August 3
I didn't sleep well last night. To much on my mind. I couldn't decide if I wanted to pull the tire off the trailer and go have them fixed or just air it up and drive it all into town.
I opted to just take it all in as it's a 30 minute drive each way. I had my alarm set for 7 but didn't get up until 8. We were rolling by 9:30.
I already had a tire shop picked out. We got there and explained the situation. They wouldn't take the tire off the trailer so I had to take it off. Honestly I was probably faster anyways. I just drive up the ramp and zip the lug nuts off with the impact.
Since I brought two unmounted spares, they put one on the spare rim and plugged the original. Turns out my repair was holding. They found a thin nail. It was very close to the no-go zone on the tread so got lucky I guess.
I promised the girls Starbucks if they could get moving in the morning. By the time the repair was done, Starbucks and gas we were finally on the road by noon.
I was thinking about adding a day onto tomorrow's stay but I never reserved it because I was not sure if we would end up doing that. Unfortunately he booked out for tonight so we had to do something different.
Lots of places said Revelstoke was a good place and since it was only about 3 hours away I started looking for a place to stay. Unfortunately, this is a holiday weekend up here, plus everyone heading to Banff that was in Jasper, everything is booked. One place had an overflow but it was first come, first serve. They were full by the time we got here. The place we ended up also had overflow only but they had water and electric at least. Although it was double the other place.
A national Park campground showed one spot open. We drove up there and we were told that is their emergency hold back and wouldn't e released until 8:30. Apparently people will book anything, even if they don't fit, just to get a spot knowing they have this emergency spot. So people game the system and people like me get turned away. Kinda dumb.
I finally decided to take the overflow spot. Despite being not an actual spot, the place itself is nice.
I took a short nap and then made the man which that Summer has been begging for.
After dinner we went downtown. They have nightly live music. Tonight was Celtic. It was excellent. We also got ice cream.
We are now back at the camper. Girls are taking showers and going to bed as Summer found an activity she wants to do in the morning. It opens at 9 so I want to be there early so we can do with with enough time to not feel rushed to get to our next overnight.
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