Gloria in Exelsis Deo

Our trip has hit a few bumps!  After closing up our house and having had toast and coffee at A&W we had traveled over three hundred kilometers on good roads (dry with stretches of compact snow). Coming down the last major hill before entering the Fraser Valley we were being passed by a truck trailer. All of a sudden we were in a total white out situation and hit the left barrier first before ending up nose first in the snow embankment on the right hand side of the road. Thankfully there were no other vehicles behind us… that morning I had packed our shovel just in case. Margreet got a ride some minutes later with another driver to get to Hope and  during that ride waswithin cellphone coverage area and able to call BCAA.

Long story short: I was able to get out of the bank with the help of another vehicle and made it to Hope. It took some doing to connect up with Margreet again (phone calls to Langley,  Armstrong,  the towing company and BCAA). One look from the tow truck driver and he was off to get the flatbed tow truck as he figured  the rear axle was bent and we would ruin the tire in short order driving it on dry roads (it felt wobbly on the compact snow but there was enough ‘slide’ for the tire to be okay).

We arrived at our friends (Fred and Edel) in Langley and had enough time to have a light lunch and write up a report for ICBC, authorizing Fred to represent us: thank you for friends!!

We made it to the airport in good time. Checking in and going through security was a breeze. I (Henk) was asked to have a full body scan done…they let me loose after that, so must have not scared them too much.

Thanks for all your prayers and love…reporting from YVR.