our journey home..

We had a great time driving across the country! We were worried about how the kids would travel but they did really well. We left Brampton on Friday morning and arrived in Marathon at around 11pm, where we found a Travelodge to spend the night at.

The next morning, we drove through Northern Ontario and, I have to say, it was my favorite part of the trip. The drive was so relaxing because the scenery was so beautiful and besides that we were the only car on the road most of the time! To save a bit of money, we decided to stop at rest stop and rest a few hours instead of spending the night at a hotel on Saturday night. Unfortunately, that plan didn't go over that well with the kids. So we stopped for an hour and John drove through the night while the kids and I slept.

By the time we woke up we were in Saskatoon! We stopped to have breakfast at McDonalds and I drove through Manitoba while John slept. By Sunday afternoon we arrived in Edmonton where we planned on taking a whole day off from driving and, instead, we took the kids to West Edmonton Mall. We checked into a Holiday Inn and spent the rest of the day resting. We went to the mall on Monday and we were in there from the time it opened to the time it closed (it even closed early coz it was a holiday). We all had a blast and were so glad we got to stop there.

We then drove to Calgary and found a neat hotel that just opened recently so we got a really good deal for a four star type of hotel. Tuesday morning we drove to Banff and Lake Louise, but it was still too cold to really enjoy it. We finally arrived at our final destination at 11pm that same night and we were exhausted! Overall, it was an awesome trip and I think everyone should drive across the country at least once in their life!

Unfortunately, we realized that we didn't take very many pictures during our road trip since we were too busy driving too fast! Ha ha!