anyhow, to the trip part of this post... from smithers we drove to an area called the suskwa valley and camped out by the river. I didnt bring my tent because ive taken the seats out from the deli and put in a mattress for this trip. Lo and behold a huge storm brewed up after a beautiful hot and sunny day and the wind picked up enormously. From the relative safety of the back of the deli we watched trees bending to the power of the wind while enjoying beverages. I was just glad to not be in a tent at that particular moment as many trees in that area succumbed to the wind and were laying all over the roads. Power is still out in some areas up here. I think hydro had a hell of a time cleaning up that mess. I've never seen anything like it. On every section of power lines between poles there were trees leaning on them and in some cases the lines were laying on the road. Luckily we were able to drive around through the ditches. Yaya 4wd.
cheers,
-Markus