Ultimate Road Trip

    
Today Darce and I started off our day with a superstart breakfast.  The superstart breakfast sounds pretty bad ass but it’s only a continental breakfast at the Super 8 motel hahaha.  We checked out at 11 a.m. and needed something to do until the game which only started at 6 p.m.  We ended up going to Wal-Mart to get tooth paste and some groceries. For the past couple days we have been dry brushing our teeth (without toothpaste). After that we went to watch the movie 21 at the theatre.  It was a good movie and it gave us something to do on this rainy afternoon. 
  We then headed to Chicago for the Blackhawks game.  They faced off versus the Columbus Blue Jackets at 6pm.  The game was really intense.  We had a good view and we were sitting right in front of the announcers for the Blue Jackets.  It was kind of like having the announcers of the TV and watching it real life. Chicago were losing 3-1 and then came back to tie the game. The game went to overtime and then to shoot out. We were pumped. We never saw a shoot out in person.  Chicago came out on top and won the game.  All in all it was really intense and a fun time. The drive to and from the game went a lot better then we expected. We thought it would be ridiculously busy, but I guess since it was Sunday and raining it wasn’t that bad.  Tomorrow morning we are driving 7 hours east through Indiana, Ohio and ending up in Pennsylvania. The next game is in Pittsburgh and should be another really good one.

 
The Xcel Energy Center is the arena in St Paul where we watched Minnesota Wild vs Vancouver Canucks.  Minnesota played really good and Vancouver played poorly.  The end result of the game was Vancouver losing 4-0.  It was still fun to be there even though Vancouver lost. The arena is fairly new and the nicest one I saw so far. We had seats in the upper section and the view was awesome. I was really impressed.  Would have been more impressed if Vancouver would have won, but it’s all good. We had lots of fun

    
After snacking down our continental breakfast, Darce and I headed to St Paul Minnesota.   St Paul is really nice. We spent a lot of time visiting it today.  We went to the Science Museum of Minnesota which was pretty cool.  It had a lot of exhibits but it also had tons of kids. We walked around town and even got to see the Mississippi River.  The Mississippi River is super long and I didn’t even know it passed in Minnesota.  It was cool to see the exhibits at the museum about the river.  The weather was nice and all in all it was a good afternoon killing time for the hockey game

Last night we slept at a Super 8 in St-Cloud, Minnesota. With the tax, our room cost us 72$. That includes a free continental breakfast and free jus whenever you want. Danny was all over the free jus. He filled up his water bottle twice! Today he wants to fill up a 4L jug so we can bring it with us in the truck. Not sure if he will do it. Our continental breakfast was good. We had French toast and snagged some doughnuts for today’s drive. We’re a couple hours away from St-Paul, Minnesota where we will watch the Minnesota Wild play the Vancouver Canucks. Hopefully the Canucks will win! 

Darcey

Yesterday we said goodbye to Canada and hello to the States. It took us a while at the border. They made us get out of the truck, asked us questions and searched the truck. It took at least a half an hour. They didn’t find my half empty bottle of vodka I had brought with me from whistler and didn’t make us toss out the beef Jerky. So… not bad! We drove through North Dakota and part of Minnesota. There wasn’t much interesting things to see on our way here unless you love prairies and fields field with nothing. We did see a Budweiser factory, a Kraft factory, many U.S. flags and a sign advertising a K.F.C buffet. Ah! A K.F.C buffet! That would be so gross. All you can eat K.F.C. Only in the states you’ll see that. They probably have an ambulance ready in the parking lot.

Darcey

For the first time on our road trip, I got pulled over by the cops. About 1 minute away from the Saskatchewan border I looked into my mirror to see a cop cruiser with its lights on. I should have sped up to cross the border and lose the cops but I wasn’t doing anything wrong. After a small conversation with the cops about Hockey games, Whistler and Twin Tips skis, he told me that there’s a few things wrong with my truck. The first being that I didn’t have any mud flaps and the second being that the trailer hitch on my truck is obstructing my license plate. The fine in Alberta for not having mud flaps is $115. He let me go because I’m from Ontario and suggested that I stop at a Canadian Tire, invest 20$ and get some mud flaps. Maybe I’ll consider it when I get back home. Is there such a law in Ontario? Anyways, he never mentioned the trailer hitch and that was it.
Darcey

This morning, after eating a bowl of cereal and saying goodbye to our four legged friend Jojo, we left Calgary and made our way towards Regina. Along the way we saw a few interesting things. The first cool thing was the world’s largest tepee, ok maybe not that cool. After that, we passed by Rouleau, Saskatchewan, where they film the show Corner Gas. We had done this on our previous road trip but this time there wasn’t much to see. I guess they board up the buildings and take a break from filming for the winter. Shortly after leaving Rouleau we saw what looked to be like the start of a small tornado. It was nice and sunny on one side of the truck and on the other there was a dark cloud that got lower and lower to the ground until it touched it. As we passed through the dark cloud there was a light snow. It was cool, but it was obvious that there wasn’t going to be a tornado. It was just too nice of a day. We ended up driving further than Regina to shorten tomorrows drive. Tonight we sleep in Estevan, Saskatchewan near the U.S border.

Darcey

Last night the Calgary Flames took on the Vancouver Canucks. Danny, Steph and I took the C-train to the game to avoid getting stuck in traffic near the Saddle Dome (arena). A few Calgary fans on the train got their beer taken away from the transit security. Haha, transit security! They thought they were so tough! They were dressed in black and were wearing sunglasses, Men in Black Style. Their main objective – Check everyone’s transit pass! No one rides for free on their watch. It gave us a good laugh.
The game was intense. For the most part of the game Calgary was losing. Vancouver was out-shooting them like crazy in the first period. After the first intermission Calgary smartened up and started playing some good hockey. The final score was 3-2 for Calgary. They took the lead late in the third and managed to keep it for the win. I’ll have to admit, our seats were a little further than expected. Even though we were not anywhere near the front, we were still able to see the game perfectly. The action was not only on the ice. There was almost a small fight that broke out between some fans in our section. The one fan was apparently spilling beer on another fan on purpose. Eventually security took care of it.
After the game, we went to the near by casino for a little betting. Danny won 40$, I lost 20$ and I think Steph lost 20$. Our last night in Calgary was a good one!

Darcey

 
Here are all the games we will be attending. The frist game ended in a 5-3 victory for Oilers Vs Wild. 

Yesterday, Danny and I drove from Calgary to Edmonton to watch the first hockey game of our road trip. We arrived in Edmonton a few hours before the game and scored a free parking spot near the Rexall Place. The Edmonton Oilers took on the Minnesota Wild. It was an important game for the Oilers. After an intense 3 periods of hockey, the Oilers won 5-3. The game was great; we even got to see a guy get kicked out for being drunk and sneaking in some liquor. Poor guy! Oh, and we got some free Oilers memorabilia for singing up for an Edmonton Oilers master card which we will never activate. Fun times in Edmonton!

Darcey