So after 2.5 days of driving and over 2300 miles later my friend and I have arrived in Cupertino. Unfortunately I have been feeling under the weather the whole trip, I am really hoping that I will be back to 100% in time for the weekend. 

Day 1: We originally planned to leave at 2:00 pm but there were some complications and we didn’t actually leave until 6:00. Starting so late was a very bad thing, as the 4 hour drive from Calgary, AB to Cranbrook, BC ended up being the most boring part of the drive (it also didn’t help that I felt like utter crap most of the way). We ended up staying at a Best Western and having our 10:30 pm dinner at Denny’s, where I had a Super Bird Sandwich with a side of applesauce. I only ended up eating the apple sauce as I wasn’t much in the mood for Denny’s signature grease (they should really add some soup or something to their menu!). 

Day 2: On day 2 we left at around 11 am, with our destination as Vancouver, Washington. I;m glad to say that we made it too, despite pulling over to the side of the interstate a couple of times to readjust the canvas bag strapped to the roof of the car. We got in around 10 (I’m not entirely sure on this ) and then met up with a friend to go for a bite to eat. Red Robins called us in, it wasn’t the fact that most other places were closed I had the French Onion soup as I was still not feeling that great. We then went back to the hotel and I took advantage on the jacuzzi to relax a bit.

Day 3: Leaving at 9:30 was a much better start then the previous 2 days, despite the fact we didn’t get to our hotel until  10:30 (that was a pretty long drive) in Cupertino CA. We stopped for lunch at Wendy’s somewhere in Oregon, and then hit the road again. Everything on the top of the car held together fine thanks to a couple of tie downs we picked up at a gas station. 

That should sum up most of the driving experience. I’ll be making another post soon about all the differences I noticed between Canada and the United States.

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