Getting Ready

  We have been a little quiet with the travelling bug lately and feel the need to once again, hit the road.  After much thought about where to travel to, it is across Canada we shall go.  From the West coast to the East coast, visiting with family and friends along the way.  We have decided this time to keep our travel strictly within Canada.  You may wonder why on earth would we do that with the gas prices climbing as high as they are.  Every time we have made a trip across this vast country, we have dipped down into Montana and continued East from there.  Yes the prices of fuel have been considerably lower south of the border.  But honestly, the coffee down there sucks!!  Those of you who know me well, know that I love to have my non-fat lattes, and I really am a Starbucks girl.  Maybe when we get back from this trip I should consider applying for a part time position with Starbucks.  At least I would get a bit of a discount on that hit of caffeine that I seem to crave.  But you know, those employees are run off there feet!  I watch them making the many different beverages, and just don't think that I have the stamina anymore to work in a stressful job like that!  So I will just scrap that idea and just continue to live the life of a retiree, doing whatever I want, whenever I want.

     Having ventured south of the 49th parallel in the past, we missed the flat wheat fields of  Saskatchewan and Manitoba, and not to forget north western Ontario.  As far north western Ontario  that Ray has been is Thunderbay.   Ray's motto in the past has been, "drive like you stole it".  In other words, get from point A to point B as quickly as you can.  So on this trip he is going to try very hard to stop and smell the roses, or wheat fields, along the way.   We want to see what each Province has to offer along the way, some of which are:

• Hell's Basement in Medicine Hat (sounds very interesting)
• Moose Jaw Tunnels to see Al Capone's bootlegging days
• World's largest coffee pot in Davidson Sask (ok,,,maybe not)
• Bad axe throwing in Winnipeg (not sure what that is all about?)
• Everywhere in Ontario to see my family and old friends
• Gaspe Peninsula in Quebec
• Acadian Coast and Shediac in New Brunswick (for lobster)
• PEI to see the Kirkwoods!!
• Nova Scotia and Cape Breton (Cabot trail of course,,,,and my brother Jimmy)

So with Ray in the Drivers seat and yours truly being in charge of the navigation,  we will attempt to  see all of the above and more.  I will certainly keep this blog going to share our adventures and will provide some local history as we go and also hope to make you laugh along with us.

So follow along if you dare!

Lori and Ray