Hello, hello, hello! This is Linda blogging tonight. We had a great day today. At one point God protected us from a major calamity. As I was cruising down the highway, I glanced to the shoulder and there was a moose standing there at the edge of the ditch looking at and trying to decide if he/she should cross the road. God told it, "No way! You leave my ladies alone!" Evidentally it obeyed and just looked at us and returned to the ditch. It wasn't a large one and had no rack, but any size moose would cause a lot of damage!
Since it was just almost next door to our motel we had to start our day at Tim Horton. For those of you from our area, Tim Horton was a hockey player who now has his name in a large string of bakery type stores. Phyllis had fruit for breakfast in the form of an apple fritter, I had milk in the form of a pudding-filled pastry, and Ila had a fruit explosion muffin.
This afternoon just after Kitwanga we passed an area with several Mennonites. Later near and past Prince George (or Prince Albert as Phyllis calls it) we went through hay country for miles. This is for the benefit of my kids: If you took all the fields south and east of where our house was on the farm and put them into one field, it wouldn't be as large as any one of the hay fields we saw. Many of them were covered with big round bales waiting to be moved. (Sound fun Jodi and Lee?) One field even had some little square bales in it. Most, if not all of it, appeared to be grass hay. We saw one dairy set-up and a few stock cows, so we have no idea what they used the hay for. Evidentally they sell it as a cash crop. I had to wonder if they use it in some way like I've heard they are starting to use straw and cornstalks to make products like plywood for the housing industry. Since we didn't have Dad in the van with us we didn't stop to inquire about the use of the hay.
I'm not sure if Ila will drive again or not. While she was driving, she decided to drive us off the highway onto a dirt road, so I took a picture of where we were driving and she is going to put it on the blog tonight. Actually it was a detour so that they could build a bridge over the road we were traveling on. Next they'll have to build a road to the bridge. It was the longest string of traffic we have been in for road construction. Maybe next time she'll try to stay on the road.
We will cross back into God's country late tomorrow or Friday. Believe me, we are going to be glad to be back on US soil. It has been a great trip, but nothing compares to the our great country. If it wasn't so far down, we'd possibly kiss the ground. Perhaps we can grab a hunk of it and pick it up to kiss it!
We are at Williams Lake tonight and had a nice meal at Denny's even though some people were waiting so long that they walked out. There is another Tim Horton near here as well as a McDonald's, so we'll probably find something for breakfast.
Have a nice day or evening or whatever it is when you read this. Oh yes, we saw a deer in the ditch today too.
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I noticed that Mom didn't ask Melinda and Margee if it sounded fun to move bales off the field. That's because when Margee was at home, they hadn't invented the round baler. And Melinda was too dumb to learn to drive the tractor. :)
Maybe next summer you ladies can drive to Mexico. I've heard they have good roads there!
I'm thinking maybe Melinda wasn't too dumb after all...I know that you have been disappointed some days that there were no animals to watch, but really,ladies, an ant funeral...isn't that a little desperate? And...summer in Mexico is not a good idea...very very very hot. Stick with hot places in the winter and cold places in the summer.
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