From Sea to Sea The Brandt Family Adventure of 2007
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From Sea to SeaThe Brandt Family Adventure of 2007
And spent the first night in Revelstoke, BC
We departed Abbotsford, BC on July 8
We relaxed at Emerald Lake…
and got chilled by the mist of Takkakaw Falls in Yoho National Park
We drove a lot of boring miles but wined and dined in style
with friends in Alberta…
and Saskatchewan
…and entertained ourselves at rest stops
To celebrate a 60th wedding anniversary in ManitobaWe worshiped GodWe rode a zip-line into a pondAnd a stunt plane into the skyAnd lit up fireworks into the night
On a long drive through northern Ontario
We were awed by Kakabeka (Iced Tea) Falls We stopped at the Terry Fox memorial at sunrise
We played Frisbee on the most Superior beach in the afternoonAnd lost a most valuable item in the eveningBut miraculously an angel sent it to us the next day
We went up the peace tower
and down the Ottawa River
And saw the Prime
Minister’s house
And spent a night in
the Carlton County Jail in
Ottawa
We got blown out of our room and rained out of our walk in old Quebec City
But we ate French Fries in Florenceville
And kissed on the world’s longest covered bridge in Hartford, New Brunswick
We met the locals in Parrsboro, Nova ScotiaOn the beaches of Fundy at low tide they taught us to dig and eat clams [they taste like chicken]
We hiked Partridge Island…
and saw strange geological formations at Wasson Bluffs
And witnessed a tidal bore in Maccan
We made an amazing red sand castle in PEI
And learned how to eat lobster from a local expert
On the way back we ate Ganong chocolate right from the factory and crossed the border in St. Stephen, NB
We drove through 5 states in one day
And the next day got soaked under Niagara Falls
We danced to jazz on Queen Street in Toronto
And rode a glass elevator up world’s tallest building
We saw Shakespeare and an Ideal Husband in Stratford [both don’t exist anymore]
And we hung out with friends [who do exist]
We walked through a hole in the rock in Elora Gorge
And swam in Lake Huron with old friends
We drove through Chicago and Minneapolis in the same night that the bridge collapsed [but not under us]
We pitched hay on a hot day in southern Manitoba
And then swam in a pool And we appreciated our extended families
We played football…
and miraculously found a ring on the beach in Stephenfield Park
And hiked a shale canyon
in Pembina ValleyAnd swatted mosquitoes
For our 22nd anniversary we had a king-size bed in a grand old farm house
But there were 23 extended family members in there with us [the house that is] And we laughed a lot
And played in the dunes of the Spirit Sands in Spruce Woods Park
We drove 14, 746 km which means we spent more than 150 hours locked in a tin can on wheels with the same 6 people the whole time!
To bust the occasional boredom we listened to the Chronicles of Narnia radio theatre
And read a few dozen booksAnd wrote in our journalsAnd watched Ice Age ten timesAnd bothered and teased each other occasionally
And fought over directions occasionally
But most of all we made a lot of great memories, cultivated a wealth of relationships with people across the country and grew to love each other more as a family.
We arrived back home on August 14