Countdown to Takeoff (Day -5)

In five days, Saturday, May 10, we will fly from Atlanta to new lands. First we will fly to the eastern side of North Dakota, Fargo to be exact. North Dakota will complete our bucket list of traveling to all fifty states in the United States. After spending a a couple of days in North Dakota, we will fly to Winnipeg, Manitoba in Canada. In Winnipeg, we will catch a train and travel for several days by train, then van, then train again, leaving from Winnipeg and ending in Vancouver., British Columbia. We will spend some time exploring Vancouver, then return home to Atlanta.

Here are two maps to give an overview our trip. The first one shows the whole trip, air travel, rail, and bus. The second map is just the Canada portions of the trip. The Canadian plains and Rockies are said to have breathtaking scenery, so we look forward to these views and of course, Doug taking more pictures than necessary.

As will all of our previous trips, we will keep a blog, providing photos and stories about each day of the trip. We hope you will follow us and take a look each day.

Trip Overview: Atlanta to Fargo (thru Minneapolis), to Winnipeg (thru Minneapolis) .. to Jasper to Banff to Kamloops to Vancouver, returning to Atlanta

This is the entire Trans-Canada Rail Route, but we will begin in Winnipeg, then continue to Jasper, then Kamloops, ending in Vancouver