We loaded up the Versa with all of our worldly possessions and set off for Toronto.
We did take four big boxes containing our bikes, kitchen chairs and some miscellaneous stuff to Greyhound to ship to Toronto. We are not counting those among our earthly possessions because we don’t think we’ll ever see them again.
We went to the West end location that doesn’t even have bussing, only shipping. But the woman at the desk still seemed shocked when we said we wanted to ship something.
She told us the boxes were too big. We said we followed the directions on the website. She said the website is useless. We said we tried to call but no one answered. She said she doesn’t answer the phone.
Then she told us to move the boxes into the back and fill out a form. The form had 6 spaces to fill in:
- Number of boxes: 4
- Sender name: Kerri
- Departure City: Edmonton
- Receiver name: Kerri
- Destination City: Toronto
- Phone number: We can’t even remember which one we used. Hopefully one we actually have with us.
Then she gave us a copy of the form and said goodbye.
We said we wanted extra insurance. She scrawled something illegible on the top of the form. We asked about paying. She said she was too busy so we would have to do it on the other end.
We asked how much it would cost. She said she would let us know if we called on Monday.
And that was that.
So the rest of our stuff is crammed into an unsteady pile in the back of the Versa.
We left a bit late, so we didn’t get to gawk at any giant Ukrainian food. We drove straight through to Lloydminster.
This is the bottom of one of the monuments on the border. It is hard to get pictures of the full monuments without stopping.
It was Matt’s first time in Saskatchewan so he celebrated.
He was disappointed because it didn’t seem as flat as advertised.
But soon he was satisfied.
Saskatchewan has a lot of geese.
They don’t seem to know that they are supposed to fly in a V shape.
We passed a point of interest.
No, it wasn’t the bump. The bump was a coincidence. The point of interest is somewhere in the flatness. But the bump was more interesting so we took a picture of it instead.
And that was the first 995.9 kms of our thrilling cross country journey!