One last story.
well there are many many more stories that i could tell but that would just be silly. But this one has to be told. As many of you know i drove to Abbotsford with Steve and Jenn, but coming back i was on my own. I left Jones Lake (where i had been camping with Steve, Jenn and all of Jenn's family for the last two days of my trip) at 6 o'clock. Got to Kamloops, filled up the car, got a bite to eat along with getting a few snacks and drinks for the road. I was really enjoying my ride, had the stereo cranked and going along a relatively calm highway. Made it all the way to Golden where i noticed i had half a tank of gas left.... i should really fill up.... ahhh i can do that in Banff im still feeling good dont need to stop yet. then i got to Banff... quarter of a tank left... i should really fill up... ahhh Canmore is just up ahead i'll stop there. VVVVRRRRROOOOOOMMMM drove right past Canmore... no excuse just did... i guess i wanted a little more adventure. (by this time the gas light was on)
once i past canmore i knew it was going to be close, and i was counting Kilometers. you know that petro-can right out side of calgary... yeah i drove past that too. Well i made it into the city.. its 3 am now. and i figure i may as well keep driving. got onto Glenmore, still trucking away... tried to accelerate on 14th... no go. so i pulled into Glenmore Landing to fill up.. stupid speed bumps making you slow down!!! the car stopped moving right at the pumps....only problem is safeway is closed. so i got out and ran all the way up to 24th to the Husky (in barefeet.. its better than running in flipflops) bought a jerry can of gas... called a taxi to drive me back to my car.. emptied the jerry can drove back to the husky filled up and finally went home.
now that was an adventure!
3 Comments:
i love it!
it sounds like the entire trip was great. glad you had a good time. (are you enjoying your stampede breakfasts?)
stampede is great, stampede while working in the oil/gas industry is even better! i got to watch the entire parade from my coffee hangout, i've been to a few breakfasts (along with the 3 that BJ does) i've recieved free 150 dollar rodeo tickets (which meant i had to take off the afternoon to use them) plus many parties and all the rest.
Nice idea with this site its better than most of the rubbish I come across.
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