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I looked like an idiot on the bus this morning!
8am is the time, and the Grande Prairie airport is the place. The drive from Fort St John is only 2 hours, but when road conditions are slightly unknown, you tend to plan for a large margin of error. So here I sit with an hour and a half wait until my flight boards.
I am flying Air Canada to Yellowknife, which is normal for me, as they seem to be the only ones who offer decent points flights. My first stop on this 3 flight adventure is Edmonton. Nothing exciting about this little jaunt at all. Us passengers all pile into a little Dash 8 and take off for an hour long flight. Because this flight is so, lets say, cramped I only listen to Podcasts. I don’t think there is room for me to to try and pull out the iPad let alone the MacBook Air.
As for my bag, well let me just say I am the worlds worst packer for flying. I always, always, pack to much and think I need more than I do. I was able to pick up a a large duffle bag in Jasper last weekend while there which is able to hold everything I packed. Where the dilemma comes in, is the weight. My bag weighed in a 57lbs. Which is 7lbs over the limit. I was under the impression that the overage fee was $30 for some reason. Well I was wrong. The overage fee is $75, HELLO. As I didn’t have a second bag to put some stuff in, as you are aloud two bag, I ended up taking out the MacBook Pro and just carrying it. Doing this brought the bag down to 48lbs. Now I’m going to be boarding my flight with two laptops and a iPad. Yes this is a little excessive and really just takes away from the whole light and easy to carry aspect of the Air and iPad. All is good though as I sit and wait.
It is good to be early I suppose. As I anxiously sit here and think about it. I rather be bored waiting to leave than rushing to catch the flight feeling panicked.
Man, I am itching to plan and go on what I am going to call a Social Media Road Trip. Basicly I would love to go on a roadtrip in my Jeep, powered by the direction of those on Social Media Networks. All the while blogging about everything I see, do, eat and feel. Be a tourist with a website. Be like a traveling billboard for the great things Canada has to offer.
Sure it has been done before, but it is something that I’m very passionate about and have the “drive” to do.
It will be something that will take a lot of work, planning and quite possibly begging. I don’t think it can happen for at least a year, but someday. The biggest detail I’ll need to work out is how to financially support myself on this journey. One big sponsor, Advertisers, but how to line these type of things up.
I have always had the bug for roadtrips and always had the desire to travel across Canada but never thought about the logistics. The desire really started to come when interviewed Dave Conroy while he was in Yellowknife and then when I started following Alex and Luke and finally just now when I found Roadtrip with a Reason.
I guess I have some planning to do.
Remember that Rough Plan I mentioned about a month ago, well that is completely wrong know. I’m actually leaving Yellowknife at 5am July 28. So this is my last night in Yellowknife for 10 months.
It has been a slice but I need to go explore a little more in order to remember why I live in Yellowknife.
Today I spent the entire day running around town and packing. This morning I finally decided it was probably a good idea to renew my insurance and ragistration so off I went. The insurance was easy, all I had to do was phone TD Trust and have them set it up. Getting the registration for my truck was a little longer process. After making sure I had all the proper papers and information (something a lot of people don’t do) I made my way to the DMV. Unfortunately I didn’t get as lucky as I use to be, there was about 20 people ahead of me. I grabbed my number tab and decided to kill some time by wondering the mall all the while checking the time to make sure I wasn’t too long. Once back at the DMV it was a quick 5 minute wait and I was out of there.
Once home I put my mind on packing. First I washed my truck so it was nice and clean in order to get dirty tomorrow, then I slowly started to strategically pack my desk, bed frame, bed, bins of clothes and other junk.
Finally here we are 10om and everything is packed. Picture will be up in a day or too.
I hope to update here every evening as to where I am and what I am doing so make sure to check back.