Km 0 - Crowsnest Pass, Alberta

When I accepted my current job doing rotational work, the intent was to take advantage of the situation and travel to the places that Melissa and I had always aspired to visit. Number one on the list was always a road trip across Canada. It took almost two years for everything to line up, but we are now on the eve of setting out for a 5 week trip through Canada and the Northern USA. We have no idea how long it will take or how far it will take us, but the vagueness of it all is quite appealing to me. Normally, I am a little out of my comfort zone unless our travels are planned to a reasonable level (not obsessive, but more than just a fuzzy idea of where I may end up). However, this trip takes away a lot of the planning for a few reasons. First, we are traveling in our own country which takes away some of the normal obstacles (language, money changing, safety) of smooth travel. Secondly, we have our truck (complete with new truck topper) and all of our gear. This gives us more mobility than we would normally have. Anyways, we set off Sunday morning straight south into Montana and we will take it from there.