Our super early wake up was rewarded by seeing a herd of huge Bison and their large nursing babies! We got back to the tent and once I had made brekkie, the heavens opened and I went back inside the inner sanctum of the tent to snuggle up with super snuggly Rosa in our double super snuggly sleeping bag, and we fell fast asleep...for the rest of the morning! The rain persisted, and he boys sought shelter in the car where they re-listened to Artemis Fowl. Once I...

People who have done this journey smile knowingly to themselves about several aspects guaranteed to be a 'thing'. The primary one, is the 'Prairies'; specifically their seeming neverendingness and hence the effect of utter mindnumingness. Talking stories? Oh, you'll be glad of them when you hit the Praries, etc. etc. But, after 8 hours straight of driving through the expanse of flatness that is Manitoba and Saskatchewan, the stunning array of every kind of sky ...