Sunday, 1 June 2008

We left Edmonton and headed for Winnipeg, there was nothing for us there so we were despatched to Sioux City in Iowa to collect 5 tractors. The temp in Winnipeg was +9 and sunny, we crossed the border into USA and headed through North Dakota on interstate 29 (i29), you can see on the photos how the weather changed.
We drove through South Dakota in blizzards and white outs, eventually stopping in Watertown for the night.The next morning we spent 2 hours digging the truck out of 2 ft of snow :0.
A few miles down the i29 and the snow had cleared, we collected the tractors and headed back to Canada across Iowa into Wisconsin skirted Chicago, through Michigan and back into Canada. The snow was continually following us.
We crossed the border at 1000 Islands, the islands are a millionaires paradise, these photos don't give the right impression but I've seen some that are beautiful.
The tractors were to be delivered in Norton, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. We couldn't even find Norton NB on the map so we inputted the address into our faithful Tom Tom and found the route. We discussed taking a slightly different route but after the Virginia trip decided to go with Tom. As we waited for the ferry to cross the river, we began to doubt the route Tom had sent us. The truck just about fit on the ferry, and hitting icebergs as we crossed definately made it interesting ;). The deliveries in NS were completed and we headed home for a few days rest.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

hi you two, glad to see you are having some fun in among the hard work.... look after yourselves and keep safe!
Chris

Rosie said...

thanks Chris, yeah having a brill time. Jasmin and Leon are here next week, then Gemma and Ryan at the end of August, w ejust need to find a house now lol.