Day 1 - Saturday June 26, 2010

Peter is going to do this blog today...

We (the kids) were woken up at 6:00 am. We left at approximatively 6:30 am and left the house for a McDonald's breakfast. All of us got stuffed accept John because he's sick and wasn't hungry. He just ate a fruit bar. Then we were off to Winnipeg. At around 9:00 am Dad was telling me how to calculate how long it takes to get to your destination (boring). I'd rather just watch a movie myself.

Mom started to read a Geronimo Stilton book called "Mighty Mount Kilimanjaro" and its pretty good so far. Then she stopped because nobody (accept me) was listening to the book. After that Andrew my little brother was pretending to give me communion but it was just an all-dressed Crisper's. Then Mom started to read again.

Me and Andrew started a drawing competition. Round 1 =1 point for Peter! Andrew quit because he lost in round 1. Here's what I said "your a poor sport because you quit just because you lost in round 1." We went to an Info Centre and after that we saw a dead raccoon on the road, so look for our roadkill list later on called "Roadkill Alley." There will be lots more when we reach Louisiana!

Earlier, when we went to the Info Centre, there was a giant bull. Then Dad asked Andrew to keep track of our gas expenses. Can you imagine Andrew, an 8 yr old, doing all that math? Andrew then started tickling me like a madman!

We got onto Hwy 16 way back and have been on it for a really long time. Now that its 12 noon all the kids are starving. Hungry...hungry...hungry...ahhhh!!!! We still haven't been fed. Finally, we got some big delicious sandwiches. We got to eat in Minnedosa. Yeah - we're close to Winnipeg!

In Manitoba the canola crops are in full bloom in beautiful yellow!

2:22pm. So close to Winnipeg. When we get there, I forget what we are doing, but we are going to church tonight.

2:53pm. We finally arrived in Winnipeg. Here's a joke for you: What do you win when you go to Winnipeg? You win a peg!

7:53pm. We got back in the van after going to church. We saw some awesome things in there! The best part was seeing all the things Blessed Vasyl had when he was living and seeing his resting place in the Shrine Chapel. It was amazing. Check out some of the pictures! (to be added later)

And that's the end of Day 1 of the Dungen Family Vacation.

Peter