in Chilliwack, only thing was this wouldn't be till Monday Morning.

Sunday and Monday was spent making some upgrading to the bus. Alex suggested he could weld up a couple of frames the prop up the tool box in order to make room for a spare tire, oil and wood. Splendid Idea. We also painted out the window where the wood stove is since we couldn't put a curtain there. After some inspection at J&A Transmission it turned out it was a minor fix, a little tightening and we were good to go again, well at least till Kelowna anyways.

Off we went to Silver lake near Hope. I've been going to this spot for years and a knew it would be a good spot to relax for a few days before heading over the hills. We stayed Tueady Wednesday night, beautiful, peaceful just what we needed.

Kelowna was next, we timed it so that Uma slept most of the drive. We rolled into Beyond the Crux Climbing gym at around 4pm, the parking lot would be the home for the next 2 nights. Mike Shannon was up to his usual tricks. We still had some errands to run that we didn't get done before we left North Van, the gym gave us a good central location to ride around on our bikes. It was easier than driving in a lot of ways, especially traffic is totally insane. We became BCAA memeber, went to the farmers market, got a longer hose for the propane tank, purchased a used tire to be our spare, and best of all, we had the transmission checked once again at the Aamco. Another small leak, arg, not sure how common it is to have this many leaks, but I think we are going to have it checked when we get to Calgary as well. Two more nights at Mike and April's place up on the hill and we were ready to move on again. The last thing to do was to get veggie oil. Luckily our friend Annis worked at Prospera Place which had 10 fryers, yahoo. We filled our boots and noted a good place to stop for oil when trying to get back to Vancouver to visit.

From Kelowna we headed North east along the trans Canada until we hit Revelstoke. A little stop at Mara lake for a swim and here we are.