And why are we doing this???

Do we need a reason? Of course!

First of all, Mike was born in Victoria, but left as an infant, so he never saw it - it's about time he did, don't you think?

Plus Mike's Mom spent some time in Vernon, BC, way back in the 1940's, and talked about it for the rest of her life. So part of the trip in a way is for her.

Also, we never take summer vacations as we are away most of the winter. Tough life, but that's what retirement is for :) Besides folks travel from all over to Nova Scotia - why should we leave? Except this year we (OK, should read 'I') thought it was our turn to travel.

Did you know the Trans Canada Highway is the longest national road - in the whole world? That alone is a reason for the trip!

One of our goals is to hike or bike in each province or state we pass through (does walking from the trailer to the office to do the blog count? Didn't think so.) Most days will be fairly long on the road, so we may have to just do one or the other, but ideally we would do both.

I'm sure we'll find more reasons to make the trip as we go along!