Day 3 - Border Patrol let us into Canada!

So you know that email funny that is written like journal entries through a dog's eyes and through a cat's eyes... and the dog's goes something like, "Day 1... it's a beautiful day! We have so many fun things to do today! Let's go out and play!... Day 2... it's a beautiful day! We have so many fun things to do today! Let's go out and play!... Day 3... it's a beautiful day! We have so many fun things to do today! Let's go out and play!.."... and the cat's goes, "Today is day 374 of my captivity..."?  Welllll... today was day 3 of my captivity...



What? Are you saying you don't have a tissue box in your wall?!?



Haha... just kidding... starting from Helena, MT:

Actually I got up a little earlier this morning so I could get in a little run before we hit the road. I was glad to find that my legs still work, but half way up my first hill... hello altitude! I had forgotten we were at about 7,000 feet - good training for me!



A mural in downtown Helena, MT



We hit the road about 9:00 again and today is the day we were hoping to go international, but not before taking some beautiful pics. Fox Pup was driving and I just couldn't put the camera down, as you can see in the attached:

**Video Coming Soon... Technical Difficulties** 



Now, several years ago we vacationed in Washington State and we spent a day in Vancouver. We still laugh about the border crossing because I was driving and was expecting a few friendly questions before being sent on my way... but was met with an officer who barked question after question at me in rapid succession while I tried to keep up. We were unsure about how today's would go, but this time Fox Pup drove and we got through in 7 minutes flat! A new record for us! It's another absolutely perfect day weather-wise today, and the border patrol officer asked Fox Pup what she does for a living and she told him she's a meteorologist and then I sat there poking her saying, "Tell him it's gonna be sunny today, tell him it's gonna be sunny today...". When he asked if she was planning to leave anything behind in Canada I'm surprised she didn't say, "Yeah, my sister!". Let's just hope the return back into the US goes just as well.

We made it through Calgary today and are spending the night about 1.5 hrs south of Edmonton.  500 more miles under our belts - about half way there! No polar bear sightings yet.

Enjoy the attached pics and video... will try to add more tomorrow.

Goose