Kenora to Moose Jaw

After leaving Thunder Bay, we made a quick stop in Kenora. We had to unpack things we were giving away/lending to family. We also had to get our trailer organized for storage and try to ensure it was leak proof and critter resistant. We had to vote and get some stuff sorted out at Service Ontario. All the things that you can’t do while on the road.

The next leg was driving to Moose Jaw. Not a super long drive, only about 8 hours, but what we hoped would be the last longish drive of our trip. Our plan is to take it SLOW. Kim and I are notorious for spending too much time driving. If the weather is bad or we run out do things to do, our default is too jump back in the car and drive. On this trip we have decided to force ourselves to slow down by limiting how many km we drive per week. There will be exceptions, but our goal is to only burn 1 tank of gas per week. This limits us to about 500-700 km per week. This should slow us down and keep us outside instead of stuck in the van.

We stopped in Regina and met up with Kim’s family on the Mowrey side and had a good visit. We only see Kim’s cousins kids once every year or two so they grow up fast. We slept in the van in Kim’s cousin Danielle’s driveway which was great but the morning turned into a bit of a gong show as we forgot to change our alarm clock to the new time zone. We waited till the respectable hour of 8am before knocking on the door, which tuned out to be 6am Regina time. Oops!

After coffee and breakfast we made the short drive to Moose Jaw. The plan was to have a graveside memorial service for Kim’s Grandma Zimbowski and then return to her uncle’s place for some food and drinks. It’s been a while since the whole family has been together so there was a lot of catching up and some good natured ribbing. As usual, things got rowdy as the night wore on and lots of laughs were had.

Next we are off to explore a few parks in Saskatchewan.