Justin's Holiday to Vancouver

In June, I went on a holiday with seven other people. We traveled by van west across Canada to Vancouver Island. The van was very full with so many bodies and tents, sleeping bags, food and other things.

The first day, we went to Sudbury. Everyone got to know each other and the different music each person liked. People made some jokes about my country and western music. Our first night was spent at Norman's brother's cottage. The sky was full of stars. We got up early at 5 a m. We had a good breakfast. After breakfast, we went in the van all day. It was a long time; we ended up having lunch Sault Saint Marie or Kenora. After lunch, we drove for a long, long time. We arrived in a K O A campground in Thunder Bay late at night. Some put up the tent. Some people made supper and Chris made a fire. After our meal and a late sunset, we all went to bed. The next day, we got up at about 11 o'clock. We ate and went to see old Fort William. They explained the history of the Fort. A student was dressed in costume and pretended to be a trader. Next, we went to the Dairy Queen for something cold.

The day after, we slept in. Bernie made pancakes. We went swimming behind a dam. We went on a cruise. The captain told us about the harbour and about all the wheat that comes here from the western provinces. We had a snack on the boat. In town, we ate Chinese food. Yaohua met some of his people. I did not like all the mosquitoes. We left early for Winnipeg. Our camp was set up just outside the city. The next morning, we went to a Museum and a market. We had a long sleep in and then drove to Saskatoon to a nice campground. It was very hot. We went swimming in a pool. Norman put air in the wheelchair tires. Dallacy's tire blew out.

Next day we went to Edmonton. At lunch time, we stopped at the biggest egg in the world in Vegreville. We stayed at a campground outside Edmonton. We saw oil rig pumps and greener vegetation here.

On Monday, we woke up late to hear the seagulls. Chris made breakfast. Then we drove into Edmonton to fix Dallacy's chair and go to West Edmonton Mall. I liked that very much. It was big and there was lots to see and do. I would like to visit the mall again someday. That night it rained and we wrote postcards. The next day, I went to the Space and Science Museum. Norman and Germaine rested at the campground today. That night, it rained a lot. We had a good dinner of barbeque hamburgers and then some visitors came over to talk. Norman and I went for a small walk to Trout Lake.

June 29th was Chris's 15th birthday. By 7 o'clock in the morning, we were on the road to Kamloops. In Jasper, we stopped and had a big lunch and birthday dessert. After lunch, I fell asleep in the van. I liked seeing the tall mountains and trees. This was a special part of my trip. About 6 p m, we arrived in Kamloops. We stayed at Bernie's sister's house for one night. Her name is Theresa; we had a beautiful dinner that night. We had to change the time on our watches.

The next day, we are off to Vancouver. We enjoyed our dinner at the harbour, good fish chowder. We stayed at the L'Arche home for three nights. A special man founded the L'Arche homes around the world, Jean Vanier.