failure to arrive home

 This has not been a great day in some ways.  We left Ft. Nelson at 6 am heading for Whitehorse. Yesterday I had the truck in to get looked at. The pulley on the  air pump on the power brakes was sticking. I had it looked at in Ft. Nelson. The mechanics said it was A OK. 

  While we were on our way the pulley stopped and the belt broke. All systems were down. 38 below and a 20 mph wind. No power brakes no power steering no alternator no water pump. We were stopped on the side of the road 205 km from Ft. Nelson in the middle of no where. The closes place is Toad river lodge. Which is closed

  I was stopped working on finding a way to drive it far enough forward to get it off the road when a highway plow truck pulled up to ask what was going on. I told him I need a tow truck he said he would phone for one. I worked on getting a rope around the pulleys to run enough stuff to move the truck or at least keep Ben and Rachel warm inside the truck. A gov. truck pulled up and heard the news. His name is Colin leake. He said he would take Ben and Rachel back to his place. I was nervous about that but something about him told me it was Ok. So away they went back to toad river. Florian and I stayed behind  to look after the dogs. The same highway truck driver came back and picked us up to go back to toad river. We have been here and feeling quite at home. It has been great. I met Heather leake their daughter and Herb stumpf here at their home. This is the way that it has been a good day!

  The tow truck will be here in the morning around 11 a.m. to pick the truck up. I hope that we will be able to drive with the truck to Ft. Nelson. We have to be with the dogs when the truck goes to town for repair. We hope that it can be done tomorrow?  Then another night in Fr. Nelson and home on Thurs. This is if every thing goes good.

  Colin Leake went with us to the truck to feed dogs. After the dogs were fed we unhooked the horse trailer and Colin pulled it back here to his house in Toad River. This way we have our supplies with us and don't have to deal with the trailer when they tow the truck. I hope that this is not a sign of things to come. 

  Ben and Rachel are such a big help when it comes to this kind of thing it makes me pretty proud to see how they can cope with adversity at their age. This is what life is all about.

 I often wonder where my new truck is ? Maybe that isn't the answer. We had a friend that has a newer truck and he is broke down in Ft. St. John with a blown head gasket? 

  I am ready to end this day. I will talk to you all later