A Trip to Edmonton

My friend Sean moved up to Edmonton in September to run a Booster Juice franchise. He found a place to move into and needed his stuff moved up to Edmonton from Chilliwack for the beginning of November. I volunteered to drive the truck up to Edmonton on November 2nd. I rented a 5 ton truck from National Car Rentals. The drive was quite the experience as I have never driven anything that large before. So the trip began with a loading last Tuesday night which took about 5 hours. I left on Wednesday and drove all day finally stopping in Jasper as the weather was starting to turn toward snow and darkness fell. We had a nice quiet evening in Jasper then we started out on Thursday and made it to Edmonton by 2:30pm. We then unloaded which took us about 6 hours. I spent Friday recovering and we needed to drop some things into storage after which I had dinner with my family. The trip back on Saturday was quite uneventful and I made it to Kamloops before dark. The drive down the Coquilhalla was quite interesting as it was snowing and the road was covered in snow and ice. Normally I am quite comfortable driving in snow but with an unfamiliar vehicle it was a little slow going. We made it home and while I was quite tired I was glad to help out my friend.

One thing I have determined is I definitely do not want to go into the moving business I have gained a new respect for anyone who moves people and drives trucks for a living.