| [GMCnet] Thoughts on the Trans-Canada Rolling Rally [message #182466] |
Thu, 30 August 2012 19:24  |
James Hupy
Messages: 6806
Registered: May 2010
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Wow, where do I start? Praise, Complaints? Praise first. Started out in
White Rock, BC with a Cascaders Rally. Great food, great hosts, (not even
GMCers) and then there is Dwayne and Sharon Jacobsen. Started out as casual
acquaintances, parted at Niagra by the lake as great friends. A real tear
jerker of a goodbye. Glen and Darlene, and Sandy as well. It was really
quiet as Judy and I made our way to the USA/Canada border crossing at Port
Huron. Canada is a wild and for the large part uninhabited place, only the
cities have cellular service or WIFI connections. Vast distances with no
cell service are difficult for people like me who are accustomed to posting
daily. Dwayne took some professional quality still digital photos. I mainly
used my new hand held video camera, and also got some "money" shots, but
they will need editing before posting. We did it all, Whistler, 13%
upgrades and downgrades, Fraser River Canyon, Hells Gate Tram, Banff,
Jasper, Lake Louise and the aerial Tram there, Drumheller Museum,
Dinosaurs, Alberta oil boom towns, Saskatoon, Vast prairies of mostly wheat
and corn. Ontario Thunder Bay, the Terry Fox Memorial, The great lakes,
(got some great shots of Judy and Sharon wading in the lake at Old Woman
Bay), Niagra Falls up close on "Maid of the Mist" boats that take you
almost into the decending waters of horseshoe falls, got quite wet. Wine
tasting with friends in a GMC, both with Sharon and Jerry Work, and later
with Dwayne and Sharon Jacobsen. You guys that did not participate missed a
real adventure. Maybe will try to post some of the pix in the next couple
of days. Finally got about half mad, and bought a new cell phone that
doubles as a internet "hot spot". If you have cell signal, you also have
internet. Should have gotten it before we started. Lesson Learned the hard
way. Promised WIFI in campgrounds that was not delivered was more the rule
than the exception. The one bright spot is Tim Horton Coffee shops. Their's
always seemed to work well. More when I think of it.
Jim Hupy and Judy Countermine
Salem, Or
78 GMC Royale 403
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