AK Adventure-10/9/07

Got another late start today. We tried to pull out of Prince George, British Columbia this morning, but we had trailer problems. The brakes had failed. So, we called the U-Haul hotline and followed protocal. The rules are, you must call the hotline who will authorize the vehicle be taken into a repair facility. The repair facility we took it to said they could not fix it. Then we had to call the hotline again to get authorization to take the trailer to a U-Haul dealer to have it swapped for a new one. When we arrived, we had to unload the car on the trailer in order to drive it off the trailer, have the replacement put on the RV, and reload the vehicle, and everything in it. When we decided to do this trip we knew things could, and would, go wrong. You shouldn't make an attempt such as this without a flexible attitude. Things will go wrong, and they did. However, it really was not that big of a deal.
Pam drove the RV today. It's one thing to get comfortable with driving an RV across country towing a trailer with a car on it. It's another thing getting comfortable with your wife driving an RV across country towing a trailer with a car on it, while you are in the passenger seat. Had to pull over and address my underwear again.
Saw three black bears today. We pulled over to let the dogs go pee and there was one about 50 yards down the road.
As we get closer to Alaska, gas gets less and less available. So much so that, given the capacity of the vehicle we are driving, relative to available gas, we had to purchase two portable gas cans to take with us as we expect the RV tank to not be enough to get us through certain sections. We stopped in and bought two gas tanks from a gas station operated by some asian individuals. The total cost of the two cans.....$67 DOLLARS. They spoke to each other in an asian language as they rung me up, and I could swear they said, 'Suckers' underneath their breaths.
That's all for today. We leave the Dawson Creek area tomorrow and do not know where we will be stopping from there.
Love to everyone.
Bob and Pam