I woke up to get a drink around 3:30 in the morning. A few seconds after returning to my bed the whole trailer shook like crazy and there was a loud thud. I thought it was a bear so instinctively I jumped up to Shaley’s bed to be away from the back door and tried to force her to sleep in my bed - after all she was the one telling Shawn a bear was going to come and get him during the night. Dad woke up too, except he thought it was a creep trying to get into the trailer. Noticing the trailer was rocking from my jumping about he got up, and after finding out everything was alright he went outside only to find out that everything happened because it had rained so hard ... read more

We woke up at 7 in the morning to get ready for a day at Canada’s Wonderland. When we got there we saw a stunning array of roller coasters in every style, make and color possible. Dad, Shae and I went on two right away - the wooden Mine buster, and the biggest coaster in Canada the Behemoth with a 291 foot 85 degree drop. Then we got a large fries and went to meet Dad’s friend Fab. Shae and I went to hang out with Fab’s kids Nick and Megan. We went on a bunch of rollercoasters, rides and got some food. They left early so Dad, Shae, Mom, Shawn and I went on a few more rides - including a stand-up roller-coaster with loop-de-loops - and finished off with dinner from a drive-in. We ... read more

After our few days in Thunder Bay we woke up to leave Happy Land. We got the trailer all ready to go, Mom made breakfast and Penny stopped over to say goodbye to us all. After a short visit we took off to Superstore for a quick reload of food and took off to the Terry Fox lookout. When we got there we were stunned by how beautiful it was. A huge 9 foot tall bronze statue of Terry Fox was mounted on a marble base with 3 paragraphs on this amazing person on every side. A map of Canada was drawn underneath and right behind the shrine was an amazing view of Lake Superior. We stayed for about half an hour then took off on the road again. Our next stop was at a small ... read more

A travel adventure has no substitute. It is the ultimate experience, your one big opportunity for flair. As we were about to leave our campsite this morning a car drove up honking its horn over and over again like crazy. It turned out to be mom's good friend Penny (Sylvia's sister) coming over for a visit. She decided to drive out from Thunder Bay just to visit us because she couldn't find us when she came at 11:00 P.M. last night. We had a drink with her and shared some stories before she had to go back to town for work. Then we decided to go into Thunder Bay ourselves. Dad called his Uncle Harold and set up a dinner date for tomorrow night with him and Grandma's sister, Dad's auntie, Stella (Mary was going to ... read more

After leaving Russell, we traveled even farther east. We drove and drove and drove until we reached the gorgeous city of Winnipeg. We decided to drive through the city, rather than taking the boring by-pass that was littered with semis and other large vehicles. The first major place we passed was the Assiniboine Down racetrack, where Dad’s brother Alvin used to race his horses.We continued down the city’s streets cruising deeper into Winnipeg’s downtown region. We passed the Fort Garry Hotel, a marvelous high-class hotel that has been operating for over 100 years, then we passed the Manitoba legislature covered in its many sculptures including 2 giant sphinxes on the roof. As we were leaving the city we drove over the full Red River and continued on Highway 1 until we noticed the Royal Canadian Mint ... read more