thunder bay to edmonton

The last few days have been a little bit of sight seeing, punctuated by a LOT of driving.

Day 1:

drive 17 hours from Toronto to Thunder Bay through Sudbury and Sault Ste. Marie. The drive was long, but so beautiful. Not much to report on the drive. We ended up staying the night at Thunder Bay International Hostel, our first hostel experience of the trip, and i must say, it was a good one. :) we got our own room with a queen bed for only $40 ($20 each). The proprietors were very nice, it felt like an oversized b&b. We met some cool people there too, a lot of people who were doing the same thing as us, but the other way across the country. One man drove up from southern Chile! It was nice to get a good sleep, though. :)

Day 2:

The next day was also full of driving. We drove all the way from Thunder Bay to Winnipeg. Then, we crashed with Luke’s mother’s cousin, I do believe. We were tired from the night, but we were hungry, so we went for a walk in search of something to eat. We came upon a restaurant called Salisbury House, which is apparently a Manitoba specialty. We were not impressed, to say the least. The lady taking our orders was super stressed out, telling us what we could and couldn’t order from the menu, and yelling at us while we ate. It was the most stressful dinner I have ever had. I don’t plan on going back in the forseeable future. We also got told that we would get robbed and die and our car would get broken into, etc. Needless to say, I was a little freaked out going to bed.

Day 3:

we hung out in winnipeg for the day, it was exciting. during the day, we went to the royal canadian mint, where we got to see coins being made, then we went downtown for dinner. we ate at this really great pub, called the king’s head, and then walked around where the fringe festival was going on. we saw a few free street performers, but they weren’t very good. We also went to a fringe play called “Freud vs. his Ego”. The actors forgot their lines a few times, but it was pretty good. it was pretty comical. we then got a few more drinks, and headed home for the evening.

Day 4:

we woke up, finished our laundry, and hit the road to Regina. On the way, though, we stopped in Souris, Manitoba, a random stop a little ways off the main highway, to see a really cool swinging bridge. It was one of the longest swinging bridges I’d seen. After that, we drove to Regina, where we checked in at the hostel, then went to dinner. After dinner, we met a few people at the hostel who were planning on going out that night. We went out for a few drinks by ourselves at a fairly popular pub in the area, then the 4 guys picked us up and we went to a crazy sketchy dance bar. I thought that i was going to get drugged or something. Everyone was super intense, and the 4 guys absolutely loved to dance, it was hilarious. Eventually we tired of that club, so we walked to the pub next door, got in without paying cover, and danced to an 80’s disco cover band. It was interesting, to say the least. Finally, we went back to the hostel, and quickly fell asleep.

Day 5:

We drove from Regina to Moosejaw, where we got lunch. We didn’t really do much there, it was kind of an accident that we even ended up there, but then we drove up to saskatoon, where we didn’t stop and eventually made our way to Edmonton, where we met up with my sister Nikole, and went downtown for a few drinks. Then, we went back home and went to bed.

I know i’m super behind, but updates to follow, i’m exhausted.