January 25 2014

What started out as such a simple task has turned into a mountain to climb!  The original plan was to fly Smithers to Vancouver at about 9:00 am.  Yesterday evining we got a call from Hawk Air saying the plane could not land in Smithers last night.  Our plane was therefore delayed until 10:30 this morning.  No problem, so we're a little later coming into Vancouver.  Walked outsidee this morning and not a sign of any stars in the sky.  There was also no mountain to be seen.  Things were not looking very good.  Arrived at the airport where we were informed the plane would probably not land.  Leroy was fast as could be and immediately got two seats on hold for us from Terrace to Vancouver for 3:30 pm.  No problem.  Emily would drive us to Terrace and all would be good.  There was a young man behind me in the line up who was also in the same predicament.  Offered him a ride to Terrace also.  So we are happily driving along when we see a large line up of vehicles with  the emergency lights flashing.  Not a good scene for soebody.  Apparently there was a terrible collision which resulted in two to three fatalities.  Road was closed until further notice but looked like would probably be four hours.  We then turned around and started making our way to Smithers with the idea of travelling to Prince George.  We stopped at the travel agent who looked after changing our flights as well as our new foud friend Jason's.  Get close to PG and started texting with Travis and Elaine who were stuck in the road block on the OTHER side.  Had we realized it at the time, we could have both walked through, switched vehicles and both made it to our destinations.  The information was just not there.  Even though we were inconvenienced, our problems were nothing compared to the problems of the people involved in the collision.  Poor souls, the turmoil they must be going through.
We made it to PG at about 4:45.  There was to be a flight at 5:20, so we were hoping to be able to switch and make it somewhat earlier to Vancouver.  Twas not to be.  Both flights were delayed.  So here we sit in PG airport.  We are here safely,but in for a long wait.  At last word, Travis and Elaine were still stuck.  I guess it could always be worse.  We are however still not in Vancouver although it;s looking good to mke it that far today.  We really are praying for all those involved in traffic problems this year.  Our highway was just recently re-classified so our road maintainance should be on the up and up.  I sure hope to get some pics posted this time too.  New technology so I hope this works.  Love to you all.