Our destination is Paris, Arkansas. We’ve packed everything in the van and trailer this morning, including 4 big kids. We had to make sure we had some extra space for the stuff we’re buying in the states. Tonight’s destination is Assiniboia, Saskatchewan to visit my nephew Mike.
We’ve created a travel journal that we update throughout the day. Each of us takes turns writing and then we can compose them easily for the blog.
At noon, we stopped for gas at small and weird Husky station. While sitting in the vehicle, I can see another husky station. We first stopped at a Shell gas station across the street and it was out of gasoline, and it said on the sign “Welcome to Medicine Hat, The Gas City.”
There’s also a huge tepee here, worlds tallest apparently. So we stopped to see it. There was an older vehicle (from B.C.) that was loaded down. There was a guitar without a case strapped to the top of the car and a car topper, and an army duffel bag and other duffel bags. It seemed to hippyish. The people who own this car are driving across the county.
There were some tame gophers as well. One was standing and looking as if it needed to go to the bathroom (restroom in the states). Douglas loved the gophers. William saw a license plate that spelled HAT. He thinks that’s neat since we are in Medicine Hat.
– Victoria
We chased a shadow down the road from a cloud. It made it look like a hill was burnt. It was moving fast, and went another direction when we went in it. There are more shadows on the hills.
24 degrees Celsius, air conditioning still working.
– William
Video machine doesn’t work. We discovered this when we stopped at a rest stop at the Alberta/Saskatchewan boarder.
– Victoria
Switched driving with Victoria. Lots of gusting wind going south.
– John
Arrived in Assiniboia at 6:14 pm. We met Mike at the Peavy Mart where he works and we followed him home. We met his wife Ai and they fed us dinner. We had a salad, shepherds pie, and garlic bread. We slept in their backyard in our tent.
– April