The Trip...

We made it!  After 33 hours on the road, Nathan and I arrived at his parents' place last night around 8pm local time.  To say we were excited does not even begin to describe how we were feeling.  Well, ok...it does begin to describe it.  But we were also grateful to have made it, thankful that our car was reliable, sore from sitting so much, tired from so many hours in the car and poor sleeps during our stops along the way, and relieved that everything went well with Baby.  I will not say that traveling while 4.5 months pregnant is a good idea; the doctor was probably smart in suggesting that I fly.  But everything did go well and, aside from alot of extra soreness along the way, everything went smoothly as far as the pregnancy goes.  Praise the Lord!

We did take a few pictures along the way too.  Want to see?

This is everything that still needed to go into the back seat.  Well, not everything even.  Just some of what needed to go into the back seat.  The trunk was already full at this point.

Me doing dishes for the last time.  It's starting to get uncomfortable.  I don't think I'll be able to reach the sink anymore in a couple months...

We were driving through the desert in Nevada when all of a sudden we came over a hill and saw this.  Completely white, snow-covered mountains.  We quickly looked at a map and made a "plan B" in case the GPS wanted to take us through these mountains.  Fortunately the interstate went around them.  We saw many snow-capped mountains on our drive north, from Nevada right through Montana.

On our second day of driving, we listened to all of U2's albums, minus the live ones.  It took all day (about 14 hours).  I think both of us only grew in our appreciation for the band!

We always have fun driving together.  Sure, it would have been more comfortable for me to fly, but where's the fun in that?  Someone had to be in the car to keep Nathan awake with stupid questions and random statements...

Let's just say it was a...cozy drive. We left our bumper in California and Nathan likes to say that he left his money in Nevada.  Haha.  No more bathroom/leg stretch stops near casinos!

Our first stop once we were back in Canada: 

Tim Hortons in Taber, AB.  

Nathan loves these pictures...I mostly just love him.