Another long car ride

We picked my dad up at the airport at 12:15pm and were on the road. We coasted around the city on the new ring road and quickly made a stop for gas and Averi's 1st trip to the restroom. Then we were on our way. We made it to Golden with relative ease until Averi decided she had to pee. Stop 2. We were sitting in traffic while construction was being done so dad just pulled over and I got out the potty. With only 500 of our closest friends watching as Averi bared all on the side of the Trans Canada, it started to rain. "Quick Averi, pull up your pants. AVERI, pull up your pants. AVERI! NOW!...argh, come here and I'll do it" I get her buckled into her carseat but still have to dump the pot, put it away and get back in the car. Note to self: wear raincoat when travelling to BC. On the road again we have to stop in Revelstoke because, you guessed it, Averi has to pee. Stop 3. This time we go into the gas station so mom can go too but there is a line. With no choice but to wait, we head to the back. "Hey, you're the potty lady!" comes from the lady who gets in behind us. Great, now we are known :) She recognized us from the last pit stop in the construction zone and apparently had a good laugh with her friends. She can't wait to see us at the next one now. We head back on the road only to have to stop in Three Valley Gap, Sicamous, Salmon Arm, Some town I don't know the name of, Kamloops, and Hope. Those are stops 4 through 9. Wow, this 12 hour ride just keeps getting longer. We made it the rest of the way only having to stop for major construction just west of Abbotsford and to drop dad at the airport to get his car. By 2am we had made it to the border only to find out that Brad's Nexus card had not been activated. Thank god there is no lineup in the middle of the night. We got to the cottage where Averi was more than happy to get Grandma out of bed for a visit.

Thank god the drive home wasn't as long. I hate that drive!