Cam I Am

Well, it’s been an eventful couple days.

Today is the first day of our roadtrip to Winnipeg for my little brother, Andrew, and his fiancee’s wedding.  Meghan and I spent the better part of yesterday and today packing and making sure that we have everything.  We started really planning this trip after we got back from Las Vegas in April, but we’ve known about the trip for nearly a year.

The plan was to leave at 4:00pm today to do the 5 hour drive from Maple Ridge to Salmon Arm, BC.  We got a late start, but only by about 40 minutes.  We made it to Hope, BC for a not-so-nutritious dinner at McDonald’s.  It was about this point that I realized that my jacket was still sitting at home on the bed, right next to where I was packing my suitcase.  ”Oh well, we can’t turn back now!”

We finally made it to the Holiday Inn Express in Salmon Arm around 10:20pm..  Much later than I hoped for, but the kids got ready for bed and were asleep within minutes.  Actually, Megan is still awake, but Meghan and I have told her that she needs to go to sleep.

The plan for tomorrow is for another solid day of driving to Medicine Hat, AB.  If things go according to plan, it’ll be approximately 825km and if we leave the hotel by 8:30am, we should be rolling into Med Hat by 8pm.  We know that there will be stops along the way for food, bathrooms and geocaching.  :)

Night!

Yes..  You read that right.  Winnipeg.  Not exactly a vacation destination, is it?

Next weekend, my youngest brother is getting married.  His fiancee and her family live in Winnipeg and they made the decision to have the wedding there because it is central to the country, and I believe the majority of people going to the wedding live in the general area.

I originally looked into airfare for myself and the girls.  It would have cost $2300 just for airfare.  I then did the math on driving out and discovered that it would cost about the same amount to drive out as it would be to fly.  The advantage to driving is that I will be able to take the girls halfway across the country.  We plan on making a couple stops on the way back, including to Drumheller and the Alberta Badlands.

It’s two days before I leave now and I’m in full packing/organizing mode.   I’ll post updates from our trip..  :)