Marlipops and The Captain learned all about pouring concrete bridge supports today.
Our Banff campsite had a checkout time of 11.00 am, so we left at 11.03 coz we are rebels.
We got to Calgary at 1.30, and promptly broke down. The engine just died, and we were right before a stop light. Dead as a Dodo. Not a glimmer. Kaput.
So, we did all the AAA things, got a flat bed tow truck arranged etc etc. “we’ll be there within two hours” they told us.
5 hours later, the truck finally showed up. By that time we had watched the nearby bridge construction crew pour 10 million tons of concrete, and we had resorted to counting the squished bugs on the windshield, and the number of cars permitted through each traffic light cycle (9 at this intersection).
There was evidently a big construction project going on nearby, as lots of big double trailer dirt hauling trucks came by time and time again. We got on first name terms with some of them!!
One guy even stopped his truck in the middle of the road and asked us if we were going to camp there for the night!
To be fair, several people stopped to offer help, but not one of them was a cop.
Interesting.
It took the moronic tow truck driver another hour and a half to load us on to the trailer, at one point we had to even manually push the coach backwards!!
We eventually got the coach dropped off at Cummins Diesel at around 9.45, and finally got into a Super 8 Motel (at a mere $150 night, for the most basic of motels) At least we had full hook ups!!
So, we are not sure what is wrong, hopefully just a fuel filter or other fuel related glitch, coz as we were off loading the coach, I started it. The tow truck driver said that the ride to Cummins may have shooken something loose, so I turned the key and bingo, it started. Then, I touched the brake pedal, the engine died. Did it twice more, both times the engine died. So, we don’t know. It’s with the experts, we hope!
We were told it could be there all week, they are busy, backed up, a holiday weekend ahead, blah, blah, blah. It must be an American company, all the BS we heard.
So tomorrow, we are going to beg.
We did see an unusual sunset type event late at night. Check the pic.
Wildlife watch today was two bored Rolling Hills.
