Cross Canada 150

Looks beautiful right???? Well, actually it was the calm before the storm! Literally!!!! But... even the worst day driving is better than an average day flying.... Even if the rain felt like waves crashing against the side and we crawled along at 10 miles an hour... I have a video too! Now remember what I said about Wyoming's bad highways! The Gods were laughing, because they have nothing on the highways I passed over today!!! Oh my goodness, some parts looked like battlefields around Chicago - and the drivers are mental. Posted speed 55 - most people going at 70 - and some weaving in and out to gain a car length. Good thing I have so much UAE driving under my belt or I would have been stressed. Instead it felt like home again :) The day in numbers: 4: States visited (a record for this trip!) Wisconsin (loved it and plan to go back), Illinois (only to the airport and then to visit that fancy restaurant I promised my niece to take her when she is 21), Ind...

A less visually stunning trip until the last 20 minutes as I got to Wisconsin and the basin of the Mississippi River. A didn't do the side trip to the badlands (next time) as I still had and have a lot of driving ahead of me :) From the distance they looked like a "must see" sight. Stopped and had a great dinner a little walk away - fresh halibut! Then a walk by the River, chat with an older man about the joy of gifts and he reminisced about his father a bit. All in all another wonderful day, even if Minnesota is not exactly a State that is overwhelming - AND they have a slow speed limit of 70 miles per hour. (When I stopped at the gas station and asked if they had something typical Minnesota, the super nice young woman suggested a lottery ticket... was't exactly what I was looking for. A special photo of a tug pushing barges along the River... a truly spectacular evening walk.  Mississippi River in La Crosse- a working river from past to future. The ...

Another busy day driving through three States and a long visit to Crow Country and the Little Big Horn Battlefield - met some nice people and chatted loads... also did a tour of the Battle Site with a member of the Crow Nation. It was so spectacular I will do a blog post just on that... but not tonight as I have another full day ahead of me tomorrow! The day in numbers: 12: deer and animals that look like deer in the fields and close to the fence on the I90 (a GORGEOUS highway) 3: States visited - Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota 386: miles in the car 6: hours driving 1: amount of times I wished I had not corrected a man who looked like he would fit into a Trump rally that Jesus was crucified on Mount Calvary not Mount Calgary (he was very forceful that he was right, I should have let him live with his beliefs, but I told him I was positive). At all times I was safe as it was a biggish group, but I kept my mouth shut after that. 4: hours with the sun roof open (no rain,...