So I made a new site. No, I didn’t make a new site for myself. I already have enough of those. I have been working for the last three days on a new site for The Mix. The old one looked cheesy and I didn’t like it anymore. I wanted a site that looked modern, and was able to have interaction. I find that even though yes the Facebook group of The Mix does have interaction it is not very dedicated towards The Mix. Every group is basically the same, no differences in appearances for any group there just all the same old thing. You’d think Mark Zuckerberg would try and spice things up a bit. Anyway thats why I haven’t writen anything lately but hopefully I will be able to get back to that once the site is fully up. Which for the most part it is. Check it out www.the-mix.ca
First Night
Well I have been up for about 20 hours now. I have 2 1/2 hours to go before my shift is over. Its been a new experiences, a lot slower pace than my old expiditing job. I think it will be good for me, to do this job. As long as I have something to keep me busy through out the night while the kids are sleeping I should do just fine. I think I will be able to take up blogging once a day while I work and hopefully while I am off as well. I just need topics, send in your ideas or any quiestion want me to answer?
Theres a Bump in my Road.
Okay I have a question for you. Have you seen the road in Yellowknife? Have you? I have and I can’t really believe them. Let me share with you what I am saying. Three days ago it snowed, not to much but just under a foot enough for it to stay on the roads and there it stays. The problem is that it is still there, I have no idea where our snowplows are, oh wait yes I do. We don’t have any. Now on a side note when I came back to this town at the end of October I wanted to have a positive attitude towards it but so far I have failed that. For some reason this city of Yellowknife doesn’t have snowplows, they let the snow pile up on the roads until the spiring when that pretty much close off the roads and use a heavy duty loader and dump trucks to remove the thick hard packed snow from the road. During the extent of winter the most they do is gravel and grade.
Graveling the road works to some extent, what normally happens is the gravel bunches up with the snow and creates horrible bumps which is Not good for any vehicle, car, truck, van, new or old. It all causes breakage of struts, shocks, tie road ends, ball joints and suspension.
Grading can be just as bad, yes they get rid of the majority of the big bumps. But for some reason they use blades with slots in them. Its like using a giant comb. Why are we coming our roads. All those slots do is create ripple effect on the road, which you guessed it, is not good for your vehicle.
Then if we do ever for some reason get snow plows, there is the walkers and there loving sidewalks. They’ll wine and complain that snowplows are pushing the snow on to the sidewalks or it creates a dangerous place for them to walk, but you know what I don’t care. There are more vehicles on the road that people on sidewalks!
But I suppose there is that other alternative……….. SALT. The dreaded salt. Some days, which is more like everyday in my truck, I am sliding all over the road because it is pure ice and I can’t stop or turn I would trade the no rust on my truck for salt on the road. I know salt does eventually wreck vehicles but it would take ten years to show effect and Yes I do know that salt doesn’t work after -15 but hey its not that cold out there yet. So don’t complain that the roads are icy and that protest when someone suggest putting salt down.
Let me know what you think about are roads and leave me a comment
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Noverber 1, 2008 – 31 Days to Go.
November is now upon us, and it is now it is almost full on winter. We have the snow, we are just waiting on the lakes to freeze so that we can embrace the full of winter. With our ice fishing, snowmobiling and going to the cabin. Thats my big one, once the lakes freeze I can get out to that paridize I have been making in my head for the last couple months. The place where I can escape Yellowknife for a couple of days and try to enjoy a simple life of hard work and survival. BUT until any of that we have to wait, and wait for about 31 days of boring crappy weather. Driving around on the icy roads, going to Tim Horton’s sitting waiting while drinking our coffees.
Buh Humbug, Grumpys Back.
Okay, Here it is.
Okay here it is. That beautiful fluffy white stuff, that we all have a little spot for in our hearts. Its here now though so we should embrace it, it what we got. Month from now will all be jetting around on our snowmobiles. The road were horrible so I had to throw the 4 wheel drive on and off I went ……….. I’m stumped what to say about it, I’m lost of words how to describe it so here are some pictures.
My Drive Home, Part 2, To Yellowknife
Okay so your wondering what I ment when I said a Frozen Hell. After I crossed over the it started to cloud over and snow started to appear in the ditches. It all went down hill from there, the road became pure ice! After sliding around going at 110km/h I used what wisdom I had and slowed down to 80km/h. As I headed in to Enterprise the conditions got no better so I thought it would be safe to top up with gas and so I could gain back some confidence. For the next 2 hours I slowly gain speed. When I came to the Ferry there was imence construction happening and it was pretty cluttered. Already there was little bits of ice building up on the mightly river. Once across I the road were alot better I was able to travel at much better speeds, UP UNTIL RAE. Why is that road so bumpy, it was horrible. I was all over the place. A couple of times the sled really bounced in the box, but after a good hour of that bumping around I finally made it to Yellowknife. My home of the north…..for now.
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