Trailer Pickup Fail and Turn Around, Head Home

[C&G in FL]

As bill states, sometimes one DMV office is better than another. They are staffed by State employees, some of which are clueless, others not. My clerk was clueless; fortunately her supervisor wasn’t. After telling the clerk I needed to register the trailer AND apply for a title, she asked me for the title. Said I couldn’t register without a title. Once her supervisor got involved, took me about an hour in Florida. Florida allows you to register before taking possession so I had my tag when I went to take delivery.

[Barb Hunt]

BC is worried for good reason. Right now there's a big rig from Texas that has been in this RV park for about a month. They sure are taking their time getting to Alaska...
(meanwhile they could be infecting BC campers here)

[Dkeen673]

Doug2000. I am coming late to the game, but read with interest you adventure getting to Marathon, ON. I am curious, as I want (as soon as Canada opens up again) to take our small class C from the Soo around the northern side of Lake Superior... It seems to me that you quit just when the worst part of your drive to Thunder Bay was behind you (the gravel road). But after all, how bad can it be when you can look forward to a Tim Horton's in Nipigon? But seriously, how bad is the TransCanada from the Soo over to Thunder Bay?

[escape artist]

Originally Posted by Doug2000

We ordered the 19 footer early on purpose. At this point it has sat for 5 months for off gas and freshen up.

Hi: Doug2000... How's that delivery goin'!!! Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie

[slateriver]

Sorry to hear that you didn't get out west. I live in Thunder Bay and have travelled that highway many times. We actually just got back yesterday from a trip to Ottawa to visit a family member and there was more than usual construction especially between White River and Wawa. Thunder Bay to the Soo is a beautiful , but hilly drive though. Hard to believe you drive all day along the shore of a lake and not even get half way around it.
Doug ,at least you have light at the end of the tunnel for getting your trailer. The 17B we agreed to purchase in February and have a deposit on is located in the U.S. only 6 hours away but we have no idea when we can pick it up with the border closed and likely to stay that way for a while.....Oh well....

[emers382]

Hwys 17&11 the two Trans Canada routes through will be seeing a lot more traffic this summer, construction will slow things down, many campers and others who might otherwise go through the US to avoid northern ON will be staying in Canada.

I just tried booking a site at Blue Lake PP outside Vermilion Bay ON, there is only one site available today for the long August weekend.

[Doug2000]

Update

We got our trailer delivered to London along with another trailer going to Hamilton. We're very happy with it. I can't report I found any problems. Our first trip we took it out to Inverhuron Provincial Park , within a stones throw of the Bruce Nuclear Power Plant. I posted a pic to Instagram and Escape picked it up and reposted it.

[slateriver]

Nice picture . Lots of good times ahead! Looks like we will be finally getting our used 17B this weekend. Having a commercial carrier bring it across the border. Quite a hassle compared to just driving across and picking it up ourselves.