Heading North

Yikes, I didn't realize it had been so long since I brought this up to date. I have been remiss.
We spent a couple of weeks in WY in April. We were in Casper, parked in our friends, Nickie and Steve's yard, (bless 'em) for a couple of weeks. We got Dr. appointments, vet appointments, etc. done while we were there as we won't be back until Sept. or Oct. Also had some time to spoil Jevin and Gavin while we were there.

Then we went to Sundance the end of April. We buried Rod's ashes in the Miller Creek Cemetery next to his Dad on April 28th. It was a beautiful day and an equally beautiful place. Shayne, Rod's daughter came from Minn. for the service. It was a true joy having her. She is all caught up in her Sr. year of high school. What a gal she is.

We left Sundance on May 2 headed toward Alaska. Got as far as Billings the first day. Met with our financial advisor and our trust attorney then went as far as Malta the next day. Crossed the border into Canada on the 4th. It went remarkably easy. We went to the crossing just North of Malta and it is a tiny crossing, only one guy working there. We had cleared out everything we thought might present a problem and he didn't even look. Rats! I could have kept some of those groceries after all!

Anyway, we meandered across Sask. then for the next couple of days. Then we crossed into Alberta at Lloydminster. That town is right on the border between Providences, with main street being the dividing line. Bet that is plenty confusing. We spent 2 nights in Edmonton and that was pretty fun. I know you will think I am really a big fat nerd, but the highlight of our stay there for me was going to a HUGE and I mean HUGE Chinese supermarket. It was larger than most grocery stores in the states. It had the weirdest stuff I had ever seen! How about some nice fresh pork spleen? Oh yum, or if that doesn't strike your fancy perhaps you would prefer some boneless duck feet huh? Maybe your taste runs more to a fresh pork stomach! Their fresh fish market was incredible. Carp, talapia, scallops, prawns, crabs, just about anything you could think of! There was an entire aisle of nothing but soy sauces! Wow. Anyway, I enjoyed that a lot. It was located in the West Edmonton Mall, touted to be the largest mall in the world. It has a water park and a skating rink. It was really something, and we only saw about 1/4th of it. We left there on the 8th and traveled to Grande Prairie, Alberta. Nice little town. It rained on us all the way today. It is very green here and evident that they have had abundant rain. All of the pot holes are full and all of the ducks and geese are smiling!

We plan to get to Dawson Creek tomorrow or further. Dawson Creek is mile 0 of the Alaskan Highway, so we may have to do a little happy dance when we get there, probably will depend on whether it is raining or not! Anyway, I will try to enter more often in this blog. We are now up and running with WiFi, as our Verizon air card won't work up here. Our cell phones work sometimes, but we pay .69 a minute, so have been using a phone card and public land lines. That seems weird since we have used only cell phones since last Aug. We plan to be in Anchorage by May 23 for the National DU Convention. Shouldn't have any problem making that, barring any major problems with the rig.

OK, friends we will talk later.