[RHClarke]

On Saturday Bob, Grant and I headed out on the road to recover a communications box for Grant's truck. The trip to Smithville Ontario started at 0610 (Grant and I were a little late - there was a line up at Tims...). With the windshield wipers slapping time, we cruised through Ottawa and Kingston on our way to Napanee and the "Flying J". After fueling up the diesel, we depleted the buffet in preparation for the long trip to and through Toronto.

The traffic in Toronto was quite busy for a rainy Saturday, so we took the Electronic Toll Road that bypasses the majority of the traffic. The scenic beauty of Hamilton filled us with awe and all too soon we were in Grimsby. After a quick dogleg to the north, we entered Smithville and met up with Dennis Walker.

Dennis had two comms boxes, one of which he sold to Grant. The challenge was to move the box from the back of a nice C60 onto Bob's lowbed trailer. This was accomplished with two moving van ramps and Bob's winch. Once the box was tied down, we got a royal tour of the farm. Dennis has a good number of projects underway, including a 25 pounder, 2 pounder, 40mm, an 18 pounder and a fair number of truck projects including a 44 HUP.

After cleaning up the financials, we jumped into the truck and headed back to the barn. At midnight, we pulled into Hammond and left the truck and trailer sitting until Sunday for offloading. Bob will furnish the trip stats, and he and Grant will fill in other details of the trip and equipment acquired. Another successful and safe road trip in the bank!