Flat as a pancake

Wow, Saskatchewan is F-L-A-T. We're almost at Regina, not sure how far we're going to make it today, but thinking Winnipeg was a rather lofty goal.

Day two!

It turns out that campsites in Calgary close at 9pm, and if you show up at 9:05pm then too bad. Guess we'll have to plan a bit better today! So we ended up staying at Econolodge, and nearly had to sell a kidney to do it! $130/night, and that seems to be the average rate (it cost us $10 for each dog.) We were so tired, couldn't wait to sleep... then the keys didn't work. So I waited in line and got new keys... then they didn't work either. So almost an hour later I waited in line again and said we'd be going somewhere else. So they gave us $30 off and a different room. The room was fine, except our neighbors in the adjoining room decided 3am was party time.
But it was sure nice to have a shower this morning, and we definitely pirated our money's worth of continental breakfast, so all in all things are good.
Hoping we'll make it to Winnipeg today! So far I think the prairies are quite picturesque, we'll see how I feel in 12 hours!

Rocked by the Rockies!

We're nearing the end of day one, about 90km outside of Calgary. We had been hoping to get to Medicine Hat today, but kinda forgot about the time change. The weather has been gorgeous, except for a little snow on the Coquihalla, and some rain here and there. I've been mesmerized by the Rockies for hours, and may have literally taken a million pictures of them. The dogs have been so good, they haven't uttered a single complaint. We've seen a few elk and deer, no moose or bears like I was hoping.
We're planning to camp for the night around Calgary, hopefully it's not too cold!

All aboard!

And we're off! Not particularly smoothly so far, I might add. For starters, the vehicle wouldn't start this morning (haha, that sure felt like a good omen.) Thankfully our trusty battery box came to our rescue. Then came the horrible noise, like a swarm of killer bees hovering over our vehicle. Turns out the straps we used on the thule aren't too quiet at any speed over 40km/hr. So we ditched them.
Now we're in Vancouver and it's a beautiful day.

Twas the night before...

This is it, everyone, we leave in the morning! My artistic rendering of the Trans Canada Highway may not be too accurate, but you get the idea. Thanks to the government of Canada's strict EI rules, we've abandoned the original plan of driving through the USA. Thankfully that means a steady infusion of Tim Horton's - God bless Canada.

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We'll keep you updated. Hopefully this won't take longer than a week. And hopefully we'll still love each other and our dogs at the end.

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I can't wait to get there!