Had a late start, began to drive around 18:00 local time. Can’t wait to go back to my own bed!!!
Had a slight scare shortly before I arrived at Kamloops, where I am staying for the night. An 18 wheeler suddenly hard braked, or downshifted on a very rough patch of black ice at night. His hazards turned on suddenly, so I knew to ease on the throttle, however, it wasn’t slowing enough. I was about to gracefully to overtake him on the passing lane, but there was somebody else there, and I was boxed in. I tried heavy braking and downshifting, but I was fishtailing with ABS kicked in hard. Instead, I forced my way onto the right shoulder and overtook the truck from there. Luckily, he knew my intentions, and was able to give me some space to pull through. I quickly pulled to the closest parking lot, looked up a hotel for the night, and decided to rest. As I write this entry, it is currently 23:06 localtime, October 26, 2020. I will be gaining 3 hours ahead as this roadtrip progresses
Adrenaline is still in my system after that slight scare. I should sleep soon, since I have a 13 hour drive tomorrow to Saskatoon. I know that it should be a much better drive the moment I make it past Banff, since I can safely allow my mom to take over the wheel for an hour or two on the straightaway so I can rest a bit. I actually had intentions to drive for several more hours tonight until I reached Golden, BC, so I would have shave off several more hours for tomorrow. I think I will just call it a night earlier, and take advantage of more daylight tomorrow.
I am no stranger to long distance road trips. I’ve been to many states over the past years. I have also traveled across Canada twice now. This is the first time I have really had such a “close call” in my driving career.