Road Trip to Canada

Taylor, Bill, and I were having a conversation one night and Bill asked the question, "If you could live anywhere outside of the Utah, where would you live?"

Without skipping a beat, I reported with a "Canada."
Specifically, "Vancouver." (They have a temple there!)
Actually, I would just love to live anywhere in British Columbia.

True, The Olympics have been very influential in prompting me to say that, but I have considered it. I've thought about living there. Not any time soon, of course, but perhaps one day...when I retire...when I get out and see the world!

It's my dream. :)

So then Bill asked me why I hadn't been there. Which was a curious thought. I had no idea how long it would take to get to Vancouver! I mean, Washington is a 12 hour drive...a little more and I'd hit the Canadian border...gee! Why haven't I been there?

Bill has a handy dandy Blackberry. He promptly pulled up Google Maps and we found that from our location in Logan, Vancouver is a 15 hour and 16 minute drive. We zoomed in on Vancouver with the satellite view and I snatched up his phone. By dragging my finger across the touch screen, I was able to inch along and follow I-84 from Vancouver to Logan for the next 45 minutes or so. All the while, Bill and I talked about life.

Finally I reached Logan. And I putzed around in Logan for a good 10 minutes, before I started following I-15, which took me up through Idaho and Montana to the border. Sweet Grass, Montana -then bam- Coutts, Alberta. Straight through like that, I could be in Canada in the next 10 hours.

I need a passport.

So in a matter of an hour and a half, I was able to travel from Vancouver, to Logan, to Coutts by finger. It was a most beautiful trip. The terrain is blessedly green!

And then I was reunited with reality by the blaring beep of Bill's phone indicating that the battery was nearly dead. Harsh wake-up call from a splendid "road trip" and splendid conversation.

One day...Oh Canada!