Day Eighteen - Return Home

While I was paddling down to Metis Crossing Jenny contacted Andrew, our friend, and told him that I should be arriving at the Crossing sometime in the early afternoon.  She told him that there was no guarantee that I would reach my proposed destination that day and he could wait until the next day to pick me up but he insisted on leaving right away.  As it turned out his decision was the right one because he arrived at the cultural centre around 4:00pm.  As I had arrived at 2:00pm I spent 2 hours either inside the Cultural Gathering Centre or out on the deck in front relaxing and eating and drinking the food I had been given.  When Andrew arrived we were able to drive the van down to the river side to within 15m of where I had pulled the canoe up onto the shore.  Between the two of us we carried all of my gear up from the canoe to just behind the van and then we loaded it into the van with our only concern being that it should all fit.  Finally we carried the canoe up the bank and loaded it onto the roof rack and then at around 6:00pm we set off on the drive back to Jasper.  We arrived back in Jasper at 1:00am and I was safely home.
Andrew left Jasper at 11:00am on his mission to pick me up.  He drove both ways and after approximately 10 hours of driving and 14 hours in total he successfully got me home.  I have to thank him for the effort he made to start his preparations for the trip at 10:00am and for the great help he provided to get me home with no delay after I pulled in off the river.

Safely home.