For this post though, I want to show some of the weather related things I found on my travels.
Although I saw many farmers out in their fields, some tried to get a head start and only got bogged down in the muck. Here's a tractor that didn't get too far in the task:
And here's the dozer that tried to pull him out:
The wind was so bad one day, the flags were flying straight and high...
It could've been another dangerous situation, like up at Slave Lake, if the wind took control of this small grass fire...
Road conditions were horrible. Part of the reason was due to flooding. Here is an example of just one of the many roads being eaten away by the force of water.
Numerous road closures and detours popped up everywhere without warning so planned routes had to be changed at the last minute.
And once I had to drive through 5" of water to get across - just like at home over the Easter weekend.
Another reason roads were in deplorable conditions was because of frost upheaval due to the freezing and thawing ground:
Sometimes the bad parts were easy to see, especially when they were red flagged, but other times you didn't realize they were there until almost the last second.
But I'm safely back home now and ready to get back to work. While in Humboldt, I did a bit of research in the local library and found a book with excellent information on the Carlton Trail. And because of the new provincial library system (SILS), I was able to take the book home with me. When I'm done, I just drop if off at my local library and they send it back up. What a concept. I wish I had time to visit more of the libraries along the way. Perhaps next time. :)
How are the roads where you live? Did you get the frost upheaval like we did up here? Or do you live in a frost-free zone?
Great trip, but oh, such terrible roads. We have a bad time with frost heaves here in Maine, too. The roads are atrocious at times, but nothing like that! Glad to hear you were able to access the library that way. I actually think we may have that kind of system here, but I need to look into it. It would be fun to visit other libraries on location.
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