Week ending June 1, 2017 Vulcan to Regina

Friday, we went to Okotoks for Taylor's grade 12 graduation ceremony.  There were about 400 grads in the combined Foothills Composite High School and Alberta High School of Fine Arts. 

While we were there, Joan talked to Trever about his utility trailer that we had licensed for him while we were still living in Canmore (over 15 years ago).   He told us we should divest ourselves of the trailer, as he had left it at the shop of a company he worked for quite a while ago, and that he had recently found out that the property was being repossessed by the bank, and that he couldn't find out what happened with the trailer, which still had the plates on it.


Monday, we were scheduled to take the trailer to Vulcan Autoplex to get the bearings repacked.   When the technician arrived, he informed us that we would have to leave the trailer for the week.  When we explained that we lived in the trailer, he said he couldn't do the service today because he is the only person on-site on Monday, and had to handle sales as well.   He said that we should have checked with him, not the person on the parts and services desk when we arranged the appointment.  We asked him how we were supposed to know that.  We were not happy that they couldn't have figured this out when we made the appointment.  We went to Fountain Tire to see if they could do the service by Wednesday.  They said they could do it Wednesday morning, but would phone us by noon if they had a cancellation today.

While we were waiting, Joan went to the Vulcan Registry, and reported the trailer as 'lost', so no tickets on it will come back to us.  We have never had a ticket reported on it over the years, but it is good to know we don't have to be concerned about it.

About 11, Fountain Tire called to let us know they were ready to do the bearings.  They cleared a tent trailer off the pad behind the shop where they do large vehicles.   We were planning to go to Canmore to pick up our inflatable from Elizabeth's crawl space, so we checked what time they close for the day (5pm).  We arranged for them to call us after the work was done, and we would give them a credit card number, and pick up the trailer when we got back from Canmore.   We headed off, stopping in Okotoks to find out our passports had not arrived yet.   Fountain Tire called, checking to see if we knew the hubs were greasable.  We said we had greased them ourselves for the last couple of years, but wanted them checked out.  They said they would do one hub, and decide whether the rest needed repacking or just greasing.  A while later, they called again to say we needed to replace a couple of tires, which we agreed to have them do. It turned out to be a benefit getting the work done at a tire shop.  When we checked back with them about 4:30, the work was done, and our total price including 2 tires was under $500.   It actually turned out to be better that we couldn't get the work done at the Autoplex, as it probably would have cost us that much just to get the bearings done.

On our way from Okotoks towards Millarville, we saw a moose off in the distance. 

After putting our inflatable and its accessories in the truck, we enjoyed some tea and raisin oatmeal cookies with Elizabeth. 


On Tuesday, on our way back from a walk, we stopped at Fountain Tire let them know we got the trailer, and the receipt.  When Joan said that she was thinking about saying the trailer was gone when we got back to pick it up.  The lady at the desk told us that she knew we picked it up, because we parked it at the campground right behind where she was sitting to watch her kids play soccer.

Wednesday, we headed toward Regina.  We stopped at Medicine Hat for some groceries, diesel and treats at Tim Hortons, and donated to their Camp Day program.   We were planning at stopping at Eagle Valley Campground, but since we left at 7:30 we decided to go further.   Shortly after we left town, we called a call from Okotoks to let us know that our passports had arrived by registered mail, and that they would hold them until we got back.   We stopped for ice cream cones at #1 Scoop at Tompkins, one of our favourites.  After a short break, we carried on to Morse, which has a small town campground.   We picked the best of a group of sites, but it was still too narrow between the trees to put out the kitchen slide-out. Even then a branch was rubbing the wall.   We were told that they had 30 amp sites, which was technically correct. However, it is two 15 amp plug-ins.  We plugged in our main power with its 15 amp adapter, and ran an extension cord through the bedroom to run the air purifier. 


Thursday morning, we drove to Kings Acres Campground on the east side of Regina and got set up.