Winnipeg to Banff - Ride Journal

Tuesday October 13. The day of a 16-hour odyssey stretching from Winnipeg to Banff. This is the record, compiled from the three site 2 vans, of our epic journey.

5:00 am - Roll into CMU… it’s -5 Celsius. Brrrr.
5:42 am - Lucas: “I don’t wanna be in here for 16 hours!”
5:45 am - Fill up on fuel and crank the heat.
6:30 am - Zzzzzzzzzzzzz
7:52 am - Timmies stop! Brandon, MB.
8:00 am - Sunrise!
8:52 am - Drive away without Kayla or Kevin. Oops.
9:35 am - Hello Saskatchewan!
9:39 am - Pee break.
9:52 am - Almost lost Kayla again. Oops.
10:26 am - Andrea becomes epileptic from claustrophobia.
11:02 am - Terrible customer service in attempt to acquire some socks will taint the girls’
view of Regina forever.
11:46 am - Aaron takes over van with his vampire music.
11:52 am - Aaron takes a little off-roading trip onto the rumble strips, but the van continues
to feel safe…
11:53 am - Eric calls his grandma, she is well
11:59 am - Andrea solves friend’s crisis via texting
12:00 pm - Saskatchewan. Is. So. Flat.
12:02 pm - A HILL!
12:13 pm - Sing along to “Waving Flag” by K’naan
12:38 pm - Met some of Laura, Jeremy and Kaitlin’s friends in Caronport at the Subway
Starbucks all in one gas-station. Pick up Kendra here as well!
1:20 pm - Man just passed us using the slow lane. This is how bored we are.
1:55 pm - City motto “Life makes sense in Swift Current“. Finally!
2:01 pm - Raf gives a lecture about the church.
3:28 pm - 34 of us are forced out of vans into the cold to pee.
3:43 pm - Hello Alberta!!!
4:12 pm - World’s largest teepee. Very large indeed.
4:50 pm - Seriously. Let’s just get there already.
7:32 pm - All the macaroons are gone.
7:36 pm - Emergency pee break.

*** Soon after, all semblance of sanity and attention span is lost.

9:31 pm - Drop off boys in Canmore. Au revoir les garcons!
11:30 pm - Girls arrive in Banff. Hello hotel beds!