Sometimes there is hope for humanity.
Might be a Hallmark movie in there somewhere :)
You can already see the Halo on this guy’s head :)
In the US they would have waited for their visa to run out and then arrest them; one Australian girl’s visa expired just when she was crossing into Canada. The US border guards arrested her, jailed for three weeks and family in AUS didn’t know where she was or anything. Finally the AUS embassy got involved, got her released and she made it home.
They probably were all weather tires in Georgia.
She came pretty close to qualifying for a Darwin award for her plans.
This is a man.
So glad it all worked out.
The Mom is extremely lucky the people she met up with were sincere and only there to help that little family.
Next time, take a plane ride, ESPECIALLY in the snowy months of the year.
Three Cheers for this guy and his wife helping out.
He didn’t have to get involved. Fortunately, he knew what he was doing and prepared for it.
There is a Patron Saint for Travelers & Explorers, it is
Saint Christopher. My parents gave me a wallet card with a drawing of this saint on it when I joined the Navy.
I kept it for years, but lost it somewhere in Izmir, Turkey.
Nice story...BUT...
“Her husband would not be allowed to come to their aid because of COVID-19 restrictions.”
The US - Canadian border is CLOSED! How did she get into Canada in the firsts place? And how, exactly, did she plan to re-enter the US to join her husband?
Something just doesn’t add up.
She was driving a pickup and towing a large U-Haul trailer. As soon as she hit snowy roads she began having trouble with traction on hills.
—
With summer tires, that would be all over the road like a squirrel on crack.
and they had a few short days to hit the border before they were going to get in trouble
***
“We’ve got a long way to go and a short time to get there...”
I can’t pass up this opportunity to thank the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for coming to my aid on the Yukon somewhere in the wilderness a couple hundred miles north of Whitehorse.
And, another man helped me get unstuck in the middle of nowhere so “thank you” and a First Nation man pulled me out twice. Thank you Albert! Once was about a 25 mile tow!
There are a couple others but you get the picture. I echo that Canadian People are above average when it comes to helping their fellow man.
Driven that dammed road 3 times...and btw I live in Big Lake, Alaska, just spent 3 hours mounting my Blizzaks back on my Escalade rims, long story short I had to strip corrosion from the rims and epoxy painted them, fortunately I invested in both a rim clamp tire changer and a balancer.
We usually have two sets of tires up here, all season and dedicated winter tires, I chose studless Blizzaks, not recommended to drive them when its over 50F as the compound is very soft for use in sub zero temps, they are not as good as high end studded tires but are excellent for a modern vehicle with AWD and ABS.
And...the Canucks are not very friendly about transits to Alaska right now.
Tires is everything for winter driving, take it from a guy who drives a concrete mixer up here...in the winter.
what man, let alone a military man, would let his wife drive in winter, wilderness conditions towing a trailor AND his two children when she had never driven in snow before?....hmmm.....
why the hell didn’t ship the car and fly up?> Unca Sugar would have covered 100% of the cost.
Some people are just too st...silly to survive...
Boo on her old man and the unit his is in...
If you plan to drive the Alcan (Alaska Highway) in the winter, the following items should be in your vehicle: A spare Arctic parka. A pair of insulated boots handy. A satellite cell phone. An arctic and a mountain sleeping bag. A signaling mirror for search aircraft. A signaling flare gun with 3 flares. Road flares. A 5 ton floor jack with an additional wooden lifting block. A tow strap or tow chain. A minimum of 20 gals of fuel in gerry cans. A tool box with all essential tools including sockets. A spare fan belt or serpentine belt. A minimum of 2 spare tires mounted on rims and inflated. 2 Tire chains. 3 gallons of anti-freeze. 5 gallons of fresh drinking water. 3 extra quarts of oil. 2 camping lanterns and a flashlight. These are all items that could save your life if your vehicle won’t start at 60 below zero in the dark 150 miles from the next establishment.