The next day I saddled up to head home.
Roads were beyond bad.
Between Princeton & Hope I never got above 60 Kph in 4x4.
Saw 13 semi's and 24 vehicles ditched.
Some were not survivable crashes...
Made it to my Buddy's place in Van again over crappy roads in time to take him out to celebrate his birthday with a fine dinner.
Then back for more BS'ing and a few rums.
Overnight it snowed 1.5 feet in Vancouver.
My normal 25 minute run to the ferry stretched over an hour.
First 2 sailings cancelled, but they honored my reservation.
Third last vehicle on Das Boat.
Arriving in Nanaimo, I realized the Island had gotten smoked by the snow storm too.
Met up with a good Buddy to collect some Prawns, and set off for home.
Another run in 4x4 every inch, and running at 60...
Damn happy to see my home.
The hounds went absolutely NUTBAR greeting me!!
Hung the frozen deer (went to minus 26 my last night in Kelowna and froze them like rocks) and unpacked.
The deer thawed just yesterday, now cool and hanging.
Supposed to stay below 4 degrees Celsius during the day and just 1 overnight for the next week.
Will leave them until next weekend.
A Buddy offered up an empty freezer to hold them once butchered.
And I found a freezer the right size that will be available on the 6th.
All in all it worked out.
Would not have if it hadn't been for the stubborn persistence of Two Old Men...
Looking forward to some fine winter grits now...
Cheers,
Nog