Journey Notes

It was nice to sleep in this morning but not too much as we had a lot to do. First on the agenda was to see about getting a part for the sliding door in VanGo so we could open it using the handle instead of the complex dual screw driver technique we have developed over the last couple of days since the cabling broke. We had a local expert look at it and verify what we needed. He said that there were only 5 of these parts left in the world and they were all in Los Angles and would take a week to have sent here. We used this information to contact a VW place in Winnipeg and have the part on order and it should be there well before I get there roughly 2 weeks from now. I guess we will be using those two screw drivers for a while yet.

We meet up with some of Rochelle's friends and colleagues in the afternoon and picked up some other things for our trip.

Earlier this year, my cousin Jerry passed away from cancer. We spent the evening with his wife Heather and had a really nice evening with her. 2 years ago, she also lost her youngest son Tim to cancer. In part, my trip has been inspired by Tim's Spokeman Tour. The plaque in the picture is for a walk around a small lake in Airdrie where he grew up.