I'm in Saskatoon!
The exclamation point is because I was certain I'd be camping out at the Regina Walmart tonight as there was absolutely no way my mail could have arrived. I mean, it would be way too convenient. But it did!
It turned out to be a good thing that I had to spend that extra day in the Regina area seeing as I woke up with a cold yesterday and felt like doing nothing but lounging around at home. I'm still stuffed up today, but at least I had enough energy to pack up and drive the 300 klicks to Saskatoon and to deal with the issues that needed dealing with this morning.
One of them was having my new wheel retorqued at a Regina Kal Tire (amazing backing up manoeuvres were required there). The other is such a classic Rae moment that those who know me are going to burst out laughing when they read about it. After Kal Tire, I parked at a nearby Walmart to have lunch, scope out the parking lot, and call the post office. I did what I needed to do, got hold of the post office who gave me the good news, and stepped out of the coach to check on the toad, ecstatic that I was going to be on the road to Saskatoon within the half hour.
Which is when I discovered that I'd locked myself out of the coach. All my spare keys were in Miranda. All the windows were shut. My cats can't open a door. I just stared at the rig for a moment dumbfounded and in complete disbelief of just how absent minded I can be sometimes. Then, I realised that I wasn't really locked out after all!
When I park somewhere like a Walmart, I crack open a roof vent instead of a window. This afternoon, I just happened to open the one above the kitchen sink. It's the only one I can fit through! So, I climbed up onto the roof, opened the hatch all the way, and lowered myself down to the counter (discovering at the same time that I'm definitely getting back into shape!).
That was the extent of the excitement for today, thankfully. I do want to say that I am in the market for a device that will activate at the same time as my turn signals and which will scream out: "This coach is moving into the left/right lane! Get the *beep* out of the way!" I cannot believe the number of people today who blatantly ignored my turn signals and purposely sped up to close gaps that I was about to merge into.
Today was a good day on the road. I love waking up not knowing where I'm going to sleep that night.
Please stay tuned for posts about Moose Jaw and the RCMP Heritage Centre!
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If I was to fit through a roof vent I would have to enlarge it with a chain saw first!
Take a spare key and tape it to something under the rig. You will need it again.
I usually have a spare key in the toad, but for some reason all my spares were distributed in various purses and skirt pockets in the coach!
Well, it must be the day for losing keys! I lost mine, but found them. Fortunately, I have it set up where I can't get locked out of the trailer or the truck. One holds the other's keys and I have another place that holds both.
Glad your adventure is going well.
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