-34 C in Winnipeg! How are you doing, boys?

[corazon3]

That's crazy!
I drove through Winnipeg once on my way to Calgary from Toronto, it was late at night and I was tired so decided to find a hotel there, once I got into the city and saw how sketchy it was went back onto the highway and drove as fast and as far as I could LOL

Why would anyone want to drive from Toronto to Calgary? It's 3,412.9 km! Are you crazy?

 

[steaky]

Why would anyone want to drive from Toronto to Calgary? It's 3,412.9 km! Are you crazy?

No, they are not crazy. I even heard someone drive from Charlottetown (PEI) to Vancouver (BC). It's more than 4300 km!

 

[AAL1984]

What's crazy is taking the trans Canada for that long of a drive, that road is poorly maintained and very dangerous in some parts. I would assume most people would drive down and use the interstate to get across the continent( recommend by google maps). The interstate is built to a much higher standard and you'll find lots of nice rest stops and sights along the way.

 

[Bargeld]

What's crazy is taking the trans Canada for that long of a drive, that road is poorly maintained and very dangerous in some parts. I would assume most people would drive down and use the interstate to get across the continent( recommend by google maps). The interstate is built to a much higher standard and you'll find lots of nice rest stops and sights along the way.

Actually, I was the one who had to bear the drive with some of our stuff from Toronto to Calgary.

The only reasons I drove through Ontario->Michigan->Indiana->Illinois->Wisconsin->Minnesota->North Dakota-> Saskatchewan->Alberta is because the trip is much shorter versus going up the Trans-Canada around the lake, and gas costs less. Overall, saved around $500. If the trip was even remotely the same distance I'd easily have chosen the Canadian route.

I find the roads are far better maintained on the Canadian side (versus the border US states, especially Michigan and Montana), rest stops are cleaner (particularly in Ontario) and offer more things for people than vending machines and dirty toilets.

Btw, expected to be 13C tomorrow.

 

[chesterbr]

I'm not driving anymore (in 2005 I simply decided to sell my car, never looked back), but I can imagine how the weather affects even shorter commutes just from a single Ottawa-Toronto bus trip I did a few weeks before the cold wave.

Still, that is Canada. Anyone that came not expecting cold was slightly misinformed... ;D