July 21st

We left Inuvik Sunday morning after breakfast around 11:30am. The road out towards Tombstone Mountain Campground (where we had left the trailer at)was good and we made good time to Eagle Plains Hotel. Fueled up and had a coffee. We didn't stop and take any pictures as we were now back tracking. Not long after Eagle Plains (about two hours) a highway truck was flying towards us, traveling way to fast and as he passed us threw rocks up and literally blowing out the drivers side window. Dar was driving and she was covered in glass. I was impressed with her, I thought she handled it very well. We got to the trailer about 9:30 pm, covered in dust and cold.







Monday morning (July 20)got up and had breakfast, was just going to go outside and hook up the trailer to the truck. Then boom, the friggen trailer fell to the ground. Out we both run and there it was, the front of the trailer was on the ground. One of the front hydraulic jacks had blown a fitting causing the trailer to fall.









We spent the greater part of the morning lifting the trailer up of the ground and getting the hydraulic cylinder out the tangled mess. We had to drive into Dawson City hose fittings so I plug the hyd. lines sealed, so I could operate the system and get the slides in. We got back into Dawson City around 8!00 pm, had dinner, a couple of drinks at the "Midnight Sun" Hotel, and to to bed.We didn't even level the trailer, nor put the slides out. Tomorrow would be another day.

Good things I have friends over this country, I looked up a mechanic,who I had worked for some thirty-five years ago, in Ft St John, got the trailer to his shop by 8:30 this morning and had the hydraulic cylinder welded back into place and new fitting and ready to go by noon. Took the truck and trailer through the coin operated RV wash and into Bonanza RV Park. We did laundry today (getting rid of all the dust and mud of the last few days.) Every thing looks good again, so lets hope tomorrow will be better and we can get back to what we like doing, just having fun and sight seeing.