Homeward Bound!

Aug 10th

Pizza was mucho better for me BUT so loaded and BIG pieces that I BARELY ate the allotted two pieces!  Stuffed and tired and ready for bed!  Yeah right!!!  But departure is 7:30 am so guess it will be an early night!

Then 5-7 days at least of self isolation just in case!

Aug 11th

We're on the bus and ready to roll! Will be nice to be home tonight!

Now stopped both ways just outside Thompson because of an accident ahead of us at the Manasan Quarry road! No movement at all. 🤔😒 Hope nothing serious or fatal!

Well after an hour the tow truck and a flattened truck on the flat bed headed to Thompson. Then the ambulance and fire truck followed and after an hour delay traffic started moving. Only saw one vehicle?

Now a truck of wood chips maybe jacknifed not far from Grand Rapids!!!!! But now cleared after a half hr delay for us. This guy pushed or pulled the baby out.

Crossed a raised bridge an what a view we had.

Now a rest stop, hopefully not too long though. I want lunch in Ashern at a decent time!

OK enough is enough already! I'm too cold symptoms miserable for any more delays!

An hour down the road we stopped for construction and an ambulance went by us. Maybe 10 minutes and the pilot vehicle turned and took us threw! Phew!!!!

Okay I'm home and reclining relaxing after a shower too!  

Monday evening after the chilly beluga whale watching boat ride I started feeling under the weather again. And Tuesday morning sneezing, fever and coughing, which progressed to horrible seal like barking and definitely sore ribs today! My stomach is unsettled too from the regular and no sugar Halls to help stem the coughing. My ears are aching too from the strain of sneezing and coughing. My eyes burn off and on too. UGH!

I'd say 3/4s of us were chilled or sick on the last day layover at the Legion, 17 hr train ride and 10 hr bus ride home, for us at least. Others were heading to Baldur and Brandon yet. Most are also stiff and sore BUT the adventures were awesome and people so ready to accommodate as best as they could!

Unfortunately we had some worse incidents than colds! Cyn, the organizer, his wife Dianne (she was part of the band) had a stroke on the second day and air vacced with her niece to Winnipeg. She was released the next day for home. Then Henry also in the band collapsed, rushed to the hospital and after tests, covid pneumonia and is still in Churchill but released to a hotel till Friday to fly home. Then Dianne was rushed into Brandon either Sunday or Monday, not sure of her condition. Then on the Prince of Wales Fort tour Ester tripped and fell onto her knees and flat out, so very scarey but didn't break her glasses. Needless to say she stayed in the office till we got back and seems okay but stiff and sore. This was not a good trip for Cyn but that won't deter other trips if results are good! 🙏🙏🙏