The Willmot Bratpack Tour: Day 3

Photography: Rryla McIntosh :)

Wow, day 3, well lets update you all. First we didn't get out of the Willmot,Healey,McIntosh, home until about 9pm on monday Febraury 1St. We just needed to get on our way, it was a very teary eyed goodbye, it had been for our older girls all week, but it just came down to it for Mark and i in the final hours. An hour before departure we decided to put in our final order of pizza at the Nest and grab a bite and a glass of wine while Mark and Sean put in our headlights so we could actually see the road ( which is a whole other story, since they suck) Anyways as we're driving down the Sea to Sky, heads up to all you guys hating the yellow pilons, Mark decided to remove a couple for you, if you know what i mean, of course in the process he scared the shit out of me, which really set the mood for the trip to North Van and to Aunt Andreas house. Which was our first stop along our epic adventure. Here Rry had to grab some books and i had to loose my pizza and wine, if you know what i mean. I was so full of sadness and stress that i lost my dinner in the bush (sorry Aunt Andrea it was a stressful day) Than we headed to superstore to meet Mike and pick up a consent letter and to say our goodbyes. From here we headed to the truck crossing whith much success. We didn't even get a second glance even with Marks long hair and my bloodshot eyes from crying!! We declared our lemons and saved ourselves a 300$ fine, which we spent on a tire in Ferndale and a toilet in Bellingham (don't worry these were planned stops) We slept at a rest stop the first night, spent alot of time at camping world (co0l store) Where

we spent 65$ to have a guy tell us what we already knew "something was wrong with our fridge, but he didn't know what it" thanks guy, we already knew that! Oh well we are scheduled to pick up a new fridge in Phoenix anyways. So day 2 ended with another sleep at a rest stop, a very noisy one i might add, north of Eugene Oregon. I however did get some sleep this night, which everyone was greatful for as the night before was sleepless to say the least.

Day three started with Starbucks in Eugene Or. which was awesome, and got us started off on the right foot. This was a very big driving day for us. 9 hours to be exact. We passed over passes that were full of snow and saw red earth of Redding, saw a bit of sun along the way, but lots of snow (perhaps they will ship some off to Cypress for the olympics). I drove for about 2.5 hrs and proved to be a way better driver than my counter part Mark, ok, my family does not agree with me, but i was better in my own mind!! At least Mark got a much needed rest from the wheel, even if everybody else didn't.!!!

So after listening to MO IT ALL (our gps system) we finally found our destination for this night which is Candlestick RV Park in San Francisco, which is a dodgy, overpriced parking lot!! Next sleep Walmart, seriously though, tomorrow we will go to Ripleys Believe it or Not and Fishermans Warf and than head to L.A>

I really need to mention though, that we never would of made it out of Squamish on our destination date if it wasn't for the extra help of our amazing friends. Jessica and Kerri put in 2 good days of cleaning, while Adrienne and Kenny helped as well in the final hours. We all feel so incredibly blessed to not only have you in our lives, but to call you great friends. I look back and thank my lucky stars for all of you and everyone else that came out to send us off on our grande adventure, Also i want to add an extra thanks to our relatives for giving us money to help on this trip, if it wasn't for people like Grammy Sam, Mamo, Christie, Aunt Andrea, Grandma and Grandpa McIntosh, Grandma Healey, we would be alot more stressed out! Also thanks to my brother Sean for his help with the motorhome, which i might add we have changed the name to MOHOME, it's a little less dirty!!lol.