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Again, nice and sunny. Our luck has been excellent from a weather front.
After breakfast the kids took the opportunity to enjoy the parks pool once again. With a fairly lax schedule today (only a fe
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Current location: Missoula, Montana - approximately 450 Kilometers from West Yellowstone (Todays destination).
We left Vancouver two days ago after a great time. Unfortunately we ran out of time to
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The alarm went off at 7AM. The generator was still humming away despite my concerns that it might run out of fuel through the night, and upon inspection it still had over 1/4 of a tank of fuel, meani
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The drizzly and cold weather of Thursday was gone and the sun was shining once again and the temperatures were forecasted to be pleasantly warm all day. Despite being thwarted in our efforts to go ho
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Our stretch of good weather came to an end - with the impending arrival of hot sticky weather forecasted for the weekend the weather had changed to cool and drizzly. It wasn’t pouring rain, but
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As was growing customary, we once again woke up to bright blue skies and comfortable temperatures.
Running out of clean clothes there was a necessity to do some laundry before we did anything else.
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Waking up we were once again bathed in sunshine, and a quick look at the forecast proved that we were to enjoy this sort of weather for the full duration of our time in Vancouver. Great!
We started o
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We awoke to the polar opposite of the weather we had left behind the night before - it was now warm and sunny, and the winds were virtually calm.
With little to do at the campground we were not long
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Sure enough when we woke up Sunday morning it was raining, and had been on and off through the night. Many of the one-night local campers were disappointed and promptly packed up and departed early,
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(Note: No, we are not dead! We have arrived in Vancouver and are having a blast, but WiFi has been tough to find so I’m a bit behind updating the blog. I’m trying to catch up tonight- W
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We awoke to brilliant sunshine outside our bedroom windows. I cranked open my blinds and sat on the edge of the bed, gazing at the view - and wow, what a spectacular view - one of the 8000 foot snowc
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We have arrived at Banff and all is well. Unfortunately internet service has been spotty for the last few days. Theres lots of wifi in downtown Banff, but none near our campsite that i can use for b
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Day 7: Calgary area to Banff
The alarm went off at 7:00 AM - an hour before the WalMart actually opened. The furnace had run perfectly all night long keeping us cozy and warm, and the weather had im
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Day 6: Regina to Calgary area.
Our relaxing evening at the campground in Regina was a brief reprieve from what would be yet another long driving day.
We packed up after a quick breakfast, and after
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Waking up to brilliant sunshine (but cool temperatures) we got underway quickly. Just cereal for breakfast this morning - Christie dashed into the Walmart to pickup some groceries while the rest of
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We awoke in Thunder Bay to another dreary grey day. It seems that we’ve been underneath questionable weather since departing home 4 days ago, but the forecast shows that at some point on our we
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Awaking Sunday morning after what turned out to be an unsurprisingly bad nights sleep it turns out that our scenic lookout is actually fairly scenic, and the scenery is about 1 feet from our front doo
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Up at 7:30 to the sound of chirping birds outside our bedroom window. The sun is shining in and the temperature and humidity has subsided to much more comfortable levels.
We make pancakes for breakf
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The best laid plans never go as intended. We didn’t roll out of our driveway until 1:30 PM instead of the intended noon departure. Not the end of the world.
We still missed 90% of the usual T
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At about noon tomorrow we are ready to head out. Day one only takes us about 450 Kilometers (270 miles) north to Sudbury Ontario where we plan to spend the evening and a good part of Saturday visitin
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Well, let’s see, what else can go wrong 7 days before departing on a 30 day driving vacation?
1/ Todays dentist visit to investigate a problematic tooth discovered a major problem requiring dent
