All right, less than 48 hours before I leave, and I haven't even started packing the Jeep. Everything's in boxes, but I have no idea how much of it will fit. The driving route, stops, etc. are halfway planned. I would like to say that I'm normally more organized than this, but... I'm really not. The advantage to this is I already know I'm good at winging it, so I'm not too worried; I just hope Stephanie, who is traveling with me, feels the same way.

I am good at planning unnecessary things, such as the list of challenges we've got going for things to accomplish on the way through Canada. SO, here's the game: I've been compiling a list of the best suggestions of random things to do while driving through Canada. It's kind of like a long drawn out scavenger hunt. Probably we will not accomplish all of these, but we will put effort into the endeavor (in varying levels depending on how excited we are about completing the task*). I'll be attempting to get photographic evidence of completed tasks. I'm including the list below as it currently stands. It's possible more will be added to this before we hit the border.

• Sing "Saskatchewan" in Saskatchewan
• Take a picture with a Canadian Mountie
• Find a sign in French
• Eat Canadian bacon
• Have tea with a Sasquatch
• Find a maple leaf
• Hug a Canadian
• Eat fries with gravy on them
• Mine gold
• Keep a running tally of how many times people say "eh" to us
• Find a moose
• Curl
• Find a store that sells only maple syrup
• Count the moose crossing signs
• Visit the largest mall in the world in Edmonton, Alberta
  
• Marry a Canadian**

*Basically this is a disclaimer stating that if we don't feel like doing it, we won't.

**I would just like to note that my 8-year-old brother came up with this one.