It has been a bit difficult to get to wifi along our route, either because the wifi signals haven't been very strong, or have been so painfully slow that it made posting very frustrating. Here at the Carngie Library, it is still slow (just shy of painful) so I finally have the time to catch up on the blog.
Here's a run down of the past week:
Nov 23 - stopped at the border and not allowed to cross - the US border patrol really don't like you coming down to "wing it" for vacationing - they want addresses, names & numbers to reach you at. Oh yeah, they also want to know how much money you have in your bank account, your income tax return, your house taxes, your utility bills, your credit cards & sign over your first born child (ok, I'm just kidding about the last one, but they do require all the rest). We are told that if we come back with that info, they will let us through, so back to Regina we go to use the library to print off the info & stay the night there. We go to the swimming pool that night too, so we are in good spirits.
Nov 24 - they let us through with the info we provide - Hurray!!! The roads are amazingly clear, as if a switch turned the snow off as soon as we crossed the border. I find out the hard way the need to be careful when walking from the kitchen to my seat while the vehicle is moving. Ouch! Must watch that top corner.
Nov 25 - Spent the night in Miles City, MT. Our table had been on the verge of breaking when we bought it & finally gave. The contact cement Dan used to fix it was terrible, it was supposed to dry in 5 minutes, but kept running. despite efforts to keep it out of the way, all the kids managed to put their hands into the wet glue at least twice before the table was fixed. It works quite well now. It is Thanksgiving & we "cheat" (as the grocery clerk put it) by buying a tub of popcorn chicken, popcorn shrimp & wedge fries for dinner - but there is cranberry sauce, so we think this is ok :)
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