To Winnipeg and back: a roadtrip extravaganza.

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To Winnipeg and back a roadtrip extravaganza.

• Jenna Thomson
• LIBR 500
• jennat_at_interchange.ubc.ca

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The Big Decision
In June 2003, Myk and I decided to drive to
Winnipeg.

• Why?
• Because we could!
• So we packed up our tent and
• sleeping bags, cooler and frisbee

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And headed off

• We left on Friday the 13th, after work.
• The date did not bode well, but we were
  optimistic!

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We drove through BC along Highway 5
We camped and ate at diners across the province,
and kept driving East
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Through the Rockies to Calgary!
Click here to see the Calgary Tower
After three uneventful days staying with family
in Calgary, it was time to strike out on our own

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So we drove to Drumheller! Home of

• The Worlds
• Largest Dinosaur
• Hoodoos!
• Amazing
• thunderstorms

But we hadnt seen anything yet
Click on the dinosaur to view his website!
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In Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park, SK, we
had a REAL storm

• .
• We had to
• Stop canoeing
• Hide in the Ranger Station for an hour without
  power
• Give up on camping
• Get the LAST hotel room in the park
• And
• .

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realize that our poor little Civic had received
thousands of dollars in hail damage!
But there was nothing to do but soldier on
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To the family farm Moosomin, Saskatchewan
We stayed on the farm for three idyllic days,
wandering around, riding horses, and
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Going to the
Circus!

• A real, live, scary circus came to town,
  complete with elephants, tigers, and unhappy
  South American immigrants (Really, it was more
  depressing than fun)

Though we didnt want to, we left the farm the
next day
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Success! Winnipeg!

• No offense to anyone from Winnipeg, but as soon
  as we got there, we wanted to leave
• We went to Portage Main, the windiest
  intersection in Canada.
• We stayed less than 24 hours before heading back
  West.

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We spent one quick night in Saskatoon, a city I
never thought I would love, but did

• After a week of prairies, it was nice to see a
  wide river and lots of trees!

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We continued on to small-town Alberta and spent
four days with Myks cousins, where

• We spent two days in a really hot church
• We fished and watched someone try to shoot a
  beaver!
• And Myk petted a calf!
• ..

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By this time we were almost due back at work, so
we booted it home in two days.

• We drove down the Icefields Parkway between
  Jasper and Banff.
• We stayed one night in the exciting town of
  Revelstoke!

Click on the glacier to see more photos from the
Icefields Parkway.
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We arrived home safe!

• With only 6600 in damage done to the car by the
  hail and the deer we clipped. (Oh, didnt I
  mention the deer? It lived, or so I like to
  believe)
• Elliott was glad to see us home, and thankful for
  the snack of dead bugs.

Yum!
mmm hot bugs fresh off the grille!
The End!