Chapter 5 photos - trucker Stephanie Pituley

Stephanie (right) and Kyra with their Western Star.

• lives near Winnipeg, Manitoba

• drove to Ottawa in a red Western Star bobtail (no trailer)

• secured one of the best parking spots in Ottawa, three blocks south of Wellington with a great view of Parliament

The centre truck here is Stephanie’s. Parked at the intersection of Metcalfe & Albert streets, Photo by Donna Laframboise.

Photo taken in the cab of Stephanie’s truck. Note the police car & barricades on the other side of the intersection, with Parliament beyond (top centre of the photo).

A card given to Stephanie.

Photo taken by Stephanie as she sat behind the wheel.

Kyle with diesel-filled milk jugs.

7 pm Lord’s Prayer in downtown Ottawa. Photo supplied by Stephanie.

Taken near Winnipeg, the day they left for Ottawa.

original Substack posts about Stephanie:

• Prairie Protesters: Truckers from western Canada drove for days, and stayed for weeks.

• Dear Beautiful Stranger: 'You're doing great things.'

• Mother Daughter Road Trip: 'No one realized there was two girls in the truck.'

• I'm at the Front of the Line Here: 'That truck isn't moving.'

• Roses & Steak Dinner: An Ottawa family fed an entire block of truckers on three occasions.

• The Milk Jug Boys: How 600 litres of diesel fuel was smuggled into Ottawa after dark.

• The $10k Coffee Fairy: Endless gifts - some extraordinarily generous.

• Leaving Manitoba, Leaving Ottawa: 'Just talking about it, I get teary eyed.'