Day Six

Another day in Canada, and besides the gas prices, things are going well.

The landscape is changing the more north we go. There are very beautiful parts and some "Nebraska" looking parts.

When we finally made it to British Columbia we stopped for the night in town called Dawson Creek. It is the start of the Alaskan Highway. We are excited to started to feel so close! Only 1441 miles to go!This is a little marker they have set up to show the beginning of they highway. They say it is one of the most photographed thing along the way. So we had to make sure that we got "our" picture of it too!

Day Five

Today we left Montana and headed up towards Canada. We made it through the border without any trouble(they didn't confiscate any children!)

We made it to Red Deer, Alberta. We stopped for dinner in Calgary. There was quite a bit of traffic(not too much but more than we have encountered lately). Jake became a little nervous and said, "Oh no, the first day in all my life to be in Canada, and it's stinkin' terrible!"

The kids have been travelling very well. Some days are "longer" than others but we are surviving and HALF WAY DONE!!!

Day Four

Today we started off from Sheridan, Wyoming and quickly arrived in Montana.

Again the weather was beautiful. So we stopped for lunch at a ghetto rest stop in Lewistown, MT. The kids ran around and played with the dogs after we ate lunch. Curtis and I decided that this "rest stop" was the local drug dealing place for the area since several shady looking characters left immediately as we pulled in.(But that was okay with us!)

We finally stopped for the night here in Great Falls, Montana. We aren't too far from the Canadian border so this will be the last night in the good ol' USA for a few days. We have passports ready for the border but maybe they will confiscate a couple of the kids anyways!!!!

Day Three

Today the weather warmed up and the winds died down. Since we stayed the night last night in Rapid City, South Dakota, we decided to go see Mount Rushmore.

When we first got to the monument we saw these mountain goats. That saved us a trip to the zoo!!

The boys were so excited to see Mount Rushmore. They were amazed at the size of the presidents. Jake said that he was glad that he could go there once in his life(I guess he's not going back again!)

Later we crossed into good old Wyoming. We stopped for the night in Sheridan, Wyoming.

Day Two

Today was our longest travel day. And boy was it long!! We crossed over into South Dakota...


Just in time for some strong winds. 40mph winds with gust up to 70mph. Not a good combination for traveling with a trailer. But we made it through without any incidences, just bad gas mileage!

While in South Dakota we had to stop at Wall Drug. Curtis had never been before. Needless to say, it was not that impressive.

It was COLD! It was about 35 degrees with strong winds. I guess it was just preparing us for Alaska!

Day One

Today was our first day driving up to Alaska. We got a late start because we had a late night out at the Base Boo Bash! And Caleb was sick. He threw up 3 times. We knew it was going to be a long day!!

We went through Iowa.....

Then Nebraska. We stopped for the night at Offutt Air Force Base outside of Omaha. Today was our shortest day scheduled but we needed it with our late start.

Meg sings her ABCs

Well, there is not lots to do here in TLF(temporary living facility, a fancy name for a hotel). And since the boys are at school and Curtis is outprocessing the base, Megan and I are stuck here trying to think up things to do. So I admit that this video is not thrilling, but it is something new to add to the blog!!

P.S. You might have to turn off the music on the playlist to hear her!

Don't Tell Curtis...

My sweet Caleb never stops. So don't tell Curtis that this is what I do when he goes to work.