Alberta Road Trip, Canada. Day 4. Whitecourt

Day 4 Whitecourt
(Link to Day 3)

The plan for today was to visit a friend in a town called Whitecourt. Its located around 177 km north of Edmonton.

We left Edmonton at 1100 Hrs. On the way stopped at a picturesque spot where we had lunch at the side of the road. It was wonderful.

The way to Whitecourt was lined with Grassy fields dotted with barns and pretty houses. Above, the clouds were spread out into blocks of alternating white and grey. It was a wonderful day.

We reached Poorna’s House at 1500 Hrs. After sometime Poorna took us to show his workplace. We went around the whole facility and took a lots of pics. We returned to Poorna’s home by 1900 Hrs.

At around 2000 Hrs we decided to leave. When we reached near our car, we found out that there was a leak in the petrol tank. I tired to clean the area of the leak when the debris which were stuck at the area came out into my hand and the leak increased. With this leak it was not possible to proceed. So we decided to go to the nearest Canadian Tyre Branch and try to get it fixed. When we reached one, we found out that the garage services were closed for the day and just the store was open. Finding no help there we just bought a few adhesives and tried to fix the leak ourselves. We first emptied the whole tank and tried to apply the paste but to no avail. Then Poorna, who thankfully, was still with us, took us back to his plant and got some supplies from there. This time things worked out and we could finally arrest the leakage. We went back to Poorna’s home and decided to leave the car for an hour to test out the leak. Fortunately, it worked. Our work was fine. We departed from Poorna’s home late at night and reached Edson where we had booked our Hotel. Thus ended a tense day for us.

(Note – This a deviation from my usual style of writing as its been almost 4 months since I went on this trip and I also have a backlog of posts to write. Hence keeping it short and brief.)

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