Last leg of the trip
Trip Start
May 15, 2008
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Trip End
Jul 13, 2008
Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
Sunday, July 13, 2008
What anticipation as we looked forward to getting home. We all agreed that the trip hadn't seemed too long, but it was really time to get home!
After driving a total of over 14,000 km on the trip (not including any train/boat/plane mileage), the last 600 km seemed like a small hill to climb! Most of us slept for the first while, waking up in our beloved mountains.
Once we were through Revelstoke, I eyed the "Crazy Creek/Suspension Bridge" sign and remembered that admission is free on Sundays. As we usually just fly by there on our way to Alberta or on our way home, today seemed like the perfect time to stop. We still felt like we were in "Atlantic" mode - laid-back; take it easy.
That really was our last stop though! Everything became more and more familiar. Even the landfill looked welcoming as we rounded the last corner before we could see the house. Then Dennis laid on the horn, announcing to the Glanzes and Grandma and Grandpa that we were home.
We were barely parked long enough to say a prayer of thanks before we saw Glanz kids tearing across the field. Chloe and Jo met half way - as they often do - and ended up bowling each other over with the force of their hugs!
Our dog Dusty was rather pleased to see us and settled right back into our yard (she had "moved" to the Glanzes while we were gone).
It was truly wonderful to see the other side of our country and we feel very blessed to have been able to make this trip as a family. We live in a beautiful, varied and vast land of which we are proud to be citizens! We hope you have enjoyed traveling with us and thank-you for following our journey.
For any one out there considering this journey, we highly recommend it! For us, it was worth every effort it took to make it happen.
Blessings!
Sandra
