Our trip from the Maritimes back home to Alberta, with stops in Connecticut, the Creation Museum and Ark Experience, and a total solar eclipse!

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Update on our time around the Maritime Provinces!

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Epic Road Trip Progress :: Alberta to New Brunswick

A progress report as we make our way east across Canada!

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Trying to clear space on my computer for our upcoming road trip, I discovered that I had never done anything with our photos from our last road trip – the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia. In the summer of 2016 we had the opportunity to stay at a house just a few meters from the ocean at a really discounted price, so we borrowed a van and off we went. Highlights include visiting the ocean many times, taking the ferry, hiking through really cool coastal rain forests, antique car regatta, Vancouver Aquarium, visiting family in Abbotsford, and friends in Kamloops, and of course, hours of driving through the mountains.

This trip to the left coast means that, within the space of one year, we will have driven from one coast to the other!

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Not that kind of trial. We were testing out our new-to-us 2008 pop-up tent trailer! We purchased it from some friends for a really good price, and plan to haul it across Canada and the US in our Epic North American Road Trip. This past weekend was our first trial run with the camper at a local camp site to see how it towed and figure out all the systems and such. Everything worked well, and we made a few discoveries about things we need to purchase and prepare for the big road trip. We also discovered that a pool noodle under the mattress cover can help the girls not push each other around in their sleep!

This could just be my effort to fit in here in Alberta, as it has one of the highest RV ownership levels in the world at 26%. This time of year, you see campers and motor homes filling the roads. Of course, ours is pretty small by Alberta standards, but I also don’t have a truck to haul it around with.

Ready for sleep

Breakfast

First meal in the camper

That weekend we also had the kids signed up for COPA for Kids flight at the local flying club. This was a free event that Ellie took part in last year, and all three kids are now old enough to participate.

check your six!

And if that wasn’t busy enough, one of their classmates was competing in a local rodeo, so we spent the afternoon enjoying that!

Wild cow milking

Mutton Busting