The tears of Vancouver were flowing (ok it was raining) as we leave Vancouver and start driving eastbound on the #1 to Calgary. The clouds broke and the sun came out as we neared Hope BC which opened up that spectacular scenery that British Columbia is famous for as we started to wind our way towards the mountain passes. It was disappointing that we weren't able to hear the Canada/USA game on the radio (couldn't find it on the sat radio either) We did manage to get updates via cell phones and news reports and were in the kicking horse pass when Sydney Crosby scored the gold medal goal. We also celebrated another birthday today with a free dinner at Denny's in Calgary for Jim as he turned 52.
Calgary AB - Brandon MB
The prairies can be a monotonous at the best of times, I think they added curves in the highway to give you something to do, but today it was a little more difficult as we encountered fog for the entire trip between Calgary and Brandon.
If you ever want to have a good loaded breakfast, stop at the Medicine Hat airport, you get enough on one plate to feed a family, all for a good price. (cash is the accepted payment)
When we arrived in Brandon we were reminded that yes it's still winter as the temperature was -10.
Great weather followed us the rest of the way as we traveled to Thunder Bay, Sudbury and finally Kingston.
It was a incredible once in a lifetime opportunity to travel across country to work at the Olympics.
Thanks to all for the support and encouragement
The Wawa Goose
Lake Superior just north of Sault Ste Marie
Photo's and post by Glenn
