ANOTHER 608 MILES

First let me apologize that I'm not able to look or comment on blocks. Our internet time is limited.

Jenna has covered most the things on her block. The Canadian border was frustrating for me as I could've prevented some of the hassel if I would've thought of the fact that we would be re-entering the US in Alaska. As Sis. Tammi knows I checked the regulations for fire arms for Canada but I didn't for the US. So we got sent back to the US side to register our guns (which are soooo old that we couldn't find #'s on some of them). Then had to go back through Canada and file them with Canada. Both sides were very nice and helpful but we lost about an hour and half therefore missing out on time with the Dorans that met us. I was so exhausted that I think I said only a half a dozen words to them. Jacob and Bekah, thanks for meeting up with us. I'm soooo sorry it didn't work out better. We did get to do lunch with Caleb and Mandi Alexander in Montana and that was really nice.

North Dakota was barren until the last few miles of painted Canyons. They were breath taking. Montana was golden fields of prairie grass for miles and miles. Then in Canada there's been nothing spetacular until the last couple hours tonight. We stayed in Lethbridge last night and Grand Prairie tonight. It is very difficult to find hotel rooms and they are costly. We began the foot mountains tonight and will continue through them tomorrow. We have been trying to travel 600 miles each day, but the mountains will slow us down considerably. That and the fact that we must stop at about 4:30 pm for safety purposes as well as to be able to get hotels. We hope to travel to Laird (sp?) where there are hot springs.

Each day we have lost time one way, or another, day 1 - brake problems, day 2 - border, day 3 - finding a bank to convert our money and finding a grocery store to buy sanwich makings as to save money. Though we lost time, the breaks helped a very long day in the vehicles.

I thank the Lord for His safety. I will say four days in small spaces, tired, bored, etc. calls for a bit of getting on each others nerves. The Alaskan Highway starts tomorrow, so we'll actually get to SEE things and feel like this is more than a race to the finish.

Thank you all for your prayers...I miss your blogs; but I'll have lots of reading to catch up on. *smile*