August 6th started off with a great night sleep. We went to bed early and we got a sweet 8 hours of sleep. It was a good thing too because you know who was up at 615 in the morning. No matter, we were all ready to start the day! Looking out of the kitchen window, a foggy mist filled the air. We had breakfast and hung out with Aunty Gail. Auntie Gail gave Aimee a memory stick with pictures of Nanny when she was younger. We also saw a picture of my father-in-law ...

Touchdown!!!!! North Vancouver, I am here. It took me just over 12 hours to get here and how glad am I (and my butt too) that I'm out of the Rav4. I made it to my cousin's place in North Vancouver with only the aid of my trusty map. The traffic wasn't bad at all. I'm going to be including pictures from my road trip to Vancouver. On my way here I passed Abbottsford. This is where the farm team of the Calgary Flames play. Cesar and I are going to go for a walk...

My first stop since I left Calgary this morning is in Revelstoke. The drive through the BC mountains is just beautiful. There is so much to see! After many years driving the flat highway between Calgary and Edmonton, this is a welcome change. The Bee Gees, John Williams, Edmonton Oilers podcasts and various other music artist have kept me company along the way. The day in Alberta and into Banff was foggy but as soon as I entered BC, the weather turned for the ...

Here I am in Merritt, BC. I stopped off at a McDonald's for a pit stop. There isn' t much here except for...wait for it, are you ready...a Walmart!!! Yee Haw!!! Of course I'm going to make a stop there to check things out. Now back to Merritt. Merritt is the Country Music Capital of Canada. Who knew! I didn't even know Merritt existed. I'm 281 km from Vancouver. So far the road is fun. There continues to be a lot to see as I drive. I'm going to be having my 2...