Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta on day 5

We did anothere marathon run yesterday. About 500 miles from Regina to Fort Saskatchewan, AB, which is just outside of Edmonton. This puts us about hald way. Still have over 2000 miles left. This will take us through the mountains. The rig is pulling well. It is really top heavy, so I have to be on it all the time. No slip ups! Thankfully there have been no weigh stations open so far. I don't think we want to know how much weight we are pulling!!

Everyone was toast last night. We had a good swim, Lela got laundry done, and we had some good pizza, and a good sleep. We will be debating if we will stay an extra night and relax. The next town is Dawson City, about 386 miles away.

I am uploading pictures to the flicker site now. These pictures have only been from my camera, we still have Lela's perspective to upload.

We went through some pretty good snow falls yesterday. We almost stopped due to the accumulation on the road and the ice. And there was a camper trailer that slid off the road. But we stopped for lunch and the sun came out for a bit. Still had some snow squalls, but the rest of the trip went fairly well.

Jeremiah is a total fish in the water now. He was determined to pick up dive toys in the deep end without goggles. I don't know what it was, but our lips and faces turned purple in the water. It may have been the paint on the walls, or the elevation....not sure. It was funny though!

Well, another Super 8 breakfast of the champions!

Oh Canada!

Well, we made it through the blowing snow storm to Regina, Saskatchewan. We are al REALLY tired. We are downtown and 12 stories up. Hotwire only showed 1 hotel option.

At the border, when they asked if I had guns, I said no, that I shipped them. They wanted to know who had them. They even called my mom and Ed to verify that they had them.

We snuck Zamu up here tonight since it was so cold outside.

Tomorrow, we are looking at driving to Edmonton, or near there.

Good noght all.

Fargo North Dakota

We made it to Fargo North Dakota. Had a swim in the pool, and going to sleep!! Will add pictures tomorrow!

Day 3 Alaska Road Trip 2009

We are in Rockford Illinois. Last night we had dinner in Chicago. It was very interesting driving the rig through Chicago. I set up a folder for Alaska Road trip 2009 in our Lazaros pictures link. Check it out. Also trying to figure out how to just post on the blog and have it show on Facebook.

Today...On to Fargo, ND.

Chicago, ILL

We are now in Chicago, ILL having dinner with one of Scott's friends, Kurt. So far we have encountered rain, wind, construction, traffic and sun during our drive today, even driving downtown chicago with all of the craziness. Everyone is glad for the wonderful sleep they received last night...I mean this morning. Thank you Ketcham family for the wonderful bed and breadfast.... :-)

We are heading for Wisc. tonight. I am on here trying to get a hotel cheap. I think I might try Hotwire.com or something like that. We will see. I took several photos today, I will post them in a bit.

God bless you all and keep checking back. :-)

The drive to Alaska...Leg 1

We left West Lafayette at 8:50pm Monday evening. We just arrived at The Ketchams home in Indiana at 4:00 AM. Pictures to come. It was very weird leaving in one trip to move across the country! Those that we didn't get to talk to in Coshocton and West Lafayette...Good bye for now! Love ya all!

Now...I am going to sleep...

Still here!

Well, we thought that we would be gone by now as well! However...I (Scott) had to do some repairs to the Suburban this weekend and we have had quite a time purging our junk! It is amazing how much stuff we have gathered over the years! We keep wondering where all the stuff comes from. Lela's piano is packed, so it won't be long now. The U-haul we ordered was supposed to be set up for trailer brakes, and it is not. So, hopefully when we call in the morning U haul will say, we have a brake module we can bring right over and instal and get you going! If not....a single match and 20 gallons of gas is what I am thinking!

Well, keep praying and hopefully wheels will be up by tomorrow afternoon!

Blessings.