Hi all
Thanks for your messages and emails. Our driving has gone really well. Weds. we drove through Minnesota, Wisconsin ("America's Dairyland"...we did not see one cow), which is only 100 miles across and into Michigan, where we stayed at the weirdest campsite. I should have known when I saw the stuffed deer's head in the "lobby". The site was almost deserted and yet the woman escorted us the 30 feet to our site in a golf cart. The girls rode in the golf cart with Snuggles, one of her three dogs.
However, we passed a peaceful night and then were on the road again and made it to Sault Ste. Marie! So, we are in Canada again! The KOA here is really nice, so the girls had a swim, and I went to the A and P (I have never shopped at an A and P) for groceries. They even have veggie stuff (Yay!!) With a LOOOOONG day of driving tomorrow, we will get to Ottawa and Dennis' friends Jim and Therese. The time it takes depends on who you ask...between 7 and 12 hours. Likely, since we are pulling our home, it will be closer to the latter.
That will be great to be in Ottawa, cuz then I can do laundry and get things sorted out and STILL have time to enjoy.
Really, other than the driving (long straight stretches of easy driving, with very little traffic), the days are packing up, driving, setting up. We have explored the Christian, World Beat, Latin, French and Kids stations on satellite radio, and now are into Business news (YAWN, but Dennis likes it). Tomorrow I can look forward to the BBC World Service. Here is a question...I see flags flying half mast in the US and Canada, but we don't know why. I know George Carlin died, but I didn't think that would account for it. Does anyone know???
Here is another advantage to taking kids across the country...mosquitoes really like their tender, juicy flesh and largely leave Dennis' and my leathery old skin alone..
Hopefully I will have some more exciting entries in Ottawa...
Miss you all
Love Kerry
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Montmorency Falls
the two white dots are the kids!
Danielle, Ceilidh and Mhairi
Moose and Baby
Funky Stores
...and you can see our car and trailer
Cavendish Beach
Confederation Bridge
Parking in NYC
Empire State Building at Night
Cool Display on 5th Ave
Maine beach
Hopewell Rocks New Brunswick
Mhairi vs. Polar Bear
Mhairi was found at the museum, unaware of the fate awaiting her in the mammals display
The Canadian Tourist
"The Moment"
I wish I had taken this picture!
Canada Day!
RCMP Musical Ride
The Ride begins
Notice the maple leaf "stencil" on the horse's rump
Sir John A.
For 10 points, what is significant about this man?
The Famous Five
Nellie McClung, Irene Parlby, Louise McKinney, Emily Murphy, Henrietta Muir Edwards
National War Monument
3 comments:
Hi all,
Glad to hear that the prairie schooner is holding up!
Everything out here is fine now that I found the keys that I had lost at the ballpark earlier this week, and the restoration people are fixing the door that was jimmied to break into the garage.
Oh and one last thing - business news is never boring.
Love you all and see you in a month!
Duncan
Hi guys,
Great to hear all your news. What a lot of driving, but you seem to have got your routines sorted out. If I was there, I'd (that's Liz) be like the girls and get bitten to death by the mozzies. Hope you like Ottawa.
Keep up the postings
Love Liz and Nick
By the way, what do the letters KOA stand for? My logic tells me its something to do with the camping site, but I've been racking my brain (small though it is!) to fathom it out. Please put me out of my misery.
Liz
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