This morning, Laura and I went out for breakfast to Le Triskell Creperie with Kris and Sandra. It was both delicious and cheap! Definitely my new favorite breakfast place though really, it’s the only breakfast place I know in town.

Following that, we hung out with Kris and Sandra for a while. Looked for wedding gifts [...]

     sun set = watching the sun as it sets in the sky for a period of time
     sunset = a single, snapshot-glimpse of a moment of the sun set
Late this afternoon, Laura and I went to the beach. It was a four-minute walk there and so we had a quick swim before dinner.

After we had cleaned [...]

Western Canada Road Trip, Day 6
Golden, BC to Kelowna, BC - 412 km

Have I mentioned that the car has been pretty heavily loaded-down all this time?

Also that there is a labor-shortage in BC?

Laura and I arrived in Kelowna around mid-afternoon today. We unpacked the car really quickly (with the aid of various family members), throwing [...]

Western Canada Road Trip, Day 5
Moose Jaw, SK to Golden, BC - 947 km
Laura and I got off to an early start this morning as today was our longest drive of the trip, pushing straight through Alberta and Banff National Park.

Salt?

…Found in the mens room of the Alberta tourist station just inside the Alberta/Saskatchewan border.

Saw [...]

Western Canada Road Trip, Day 4
Winnipeg, MB to Moose Jaw, SK - 660 km
Laura and I got off to an early start this morning. Not so necessary, as it seems it was our shortest day of driving.

I think they keep bees here.

Yep, still flat.
Speaking of which, Laura and I have discovered an interesting phenomenon here [...]

Western Canada Road Trip, Day 3
Thunder Bay, ON to Winnipeg, MB - 727 km
This morning our shower didn’t work. A call down to the front desk had the woman telling me it was ‘tricky’ but that it did, indeed work. It didn’t. Eventually, she came to check it out herself, agreed it didn’t work and [...]

Western Canada Road Trip, Day 2
Sault Ste Marie, ON to Thunder Bay, ON - 702 km

Laura and I drove through fall this morning. I’m not sure why but just north of Salt Ste Marie, all the trees had begun to turn already.

Oh yeah, and we kept passing signs with that evil monster thing on it. [...]

Western Canada Road Trip, Day 1
Kitchener, ON to Sault Ste Marie, ON - 743 km

Laura and I left this morning around 9:30am. It was raining periodically and mostly overcast all day. Dull weather’s really not that great for keeping you interested and alert.

Some of the interesting things we passed today:

Jackknife Motel (oh sure, I’d feel [...]

That’s where I slept last night.
Was busy packing and shipping everything today. We were then up until late getting the car packed and ready for departure tomorrow, but it’s all done and ready now. Everything we put by the curb was taken except for my mattress and that old, green chair that was falling apart. [...]

Picked up the Limited Edition of Bioshock yesterday morning before work. It comes with a Big Daddy figurine, making of DVD and 3-track EP. Won’t really get to fully unpack the figurine until I arrive in Kelowna, but oh well.
Also, I started into the game last night and even though my system isn’t amazing, the [...]