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02-06-2017, 10:11 PM
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#81
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Denison, Texas
Trailer: 2015 21'; 2011 19' sold; 4Runner; ph ninezero3 327-27ninefour
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It was 76F (24.4Celsius) here in north Texas today. 70 now. Not happening in Iowa much less Canada. Snowshoes for you all!
Hope Jasper approved of the new Escape.
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"Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.... "
Emerson
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02-06-2017, 10:14 PM
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#82
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Myrnam, Alberta
Trailer: 2005 Aliner, 17B due in April/17
Posts: 372
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Barry, that makes me feel a little better!
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02-06-2017, 10:33 PM
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#83
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Trailer: 2017 Escape 21 - 2016 GMC Canyon 4x4 Diesel
Posts: 118
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Aieeeah!! Three days into our 2000 mile trip (we routed around all of the snow zones - at least that was the theory) for our orientation scheduled for Friday. Have sent an enquiry to ETI, but I'm pretty sure that's not happening. Fortunately, we can hang around for a while.
Jim, if you really have good karma, please call for the mother of all Chinooks. Do they have those in that part of Canada?
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"It ain't what you don't know that hurts you - it's what you know for sure that just ain't so.” - S. Clemens
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02-06-2017, 10:35 PM
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#84
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Westcliffe, Colorado
Trailer: 2010 EggCamper (#083); 2017 Escape 21 (#053); 2016 F-150 5.0L FX4
Posts: 1,765
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I hope the weather clears in Chilliwack and the roads are open between there and here. I believe they are scheduled to load our new 21' on their delivery trailer sometime soon to start heading this way with it. Woohoo!!
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02-07-2017, 04:40 AM
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#85
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Signal Mountain (Chattanooga), Tennessee
Trailer: Escape 21 November 2014; 2022 GMC 1500 3.0L
Posts: 681
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Quote:
Originally Posted by StanLewis
Aieeeah!! Three days into our 2000 mile trip (we routed around all of the snow zones - at least that was the theory) for our orientation scheduled for Friday. Have sent an enquiry to ETI, but I'm pretty sure that's not happening. Fortunately, we can hang around for a while.
Jim, if you really have good karma, please call for the mother of all Chinooks. Do they have those in that part of Canada?
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Stan,
Would you please comment about your earlier pickup date. Looks like you moved up a month or so.
Secondly, would you give a report on your non-towing fuel mileage on your diesel Canyon, including your driving style and your general thoughts on that vehicle. In addition to my current tow vehicle, I have a Jetta TDI and really enjoy my diesels, despite the hoopla.
Bill
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02-07-2017, 07:20 AM
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#86
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Trailer: 2017 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 15,554
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Quote:
Originally Posted by StanLewis
Aieeeah!! Three days into our 2000 mile trip (we routed around all of the snow zones - at least that was the theory) for our orientation scheduled for Friday. Have sent an enquiry to ETI, but I'm pretty sure that's not happening. Fortunately, we can hang around for a while.
Jim, if you really have good karma, please call for the mother of all Chinooks. Do they have those in that part of Canada?
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I would bet by Friday the roads would be well cleared, and that is really the main consideration for you. They are still supposed to get some snow and rain, but warming up for Thursday and Friday, but only time will tell with the weather.
That area does not get the Chinooks Winds like we do in Calgary (leeward side of the Rockies), but they have MUCH higher average temps in the winter. This year is definitely an anomaly for them.
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02-07-2017, 08:04 AM
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#87
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Bellingham and Glacier, Washington
Trailer: 2013 Escape 15A
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Bennett
That area does not get the Chinooks Winds like we do in Calgary (leeward side of the Rockies), but they have MUCH higher average temps in the winter. This year is definitely an anomaly for them.
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From Wiki: "Chinook wind...in the interior West of North America, where the Canadian Prairies and Great Plains meet various mountain ranges, although the original usage is in reference to wet, warm coastal winds in the Pacific Northwest" and "A strong Chinook can make snow one foot (30 cm) deep almost vanish in one day."
Maybe the name has changed (I hear Pineapple Express now, too) but we still call them Chinooks down our way.
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2013 Escape 15A, "Egbert"
'93 Ford 150 XLT or
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02-07-2017, 08:20 AM
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#88
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Site Team
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Portland, Oregon
Trailer: 2014 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 11,052
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Our weather people call warm winds a Chinook. A Pineapple Express means heavy, heavy rain is coming, typically from the southwest direction.
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02-07-2017, 12:02 PM
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#89
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Trailer: 2017 Escape 21 - 2016 GMC Canyon 4x4 Diesel
Posts: 118
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bill and Earline
Stan,
Would you please comment about your earlier pickup date. Looks like you moved up a month or so.
Secondly, would you give a report on your non-towing fuel mileage on your diesel Canyon, including your driving style and your general thoughts on that vehicle. In addition to my current tow vehicle, I have a Jetta TDI and really enjoy my diesels, despite the hoopla.
Bill
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Our completion date was moved from Mar 8 to Jan 25 as part of the adjustments ETI made last October.
I will start a new thread on the towing forum to respond to questions about the Canyon diesel.
Tammy reports that she expects to be able to export our trailer on schedule Friday. Histrionics aside, the only concern we actually ever had was that deliveries might get backed up a few days.
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"It ain't what you don't know that hurts you - it's what you know for sure that just ain't so.” - S. Clemens
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02-07-2017, 04:10 PM
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#90
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Denison, Texas
Trailer: 2015 21'; 2011 19' sold; 4Runner; ph ninezero3 327-27ninefour
Posts: 5,136
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And here I thought a Chinook was an RV.
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"Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.... "
Emerson
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02-07-2017, 04:54 PM
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#91
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Trailer: 2012 15A
Posts: 398
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Here on the west coast a Chinook is a type of salmon!!!
They are almost as good as the warm winds off the east side of the Rockies.
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02-07-2017, 04:57 PM
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#92
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Benton County, Iowa
Trailer: 2013 Escape 21 Classic Number 6, pulled by 2018 Toyota Highlander
Posts: 8,262
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Our friend Jack Gladstone sings The Bear Who Stole the Chinook. It's a fun song and posted on you tube. If you are ever in Glacier in the summer don't miss his show.
In Iowa we call the 5 or 6 inch snow out of the NW an Alberta Clipper. If it really rolls through with a lot of wind and little snow it's a Saskatchewan Screamer.
We will get a nice warmup in the winter once in a while but it's not really a Chinook
Dave
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02-07-2017, 05:03 PM
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#93
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Bellingham and Glacier, Washington
Trailer: 2013 Escape 15A
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Iowa Dave
In Iowa we call the 5 or 6 inch snow out of the NW an Alberta Clipper. If it really rolls through with a lot of wind and little snow it's a Saskatchewan Screamer.
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Really like these regional names. Although infrequent, we get a frigid northeaster once in awhile and call it an Alberta Express.
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2013 Escape 15A, "Egbert"
'93 Ford 150 XLT or
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02-07-2017, 05:12 PM
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#94
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Trailer: 2012 15A
Posts: 398
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Cold winds here from the interior are called Arctic Outflows.
That's usually when we usually get the blue sky and very cold temperatures in winter.
I blame it on the cold outflow from the Peace River Country (my place of birth and first 19 years of experiences), hardly the Arctic.
We blame Alberta for other things!!
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02-07-2017, 05:25 PM
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#95
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Benton County, Iowa
Trailer: 2013 Escape 21 Classic Number 6, pulled by 2018 Toyota Highlander
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John B
Did you ever hear Baxter Black do " Oscar, King of the Beavers? It's a poem based on an adventure of a young man in the Peace River Country.
Dave
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02-07-2017, 05:27 PM
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#96
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire
Trailer: 5.0 TA - Sept. 2015, 2016 Silverado 2500 Duramax
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Hi Jim and Lisa!
Just saw this thread... So happy for you in picking up your new 5.0 TA!! It looks awesome... and to sound like a broken record... "Can't wait to see all you do to it, and love the fabric!!!"
Some other folks we know from Maine are picking up their new 5.0 TA on the 14th! Gotta love it!!
Congratulations!!! We are thinking about Osoyoos, but haven't as yet made plans. Hope we see you guys again!
All the best!
Happy trails!
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02-07-2017, 05:55 PM
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#97
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Trailer: 2017 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 15,554
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie & Lucy
Hi Jim and Lisa!
Just saw this thread... So happy for you in picking up your new 5.0 TA!! It looks awesome... and to sound like a broken record... "Can't wait to see all you do to it, and love the fabric!!!"
Some other folks we know from Maine are picking up their new 5.0 TA on the 14th! Gotta love it!!
Congratulations!!! We are thinking about Osoyoos, but haven't as yet made plans. Hope we see you guys again!
All the best!
Happy trails!
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HI Charlie and Lucy,
Thanks for the kind words.
I have had my grandson here for the last 9 days (he left moments ago) and some work to do on job, but hope to get at the trailer in a week or two to get some stuff done on it.
It would be fantastic to see you guys again, hopefully in Osoyoos, or somewhere on the road, as we plan to do a lot of travelling with our trailer.
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2015 Ford F150 Lariat 3.5L EcoBoost
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02-08-2017, 01:02 AM
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#98
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Trailer: 2012 15A
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Iowa Dave
John B
Did you ever hear Baxter Black do " Oscar, King of the Beavers? It's a poem based on an adventure of a young man in the Peace River Country.
Dave
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No Dave. I have not heard of either the poem or the poet.
I looked him up tonight and got carried away reading and listening to some cowboy poetry.Great stuff.
Thanks for asking.
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02-08-2017, 08:49 AM
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#99
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Trailer: 2017 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 15,554
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Today sure would have not been a good day to bring a trailer back to Calgary.
https://www.google.ca/amp/globalnews...ndroid-samsung
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02-08-2017, 09:29 AM
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#100
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Middle, Tennessee
Trailer: 2017 Escape 19' #2
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Wow, keep that weather up there.
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