Tag: travels

We are here! At our new home! Very excited! We had a reservation on the 10:15 ferry from Tsawwassen to Nanaimo, but we had to get there super early. If you get a lower berth, you cannot stay in the car — which means we’d have to stay in the

Sicamous looked like a sweet little town, nestled on the shore of the Shuswap River, with mountains visible on two sides. We had breakfast at Grandma’s and Grandpa’s Family Restaurant. Most of the customers — seniors at that time of day — seemed to know each other and were talking

It’s very exciting to be past the mountains and in BC! We’re having a really good time. It feels like we’re on some kind of weird vacation where we don’t do anything but drive and eat, and when we’re done, we’ll go back to where we live — in Mississauga.

Greetings from the prairies! Yesterday was a good day. I fell asleep super early the night before, had a great sleep, then another amazing breakfast, this one at Smitty’s, next door to the hotel. Then we hopped in the car, put it in cruise control, and went back to the

If you are following along, you might want to check comments, too. Allan often has interesting notes that he adds as comments. From yesterday: So we passed the geographical centre of Canada today. Tomorrow morning (Friday), we will pass the halfway point in distance on the trip. That will be

We are finally out of Ontario! We had a lovely and eventful day — including a visit with a friend and a wolf sighting! We got up and ready very early this morning, thanks to some insomnia on my part. Too much salt plus vodka before bed equals Laura doesn’t

Yesterday was notable for several reasons. We’ve made it to the Central time zone. We’ve never been here before — once we passed Kakabeka Falls, we’re further west than we’ve driven in Canada. This is the first night of five provinces in five days, something Allan loves, and I also

I’ve retitled the last two posts. Original day one is now day zero, and day one is a new (different) post. I won’t attempt to explain what I was thinking, but it’s fixed now. Yesterday morning we woke up to a bright blue sky and freezing cold weather. It was

I tried to post this earlier today but had some annoying technical difficulties. Truth be told, I had organizational difficulties: the AC adapter for the netbook was in the truck. Later I wrote in the Deluxe Hamburger in Sudb‌ury… then blogger crashed. Then I drafted it again in the car.

This is it! Our last day in Mississauga. Saturday morning I picked up the car from Canadian Tire — our first set of snow tires! Then I spent the day driving around doing errands. I was super lucky to have dinner with two good friends who couldn’t make it to