On the Road

Hello faithful readers...sorry it has been a while since I've updated! It certainly hasn't been for lack of things to say, we have been obscenely busy. We left Edmonton on July 30th. I didn't want to leave the house since it was cleaner than it ever has been, but it was the first step on the long road to Windsor.
We arrived in Calgary after a pretty stressful trip. Dixie wasn't having a good time in the car, which was causing us to think about packing her in her kennel and putting her on a plane. The vet had recommended giving her some children's Gavol but when we attemped a dry run at my parents' house, there was much upset-ness and foaming at the mouth. We ended up buying her a new kennel that looks like a fancy space-pod so she wouldn't be able to hurt herself in it.
After spending a couple days in Calgary we drove out to Winfield, BC (just outside Kelowna) to see the sites of my childhood. We had a great time at Auntie Cathy and Uncle Don's place...on the top of a hill with a lake on either side and orchards all the way down. We checked out Cedar Creek, Gray Monk, and Arrowleaf wineries (complete with tastings!) and brought home some momentos to be consumed at a later time. We drove past my Grampa's old house on Okanagan Lake, went to the beach at Ellison Park (where you used to have to walk down a torturously long, twisty path down to the lake, and where there is now a road that takes you safely to the bottom) and tried the Starbucks Caramel Macchiato for the first time.
On the way home we stopped at Craigallachie (sorry to any Scottish people who know I spelled that wrong...) aka The Last Spike of the railroad in 1885. It was really cool since a huge freight train came roaring past just as we got there - a reminder of how the country was united by a 'ribbon of steel' that we still rely on today. Deep.
After a few 'lasts' in Calgary (last visit with my bro and nephew, last BBQ with our parents and all that sappy stuff) the real journey began.
On Thursday (after a long rainy ordeal on Wednesday night) we packed up the newly-windshield-ed and freshly-tire-d car and set out on the Trans-Canada highway, bound for Regina. We made good time stopping in Medicine Hat for gas, and at some rest area just outside of Moose Jaw. We ejoyed a little Huston Pizza with Jimmy and Kari, collected our TV and were back on the road to Ft Qu'Appelle for a couple nights. We're enjoying some time with Mike, Chris, Noah and Naomi until tomorrow after church when we start the 4.5 hour trip to Glenboro, MB to hang out with the Wallis clan for a few days. Hopefully I'll be able to update a little more frequently - Minneapolis and Chicago are coming up next week!