On to Alberta
We left Butte at about 8:30 AM this morning and drove through the senic mountains of Western Montana through Helena and then through the wide open prairies through Great Falls and on into Canada. Our issue today was malfunctioning windshield wipers on the Winnebago. A fuse blew and when I replaced it another one blew. I then messed around with the wiper mechanism and eventually they started working again. We checked on getting a new wiper motor shipped to the dealer in Calgary, Alberta and learned that it would take 1 1/2 weeks. We have decided to continue and maybe have one shipped to a dealer in Anchorage so that it is there when and if we arrive. The prospect of driving through rain without wipers is not appealing but there are not too many alternatives at this point.
We also had a piece of trim come loose and will be visiting the Winnebago dealer in Calgary to get some tape to re-mount it.
Tonight we are staying at Bridgeview RV Park in Lethbridge, Alberta. I guess the town must be named for what is the longest and, they say, highest railroad of its kind.
Longest & Highest Railroad BridgeHopefully as we move on toward Alaska we will be able to experience more of the wonders of Alberta, British Columbia and the Yukon... in full sunshine.
posted by Jack and Mary Kantola @ 8:43 PM
1 Comments
1 Comments:
Hi Jack and Mary,
I hope you are having a wonderful time on your trip. I am the communications coordinator at Lethbridge College and I scan Google for references to Lethbridge. That's how I found your blog.
It would seem it's been a great adventure for you. I thought I'd let you know, however, that Lethbridge is not named for the train bridge. Rather, it is named after William Lethbridge.
Lethbridge (1825–1901) was a lawyer in England. When bookseller W H Smith owner William Henry Smith II decided to become involved in politics in 1864, he enlisted Lethbridge as a managing partner.
Lethbridge was the first president of North Western Coal and Navigation Company, a mining company founded in 1882. The city of Lethbridge was named after him by Alexander Tilloch Galt in an effort to convince him to invest in the new company. Ironically, Lethbridge actually never came to Canada.
Best wishes for the rest of your journey.
Derek Bly
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