OK, the people who thought I'd wait until Wednesday to leave are probably the same ones who thought I should stay home - or go to Winnipeg. Temperature was a balmy -33.7C Saturday morning, so really no reason not to head out on the highway. I'm starting to like those little magnet mount heaters, as with one of those stuck to the oil pan all night she cranked and fired without much difficulty.
Fortunately I couldn't tell the temperature once we were in the Bounder, as my thermometers in there were frozen up. But this was the view out the front window when we left about 11 AM, having had the defrosters running on high since about 8 while we were loading. Eventually I stopped and fetched a fan from the back to get the air flowing on that side.
My travelling companion had it a little better on the right-hand side: see, she even had her coat undone at one point!
After a stop in Ponoka to warm up and mooch lunch off Red and Diane, we had an uneventful trip all the way over to Cranbrook. I have to say I'm impressed at the Bounder's ability to handle the cold even considering the obvious fact that it just wasn't made to travel in -30 degree temps. Have to also thank the Ford chassis as it held together very well.
As I expected, once we got across the Crowsnest temps warmed up considerably (as far as I could tell). I thinke we had -10 or -15C in Cranbrook overnight, and the furnace was quite able to keep up since it didn't have the 90 KMH wind to contend with.
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