Monday, July 23, 2012

Our Little Trip To Canada

        So on Friday July 20, 2012, we were on our way home from being in town when all of the sudden my husband out of the blue said, "Let's go to Canada!" And I said in a very calm voice, "Okay." And then we started talking about how we have been here as a family since February and we still have not been to Canada. So luckily, I just happened to have all 3 of our passports on me!
        The drive was pretty, lots of farm land. When we made it to boarder control (I guess that's what you call it) the guy asked like 100 questions. And he asked where we were going and we said, "The first town we come to so we can get some Canadian money and buy something small." So he eventually checked our trunk and gave us the OK to go.

         It seemed like we drove forever once getting over the boarder! But we finally made it to the small town, which I really liked. (I will have to post the name of it later when Drew is around) And would you believe it?!?! They had a CO*OP store!! They had those in Europe. So we parked and Drew went in, and took like 10-15 minutes. But he eventually came out with two candy bars, "Mr. BIG" (which by the way were AMAZING!!) and some Canadian money. And he was ready to drive away and leave. I said, "Wait a minute!! You mean you are going to take me to Canada and not let me get out of the car?!!?" So he let me go in and look around. I noticed that they sold the juices in the boxes like Europe does, which was pretty cool. And I don't know if it was because it was a small town or what but everything seemed a bit expensive there.
         So I went out to the car and we left for home. Getting through the US boarder control was not hard at all, maybe because we were returning home. Pretty much all the guy asked was if we purchased any fruits or vegetables that we were bringing back to the States. And I said to him, "Nope, just two Mr. BIG bars." And he let us be on our way.
         The whole trip took like two hours. Which was good because Drew only had about two hours before he had to be at work, before we even decided to go to Canada. As long as we have a little extra time and money I do not mind these spur of the moment things that we do.

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Trip To South Dakota & Wyoming

         It sure has been a long time since I have last posted on my blog!! But it hasn't been because I haven't wanted to, it has been because I have been crazy busy making summer memories with my little family!
         My sister flew in for a visit at the end of May. We had to go and pick her up at the Minneapolis Airport, which is like 8 hrs from here.Sure it saved us $200 on the ticket and we spent like $200 to get there... But we also got to go and explore The Mall Of America while we were there!! Now that was pretty cool!! We also took like a 5 day weekend and did some traveling with her. We went to see Mount Rushmore!
And a cool thing about it was that in the gift shop there was one of the original carvers of Mount Rushmore there giving signatures and what not! If that is not cool then I don't know what is!!

This is my sister and I at the Crazy Horse
They had a lot of Native American stuff there.
Below is all we got to see of the carving,
we did not take the bus to go and view it.



Caroline in the Jewel Cave
(So Much Fun!!)




Yes, my amazing husband carried my amazing 2 yr old
throughout the whole Jewel Cave Tour!!





It was just BEAUTIFUL!!!


This is Devil's Tower in Wyoming
We ended up just driving down there
One evening to see the sunset
As you can tell, it was beautiful!


Okay, below is where the pictures start
From our Gold Mine Tour








And after the tour we got to... PAN FOR GOLD!!!
I seriously LOVED this part of the trip!!!
Sure it was a bag of rocks and what not
Put together for you BUT it was a lot of fun!!
Besides, now I know how to pan for gold!!



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