One down - four to go

I can't believe we have been on the road for 4 weeks already!  The good news is we are still talking to each other..  Actually, Bev talks and I just say "Yes Dear". There was one tense situation.  We were in the middle of nowhere between North Bay and Temiscaming and we stopped for gas.  I went in to the store because I had been trying to find yesterday's Globe and Mail. (Jeremy had an interview in the car section).  I was able to find 2 and was quite happy because everywhere I'd looked in north Bay they didn't have them.  I came out just as Gerry pulled out and started driving down the highway.  I'm yelling at him and he doesn't stop. Meanwhile he's yelling at me, thinking I went to the washroom in our van. (When there are public toilets - please).  He's trying to tell me the mileage for me to record and doesn't realize I'm not in the van. He did finally clue in (when he saw me , in his rear view mirror, running down the highway  ) and pulled over.  We got over it by the time we reached Temiscaming.
We had a nice couple of days in Lloydminster visiting a friend and nephew. Lloyminster is an interesting place in that 1/2 of it is in Alberta and half in Saskatchewan. We headed towards Winnipeg on Highway 16 thinking we would stop whenever we saw something interesting. But there is really not much to see.  And the winds were blowing so hard !!!  I took the wheel for 1 hour to relieve Gerry but it was all that I could handle.  We did stop at Fort Battleford and found out that it was the capital of the North West Territories and an important site during the Louis Riel rebellion.  That night we took our first motel room.  It was pouring rain and they were forecasting severe thunderstorms for the area.  Wouldn't  you know it; 15 minutes after we checked in the skies cleared and it was a beautiful evening.  I' m thinking - Great.  Because Gerry told me if it rained the next night we would have to camp so I used my motel ticket too soon!
The next stop was Dryden which was nice but the water was so bad we had to throw out our morning coffee and use filtered water.  We spent the weekend in Thunder Bay with friends.   It is nice to have a break on the road from camping and have someone else to talk to besides each other.
We took 2 days to travel between Thunder Bay and Sudbury.  For most of that time we had no cell service.  I was going through serious withdrawal.  Spent another pleasant 2 days with family.  I think that is the last visiting we will be doing until we reach Welland in ???
We are now in Ottawa for 3 nights.  The campground sounded nice in the book but it sadly did not live up to it's description .  Today we are doing laundry (the first time we haven't done it at someone's house).  Tomorrow and Monday we will venture into Ottawa to sight see.
The weather has not been the greatest.  We have had rain off and on.  But we can manage that. As I type this it is pouring rain but we are dry sitting under the awning.  The mosquitoes are a bit more annoying.  One night was particularly bad and Gerry was slapping all night. We woke up in the Morne to find that we had opened the window and the screen so it was an open invitation to the mosquitoes! However we have found that Bounce sheets really do help. (Thanks for the tip Hazel).
Hopefully this will satisfy those who have made comments about me not updating the blog.  I will try to do better going forward.  But a lot depends on Internet service.