After our first night stay in Dora, (the truck), we made ready for our longest drive yet, at near on 6 hours, to make headway towards Chicago. Marie was getting ready at the camp site and met Denise and was talking for what seemed like ages, I even knocked on the female changing room door in the end. We packed the car again and set off, stopping at McDonalds for breakfast/lunch. I had a McGriddle, which was the single biggest mistake of my life, horrendous, maple...

Today we woke up and ate the free breakfast that came with the room, made our own pancakes, had fruit loops and made a tea with vanilla creamer, wouldn't recommend it either. So we set off for Minneapolis, again filling up for petrol at a gas station that wouldn't accept my card, it was becoming a regular occurrence. The journey was a long one, but we checked into our first camp site in Maple Grove, a KOA one, and the couple who ran it were lovely. We checked in ...

Today we woke up in the dodgy over priced Winnipeg Motel and got our things together and got on our way, a short 2 hour drive would take us to Grand Forks. We got to the border and were asked varying questions related to intentions during our stay and whether or not we were carrying meat and seeds. Once through, we took a little break at a rest area and got our stove on to cook some bacon and has browns, Marie was very happy to have used them, therefore not wasti...

Woke up in Regina and got ready and went to post Phil's postcard, before getting a subway for lunch and having a short walk around Wascana Park in the centre of Regina. We saw geese and the water was filthy, but the sun was shining and it was a lovely walk, Marie had a little trouble coping with the wind, but what's new?! This was all before we set off for our longest drive yet, through to Winnipeg, 5 and a half hours later, we arrived. Had a huge mishap with the...

We woke up from our first stay in a Motel in Medicine Hat, the strangest place name I think I've ever heard. I made myself my first ever filtered coffee and was pleasantly surprised, we then had a quick first McDonalds of the trip and got going. The drive was relatively non eventful, as per usual for these Canadian Badland roads, except for one huge piece of roadkill that Marie missed. We arrived in Regina at our Motel, and quickly got about finding how to get to...