We headed up to Canada again in June/July this last summer; one of our favorite vacation destinations.
We have been in all the provinces except Newfoundland and have been as far east as Nova Scotia and far west as Victoria Island off Vancouver. We've driven from the west coast to Calgary and from the east coast to Michigan, but have not driven the middle section yet. So we decided to drive up to Winnipeg and head west through Saskatchewan and Alberta and up to Edmonton, before heading back down through Jasper and Banff National Parks to the U.S. again. With that completed we will only need the Upper Peninsula of Michigan west to Winnipeg again to complete our trans-continental crossing of Canada, and enjoying all she has to offer.
On the way north to Winnipeg we made a detour to Hamilton, IL for a weeks reunion on Cheryl's side of the family. They live on a hill right over the Mississippi river and while being there and enjoying seeing the family at the reunion, we also enjoyed seeing and visiting some of the small towns along the river, both north and south of our location. This first slideshow sees us on our way to Hamilton with a few sights around the area and then in the next slideshow we will explore some more of the outlying areas before continuing north toward Canada.