Canada Cont.

HOLA, eh?

we are still in Canada. Dawson Creek to be exact. this is the town that has MILEPOST ZERO!!!! yes. we have officially traveled the ENTIRE Alasaka Highway. it blows dad's mind that we did it in THREE DAYS cuz when he was little, they would usually have about TEN days to make the trip. crazy huh? well, that's cuz back in the old days it was all gravel. and now... its NOT. so instead of going 45 mph we were going approx 65 mph. haha yeah. it rocked. today was a day of scenery and animals. we drove through the Rocky Mountains. it blew my mind! i can't believe that's the same range that we have seen so many times in colorado. i LOVE it.

so if you go to the album pasted in the post below you will see the aminals that we saw. but we didn't stop for many scenery shots. we ALMOST stopped for me to stick my feet in the water of a rushing river. cuz i was curious to see how cold it was. buuut with 600 miles to go, we didn't want to make too many stops. and then the river veered away from us. rude, i know. haha

so. here we are at the hotel. trying to figure out what time zone we're in. haha. we've just about given up. tomorrow will be an easy peasy day. 300 miles to Edmonton. staying at a Marriott (yaaaay, pool and hot tub) and going to the West Edmonton Mall (aka the largest mall in NORTH AMERICA!!) yeah, pictures to come. fear not.

welp. no matter what the time zone is, after 600 miles, we're pretty tired. soooo we're gonna head to bed.

OH P.S. my back is fine guys. dont worry. i haven't had much pain yet at all. :-) dad's been having minor heart pain lately, mostly because he's been having more beef. but he's gotten better. he even had a salad at Tony Romas tonight! (and then finished off my ribs) haha but otherwise we're doin pretty swell. dad also mentioned that his right eye has been hurting a little worse every day since we started the drive. but he drives till lunch. and i drive till we get to the hotel. it's been a pretty equal split actually. and works out nicely for us.

okay. now.. i'm really going to go to sleep.

love you all.

p.p.s. mom, thanks again for figuring out our phone situation. fyi: we can use our phones again, texting would be the best. :-D

sorry you can't all be here with us. really, i wish you could.

p.p.p.s. dad found his dream 'camper' tonight. don't worry mom.. i wont let him buy it. :-) haha.