In 2003, our family took a cross-Canada road trip, using a friend's tent trailer. We started from Calgary and went East.

Our first stops were in Alberta, and then we crossed over into Saskatchewan, where we went through one of the Moose Jaw tunnels, then went on to Regina.

We toured the RCMP training academy and stayed for the Sergeant Major's Parade, which included a class of new graduates, in their red serge uniforms.

We next went to Manitoba, where we toured the Canadian Mint and the Costume Museum of Canada.

Across the border into Ontario, we went through Kenora, where Wayne was born; Ignace; Kakabeka Falls; Wawa; Sudbury; and North Bay, where the home of the Dionne Quintuplets is now located.

Our next stop was Kars, Ontario, to visit family. They took us to Ottawa, where we toured the Parliament buildings and were taught how to do Chinese brush painting.

We then continued on to Toronto, staying at a campground in Milton. In Toronto, we went to the Royal Ontario Museum, the Bata Shoe Museum, and Casa Loma. We also took a day trip to Niagara Falls and its beautiful gardens.

There we turned back towards the West, going through the lakes area. We stopped at the Panorama Amethyst Mine, where we could buy anything we found in the tailings for $2/pound. In Upsala, we found out why their mascot was a giant mosquito – lovely lake, though.

We returned via Portage la Prairie, Moose Jaw and Swift Current.