Road Tripping Adventures

If losing 11-6 to the Sexsmith wasn't enough on Saturday, the Huskies had to deal with a bus that didn't want to cooperate on the ride home. About 20 minutes after hitting the road from the Sexsmith Arena, the headlights decided to turn off... as we were driving on the highway at 100 km/h... Not exactly the safest travel conditions! With no lights we faced no choice but to creep back to Sexsmith with the hazard lights blinking and the coaching staff excercizing their contact lists in their cell phones. It isn't easy trying to find a mechanic or electrician that can get to Sexsmith near midnight on a Saturday, but by 1 AM we a mechanic with new lights trying to fix the problem. Every time the lights were operational the bus would blow another fuse putting us back in the dark. Now nearing 3 AM Head Coach Gary Alexander and the the mechanic managed to hotwire a headlight from the battery under the back of the bus by stringing an extention cord along the side of the bus. When all was said and done, the bus arrived in the North Peace Arena at 5:20 AM on Sunday... just 5 hours late!

Here are some pics I snapped during the wait on the outskirts of Sexsmith.