Blogs from North America - page 7997

Hopefully our longest day of travelling with 10 1/2 hours on the road with quick stops in Milk River (nice visitor centre) Great Falls for lunch at Hardees (not so nice) a drive through the Big Belt Mountains between Helena and Butte (very scenic and twisting) Gas in Butte (great open pit mine in the middle of the city) and a stop in Hamer Idaho (pee break behind the LDS Church) before getting to Pocatello about 7:30. The boys travelled great and are very excited about getting to the Grand Canyon. We thought about eating at the "Rico Taco" mobile kitchen in Hamer (pop'n about 12) that was serving the migrant Mexican farm workers but opted instead for the less exciting Applebee's in Pocatello. Just a quick post today ... more to come along with some ... read more

On to Yorkton Friday, 29 June 2007 Today we left Regina for Yorkton, a bit further east & north. However, we had to take a slight “detour” to retreive a shirt I’d left in Moosomin. It’s one I’ve had for years, one which I take travelling because it is light-weight, dark in colour, and always looks wrinkled, whether I fold it properly or not. Seems I’d left it at the motel there and only realized it when I needed it to take to a restaurant (they are often too cold for my “West Indian blood”, especially when the air-conditioning is on full bore). I’d telephoned the motel in Moosomin and yes, the gal there did have my shirt. So our plan (i.e., MY plan) was to drive to Moosomin, pick up the shirt, and drive from ... read more

Leaving Edmonton Every journey has a starting point. For our vacation trek, it was Edmonton, AB. Matt, having the previous few days off, packed and loaded the vehicle while Laura managed to sneak away from work early. While arguing over what Laura actually meant by 'leaving the city at noon', the Lancer (our vehicle of choice for the trip) backed down the driveway at 11:53AM. Our journey had begun! A quick pit-stop at Petro Canada saw us load up on fuel and we took off towards Lloydminster (or Lloyd-dumpster as the natives call it). Now it is at this point in our story that we must tell you that we had a third passenger on this trip. Our 6 month old puppy Kessler was also going with us to Saskatchewan. Suffice to say, Kessler does ... read more

Regina to Winnipeg  North America » Canada » Manitoba » Winnipeg By Bothan TaistilJune 29th 2007Maureen Kelly/Robert Tait June 29. The drive from Regina to Winnipeg is a long one. After settling at the campground we set out to look for a food store. We saw a mall with a sign “The Bay”. Thinking it was a supermarket we stopped, but soon discovered it was The Hudson Bay department store. On to the Safeway and then we were back to our Bothan for the night. June 30. We drove into Winnipeg and found a parking spot near The Forks. The Forks is located on the Red and the... read more

Days 13-24 (by Iain) It's been extra long since my last post mainly due to the places we've been in having limited access or Ben wanting to stick up his super long report before I do mine. So we left Chicago last Saturday morning and are currently just about to get the bus to Las Vegas. In between it all we have stopped at St. Louis, Memphis, San Antonio and Flagstaff (Grand Canyon). It's been several long bus journeys past countless corn fields and desert landscapes- which both get slightly less exciting by the hour. After Chicago our first stop was St. Louis- a small wee city in Missouri known for it's music, the city itself wasn't to crazy but the suburb we stayed in was fantastic, everyone was friendly and had Scottish grandparents, there were ... read more