Geez what a day and a trip ... It was certainly one for the memory books.
On the flight down to Vancouver my father remembers that he has forgotten his keys for his apartment down there (my dad actually lives in Prince George and just has a little place in Vancouver fo when we go down there). So we try and contact my uncle who has a spare set and lives a few doors down, but my uncle isn't answering his phone.
When we disembark the plane while waiting for the luggage, we luckily get ahold of my uncle and he gives us his key to my dad's apartment.
ONe of the reasons we were going down to vancouver was to bring my father's Cadillac back up to Prince George. He keeps it in Vancouver during the winter so it doesn't get wrecked during winter driving (keep this in mind as you read on).
So we go down to the garage to take the car to go get some supper, and the battery is dead in the car. Apparently my father forgot to disconnect the battery while storing the car for the past 3 months and because it has an onboard computer it actually drains at a quicker rate than most cars. We contact
AAA (BCAA here) and schedule a car boost for in the morning.
At about 6:30am we get the car boosted and are on our way to our meeting at the Vancouver Auto show. Everything goes smoothly this morning....
Then we hit the road. Outside of 100 Mile House (Lac La Hache Provincial Park), my father gets nailed for a speeding ticket. $138.
Then just outside of McLeese Lake my father hits a dog that has run out on the highway. Yes he kills the dog, but it also hits the front of the Cadillac and cracks the bumper panel where the headlight meets the bumper. Stupid humans who live near a highway but don't bother to tie up their dog and the dog has to suffer because of it. The damage to the car will probably cost my father $500 due to insurance deductible.
Thank fully that was the end of the problems. No keys, dead battery, speeding ticket and hit a dog. So much for parking the cadillac down south so it doesn't get damaged during the winter ...
At least I got to see a Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, Bentley and others up close and personal! Pics will follow - probably tomorrow.
