About a week ago now I took the trip from Vancouver to Vernon on a day they shut down the Coquihalla. I drove through by about 1730 hrs, news told me they shut down the pass at around 2100 hrs. I’ve driven that drive a lot, and I’d never seen it that crazy. Officers were pulling all the semis over to ensure they put their chains on. In the tunnel area, before every hill there would be about 15 semis pulled over onto the side, giving hardly 1 car width to pass on the outside lane of a 3 lane highway. A cousin of mine said he was in Merrit the next day, just before the COQ opened up again, he said the city was completely packed with truckers: parked in every parking lot, along the highway, along all the roads. Mayhem I tell you, MAYHEM! Obviously here I am cruising along taking photographs..
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About a week ago now I took the trip from Vancouver to Vernon on a day they shut down the Coquihalla. I drove through by about 1730 hrs, news told me they shut down the pass at around 2100 hrs.

I’ve driven that drive a lot, and I’d never seen it that crazy. Officers were pulling all the semis over to ensure they put their chains on. In the tunnel area, before every hill there would be about 15 semis pulled over onto the side, giving hardly 1 car width to pass on the outside lane of a 3 lane highway.

A cousin of mine said he was in Merrit the next day, just before the COQ opened up again, he said the city was completely packed with truckers: parked in every parking lot, along the highway, along all the roads.

Mayhem I tell you, MAYHEM!

Obviously here I am cruising along taking photographs..

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