Vacation Update

Today it is raining, and I am feeling a little bit like the kids in Dr. Seuss' "Cat in the Hat" waiting for the rain to stop. So I thought I would pass the time with a bit of an update. I won't bore you with all the details that at least half of my readers already know, but I will give a short update for anyone who might care.



Today is Thursday and it is raining. The kids are making crafts and seem quite content. I am blogging and am also content. I'm not sure what the plan for the day is.



Yesterday was Wednesday. We got up, had breakfast, took a tour of my dad's church, had lunch, went out and looked around Fort Frances and had a nap. There was a boat parade last evening for the Fort Frances Annual Bass Fishing Competition that we went and watched. Bethel Baptist Church (the church my dad pastor's) was handing out free water and Coke to anyone who wanted it. It was gone by the time the parade started and we got a prime spot near the end of the route. The kids loved it. Basically the parade consisted of A Lot of speed boats each being pulled by a pick-up truck and manned by men, women, and a number of children. A lot of the boaters wore matching outfits and had decked out boats. Most of the boats were tossing candy and/or souvenirs and the kids got almost as much candy as they did on Halloween.

After the parade (which was surprising long) we journeyed across the country line into the States where we had supper. It was a fabulous meal and quite cheap. And they took Canadian money on par and gave American for change.



The day before yesterday was Tuesday. We arrived in Fort Frances around 5:30 had supper chatted with my parents and went to Wal-mart to pick up some things we needed to get. We were exhausted by the end of the day; it is amazing how tiring it can be to sit on your butt for ten and a half hours of driving.


The day before the day before yesterday was Monday. We left St. Albert Alberta at 4:25am and arrived in Yorkton Saskatchewan at 2:40pm. We checked into our hotel room, had Pizza Hut for supper, did some swimming and were all asleep by 7:00pm.


In all we drove in 4 provinces and 1 United State. The weather was wonderfully cooperative and so were the kids. We are happy to be done traveling for a little while (Monday we are taking a 4 hour trip to Minneapolis for a few days of camping and sight seeing).