Day One of the journey south - Nov 30th

Got a bit of a late start.  The roads were great except for about 30 km south of Lil Smoky where it was badly rutted with solid ice and the un-sanded hill at 2 Creeks where the trailer wanted to go first. The trailer is tracking fine and tows pretty well, although a bit heavily loaded.
  The truck pulling the trailer with the Rhino is turning out to be a gas guzzler.  A bit of a surprise as it is normally pretty good.  Will have to see if that doesn't settle down.  Too late to worry about it now.
  Got to Edmonton just after lunch and had a nice visit with mother.  She was having an off day, but was cheered up pretty good by the time we left.  Because of the terrible roads, we were not making good time, so our visit was short.  She was pretty understanding, it was good we stopped in.
  Made it out of the city in pretty good time taking the Capilano down to Argyll and then out the trail.  Stopped for fuel at the airport as it is usually priced pretty well.  By then it was starting to get dark, so we drove on to Airdrie in the dark  This made about 750km's today,  Had to push it a bit as we need to get through Montana tomorrow with the forecast we are seeing for Tuesday and beyond.  Speaking of forecast, it the temp was lower in GP, but with the wind it felt colder in Edm and here in Airdrie.
  Supper tonight was Boston Pizza and was pretty good.  I had the butter chicken and it is usually not as spicy as it was tonight.  In fact it was hotter than Marg's Buffalo wings.
  Comfort Inn tonight, nice room. We filled up before pulling in, so tomorrow we can get out in time to enjoy rush hour in cowtown - the 2015 Grey Cup Champions.  We debated going on through tonight, but it was about 7pm and we had enough for today, we are seniors and in no great hurry other than to get someplace warmer.

The Journey begins

Well tomorrow anyway.  We will start the journey south in the coldest weather to date.  Yesterday it was the coldest place on planet earth.  We are full of trepidation, but anxious to make our way south with the rest of the snowbirds.  Stay tuned as we once again report on our otherwise uneventful life.