Sunday, August 19, 1979

Summer Family Vacation - Day 60

[date uncertain - probably crossed border into New York / USA in the early morning - drove across NY State on I-90 all day long - into Massachusetts in the evening - I-90 to Boston - MA-3 to Cape Cod - home via US-6 - trip complete]

Saturday, August 18, 1979

Summer Family Vacation - Day 59

[date uncertain - probably departed Rochester, MI and headed east into Ontario - continued to somewhere close to Niagara Falls (on Canadian side) - stayed overnight there ?]

Friday, August 17, 1979

Summer Family Vacation - Day 58

[date uncertain - visiting with G & G D in Rochester - Leslie, John, Lynne - overnight again ?)]

Thursday, August 16, 1979

Summer Family Vacation - Day 57

[date uncertain - visiting with Aunt Olga for much of the day - in the late afternoon, drove east to the Detroit area - staying the night in Rochester with family (Grandpa and Grandma D or Leslie)]

Wednesday, August 15, 1979

Summer Family Vacation - Day 56

[date uncertain - driving down I-75 until forking right on US-27 - made our way west (country roads) until we could get on US-131 to Grand Rapids - visiting (and staying ?) with Aunt Olga]

Tuesday, August 14, 1979

Summer Family Vacation - Day 55

[date uncertain - we probably crossed the border in the morning - visited Soo Locks ("Paddle to the Sea" stuff) and museum on US side - got on I-75 and drove across the Upper Peninsula - stayed the night somewhere close to the southern end of the Straights of Mackinack ?]

Monday, August 13, 1979

Summer Family Vacation - Day 54

[date uncertain - we had been driving along the northern shore of Lake Superior as the sun came up - I have a distinct memory of trading places with my mom through the window of the Jeep/Cap - rode with my dad in the early morning hours as we continued towards Sault Ste. Marie - overnight somewhere close to the border crossing?]

Sunday, August 12, 1979

Summer Family Vacation - Day 53

[date uncertain - probably started the day in Winnipeg - continued east - my dad just kept driving all day - probably not a lot of stops until Thunder Bay - then my dad drove all night]

Saturday, August 11, 1979

Summer Family Vacation - Day 52

[date uncertain - driving all day and into the late hours - probably stopped for the night in Winnipeg]

Friday, August 10, 1979

Summer Family Vacation - Day 51

[date uncertain - Medicine Hat in the morning ? - east into Saskatchewan - driving most of the day - maybe stopped for night east of Regina ?]

Thursday, August 9, 1979

Summer Family Vacation - Day 50

[date uncertain - spent nearly the whole day in Calgary ? - in the evening, continued east towards Medicine Hat]

Wednesday, August 8, 1979

Summer Family Vacation - Day 49

[date uncertain - Banff National Park during the day - continued to Calgary in the evening - (spent the night there ?)]

Tuesday, August 7, 1979

Summer Family Vacation - Day 48

[date uncertain - more driving towards the east - stopped at Glacier National Park and then continued on to Banff - spent the night there (?)]

Monday, August 6, 1979

Summer Family Vacation - Day 47

[date uncertain - morning in Vancouver - driving all day to the northeast - Kamloops - Salmon Arm - stayed the night near Mount Revelstoke National Park (?)]

Sunday, August 5, 1979

Summer Family Vacation - Day 46

[date uncertain - driving across Whidbey Island to I-5 - north to border crossing - Vancouver, BC for the night (?)]

Saturday, August 4, 1979

Summer Family Vacation - Day 45

[date uncertain - more Olympic National Park - driving east to Port Townsend - ferry over to Whidbey Island in the evening - staying at the Navy Base ?]

Friday, August 3, 1979

Summer Family Vacation - Day 44

[date uncertain - more Olympic National Park - driving around the northern end - Hurricane Ridge (?) - Port Angeles for the night (?)]

Thursday, August 2, 1979

Summer Family Vacation - Day 43

[date uncertain - probably continued north on I-5 to Olympia - then west to Gray's Harbor - US-101 to the north - spent time on the beaches - edge of Olympic National Park (overnight there?)]

Wednesday, August 1, 1979

Summer Family Vacation - Day 42

[date uncertain - visiting Kent S in Portland - departed in the evening for the Washington Coast]