Entering Enemy Territory

Today, we woke up early, and then waited around for Uncle Bruce and Aunt Nora to wake up, because they wanted to take us out for breakfast.  Eventually, we went outside to see the weather looking just wonderful:

So, we wandered around Vegreville and discovered that the only place open before 8:00 am on a Sunday was Tim Hortons, so we had a super classy breakfast there.

After breakfast we headed out into the rain and wind.  It turns out that the storm over Vegreville was actually over all of Alberta and part of Saskachewan, so we drove for most of the morning in the pounding rain, which is not the most fun you can have.  Also, Flint decided he was no longer content to hang out in the car all day, and started whining incessantly no matter what we did.

Eventually, the cat shut up and the rain stopped, and we were able to appreciate the gradeur of the pararies, which is pretty boss (if you like that kind of thing)

 Look!  A grain elevator!

Anyways, we eventually stopped for lunch just after Saskatoon at some weird place called Davidson. At their rest stop they had a giant coffee urn:

 And, oh yes, a cage full of birds:

 That's just a bunch of birds, sitting in a cage in the middle of the rest stop with no one around, right off the highway. It was weird.

We continued driving (a recurring theme for the day -- we are probabl going to finish the outsiders tomorrow) and eventually made it to the border crossing:

Darcy was worried we were going to have a problem on account of our cat or we would have to unpack the whole car or something like that.  So, Daniel decided to help the situation by obliviously driving past the big red light and sign that said "stop" thereby causing the customs agent to come over and be super unpleasant to us.  So, if you are planning to go into the states, don't cross at Port of Estevan, because the lady who works there is very unpleasant.

Once in the states, the praries started to vary it up a bit with some hills, which we were pretty impressed by,

As you can probably see from the pictures, it was starting to get dark as we entered North Dakoda, and by the time we reached our campground in Minot, it was dark.  Also, the people at the office had gone home early, so it was difficult for us to pay.  Luckily, they had left us instructins.  So, we set up the tent (which Daniel had never done in the light or dark) had some supper (grilled cheese sandwiches) and went to bed.  This morning, we tracked down the wifi, and are uploading the blog.

And now for today's joke: Why is 'B' the hottest letter of the alphabet?  Because it turns 'oil' into 'boil'!