Travel Companion

Woke up having had a good nights sleep outside Highway Refrigeration in Coquitlam, i was warm and snug thanks to the fixing of the night heater, some one had parked a 40 foot trailer next to me in the night and the car park was full when i woke up so you could say i slept better than last night.
Mike one of the mechanics finished off the work to my vehicle by mending the engine heater and he found a faulty plastic pipe and the device had been air locking which had tripped out the motor, so we are up and running and warm now with hot water.
I would like to thank everyone at Highway Refrigeration and Mike for doing the work to the vehicle all of the lads for taking an interest in what i am doing and the service department for reducing my bill to help StreetKids International.
I am really happy to have had a lovely email from Catherine at the Canada Border Services
it has given me a lift this evening as i have not been feeling myself since arriving in Canada i don’t know why but i am struggling a bit at the moment, so i want to say to Catherine thank you.
Below is part of the letter, that i hope Catherine doesn’t mind me posting.

Hi Tim
So, what I really want to say to you is how absolutely amazing I think you are and how incredible for you to sell your house to embark upon this journey.  The fact that you are a kind, gentle soul shines through virtually immediately upon meeting you but add to it that you are giving back to society in such a huge way and that makes you an even rarer individual.
 
You are one of my modern day hero’s!
 
Good luck on the rest of your adventure, be safe, be smart but more than anything, enjoy yourself!
 
Catherine
(will follow the rest of your adventure via your website!

I hope that posting part of this letter wasn’t too self indulgent but i wanted to share this with you.
When i was staying at the hostel i posted an advert asking if anyone wanted to join me as a travel companion and i have had three reply’s two which were emails that i just got now and one from a Lad called Chris Burton and he called me on my phone today at about 12 p.m. and told me that he was 28 and just left the armed forces and his wife had left him. She is pregnant with his child, he also told me that he had been fostered when he was younger and wanted to give something back for street children, i don;t know what i am letting myself in for and i told him i have limited space and it was going to be a tough trip up into places with no daylight 24 hours a day but he still wanted to come along so tomorrow i collect him from outside the Pacific Hotel in town and i think i will them run up to Whistler to see how we get on the go over to Penticton to see relatives.
The two other applicants as you could call them seemed more stable a choice one girl knowing a lot about Alaska as she grew up their and has extensive knowledge of the outdoors and another lad who makes films and wanted to join me and that seemed interesting too. Anyway i have made a decision and it must have happened for a reason.
Going to find somewhere safe to park to go to bed now and tomorrow morning make some space for Chris.
Good night all. xx