CtW 20 // Broke Down and Boondocking in Canada!
Channel: Called To Wander
Date: 2019-03-21

RV breakdowns are bound to happen. You just don’t want them to happen when you are out in the middle of nowhere enjoying the beauty of nature! But that’s what happened to us as we stopped to watch a black bear on the side of the road in Jasper National Park! 

In this episode you hear a lot of talking through our frustrations in trying to find solutions to yet another breakdown. Fortunately we weren’t stranded on the side of the road. We just weren’t sure if we turned our truck off that it would want to start again. 

You can tell on Lindsay’s face that we’re frustrated. Not only do we not know what the solution might be, we can sense it will end up costing us both time and money. There are worse places to be stuck, for sure. But having to stop for an RV repair is never fun. 

Through a series of fortunate events we made our way to the town of Hinton, Alberta just outside of Jasper. We managed to receive the last campsite in the last RV campground in the area. We also managed to receive great counsel over the phone from a skilled mechanic in the area who, although he couldn’t do it himself for several weeks, could at least talk us through a few options. 

Oh yeah, and we had Dominoes pizza delivered right to our camper! (We always seem to eat pizza on days that don’t end so well for us!) 

As we ended the day in Hinton (with our favorite "comfort food," pizza!) we had limited options for how to find a solution to our truck issue. We didn’t really know what was wrong. But we couldn’t even find someone to help diagnose the issue. It was Canada Day weekend and anyone in a mechanic shop that might have been able to help was pretty much closed for the 3-day weekend. 

In this episode we do find a solution and make friends with a wonderful family in Hinton. We find that we make friends in some very trying situations - which makes us more inclined to help others in their difficult times. 

As a reward for this friendship we received an offer to boondocks in the “bush” just outside of town. We could have stayed for weeks, were Alaska not tugging on us! But since we had just enough time to camp with our new friends, we wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to experience Canadian hospitality like no other!

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