A Canadian in America...

Safe and Sound

After finally leaving Edmonton at around 2:00 on Monday, Eric and I headed down south to Cardston, AB. Now, I don't know how many of you have ever been to Cardston, but supposedly it's a nice place. It was pouring rain when we got there, and it was pouring rain when we left, so we didn't get to see much. We went to Dairy Queen (I ate a huge smarties blizzard for dinner that night) and the Subway, and also the hotel that we stayed in, but we couldn't see anything else because it was cloudy and raining. The next day we headed south to the Border (this was the only leg of the trip that I actually drove), and spent 2.5 hours at the border because stupid JoJo didn't know she needed a compliance letter for her car. We got that sorted out and were on our way, eventually. We were planning on visiting Glacier National Park that day (Tuesday) but instead we got to drive through the mountains in the snow. Skipped the parks because I didn't feel like walking around in the rain and we couldn't see any mountains anyway. Instead we took the scenic route back to the Interstate 15, and it was an absolutely beautiful drive through Great Falls, Montana, and we ended up in Bozeman, Montana. If you ever get a chance, drive that way because it's gorgeous. On Wednesday we drove through the rest of Montana and visited Yellowstone National Park. This is also a very beautiful place, and I would recommend going if you get the chance. Go later in the Summer, though, because waiting for Old Faithful was awfully chilly. Worth the wait though, and the information centre had really good pizza. After witnessing Old Faithful, we headed around the lake towards the East Exit, and exited the park, driving towards Sheridan Wyoming. We had to drive through some crazy mountains, and they were awesome. At times they were scary, but Eric did a good job. The roads were red in some places. Weird, eh?? Sheridan was the only place that we had trouble finding a room for the night. I figure it's because of the Mountains. People are either really tired after driving through them, or are staying the night in order to prepare for the drive through them. We eventually got a room at the Super 8, and headed out the next morning to visit Mount Rushmore.Mount Rushmore was, well, pretty much as you would expect. We hiked the presidents' trail, and I took some pictures (which I will attempt to get onto the blog, but I'm not sure how that will work yet). Then we drove to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It rained and rained and rained some more during the drive. Blinding rain in some parts. Not fun. Then, Friday we drove all the way to Chicago. We got here around 5:30 or so, with two stops for gas. Good times. So that was our trip!!! I just thought I would share it with y'all. I'll try to post more later!! Bye!!!

posted by Jo @ Saturday, June 11, 2005