Day 61: Sept 1 British Columbia

From the journal: “Woke up to another beautiful day. Last day! I don’t want to go home, but I want to. I have enjoyed the time travelling in our little motor home. I haven’t enjoyed the feeling of always being on the go. This country of ours is beautiful, friendly, welcoming, thoughtful and BIG! There

Day 60: Aug 31 Alberta

From the journal: “Woke up to sunshine and quite warm weather. Usual routine. Lethbridge and Fort Macleod are over 900m. Great highway. Can see the Rockies from Fort Macleod and they are over 100 kms away. Sky was covered with huge clouds. Huge wind farm in Fort Macleod. Crossed the BC border and kept going

Day 59: Aug 30 Saskatchewan

Medicine Hat is located on the South Saskatchewan River. Known as “The Gas City” for it’s huge natural gas reserves. * * * From the journal: “Woke up an hour earlier as we had turned our clocks back. It was probably 5-6 degrees. No frost. We were on the road by 7:30am. Lots of clouds

Day 58: Aug 29 Saskatchewan

Regina is the capital of Saskatchewan, and the commercial center of southern Saskatchewan. Known as the “Queen City”. * * * From the journal: “Woke up to sunshine again. It makes everything seem better. Our ritual for morning – go pee; brush teeth (sometimes hair), wash face sometimes and have peanut butter sandwiches. On the

Day 57: Aug 28 Manitoba

Brandon sits on the banks of the Assiniboine River, and is known as “Wheat City”. From the journal: “Woke up to the sunshine and no clouds. What a difference from yesterday. Gas is pretty cheap – $1.03-$1.11. Bought some luncheon meat and headed on the road from Brandon. A short trip today. It’s a bit

Day 56: Aug 27 Manitoba

Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba. It is named after nearby Lake Winnipeg.  * * * From the journal: “Rain! Rain! The worst day for rain as we headed for Winnipeg. Then the winds picked up to about 50-60kms. Or least it felt like that. Stopped at the Walmart at St. Vital

Day 55: Aug 26 Ontario

From Cheryl’s journal: “The sun is trying to peek out. Warm day. Had to buy more panties as we don’t want to do laundry again before we get home. By the time we were ready to go we started getting showers. We both saw a moose standing in the water on the side of the

Day 54: Aug 25 Ontario

From the journal: “A very early cold morning. Pumped out and left our campground. For the first part of the morning we would go through patches of fog and then the sun would come out. Got gas in Marathon. Looked familiar as we had done the same on our way out. As we got around

Day 53: Aug 24 Ontario

From the journal: “Beautiful morning but cold. Looked like it might have been close to frost. Timmins reminded me very much of Fort St. John – one road with a lot of industrial services. The terrain on the 101 between Timmins and Wawa reminded me of the Prince George area, small trees, lakes and cattails.

Day 52: Aug 23 Ontario

Timmins is in northeastern Ontario, and serves as a regional service and distribution center for the mining industry. Shania Twain was born in Timmins. * * * From Cheryl’s journal: “Something was banging all night from the wind. Couldn’t figure it out. Marcel checked the vent and said it’s still secure. It was pretty cold