7000km & countiing

Just under 7000km DRIVEN and we are in Newfoundland, Canada. What an amazing adventure we have had! We chose to drive across the country so we could (a) show the kids part of Canada and the US they never would otherwise be able to see, (b) stop and see dear friends & (c) see family. The final destination was Newfoundland to see Andrew's family before heading overseas. We will be spending 2 weeks here before driving another 7000km home again. 

We left the evening of June 30 and drove through the night. We were able to see a beautiful sunrise just outside of Brandon, MB

 

We spent July 1 with my family in Winnipeg, MB. We spent time in my Uncle's pool,

 dinner with my grandpa

 and then fireworks with my cousin. 

It was a packed day!!

After we left Winnipeg, we made our way to New Buffalo, Michigan, USA to visit with some special friends. They were brave and let all 6 of us crash at their place for 2 nights. 

We were able to see 4th of July fireworks (which were set off on July 3), 

a 4th of July parade (altho it was toooooo hot that we left 3/4 of the way through the parade), 

and swam in Lake Michigan.

Next stop was New York City!!! The kids were so excited to be able to stop in NYC for a day. It was a long drive from New Buffalo to NYC, but we made it!

Next, we made our way up to Newfoundland. There was a couple of stops along the way, but after NYC it was basically 2 days of driving and one night on the ferry. 

We drove through +38*C (~100*F) almost for the entire trip, then we got off the ferry and it was about +18*C (~65*F). Somewhere in the middle would be perfect!

We are now safe and sound in Newfoundland. We will spend the next 2 weeks here visiting with Andrew's family. We will see everyone we can. We have some fun times planned and we are looking forward to being here and doing a few things, but we also want to spend time just being with family and not really doing anything. 

Im going to keep this update as is, nothing on China...i will do that update in a couple of days when i have more information to pass on. 

Hope you are all doing fantastic!! Feel free to send us a comment or an email and let us know how things are with you. 

As always, thanks for reading!!