We are going home today. We got up and had breakfast and then packed up all our remaining stuff so that we were ready to go when our train arrived early of all things! Then we got off the train and said goodbye to our fantastic and really funny train staff and headed to the baggage carousel. Our luggage took awhile to sort out but eventually we were all on the bus to the ferry. Then it was just a 1.5 hour ferry ride home (which after a 5 day train ride felt really short). And we were back! My mom and dad and Molly picked me up at the terminal and I said all my goodbyes to everyone and home we went. When I got home there was a beautiful ‘Welcome Home’ banner on the wall full of pictures of my time in Quebec and signed by various family members. This summer was fantastic so Thanks Quebec, it’s been fun.

I was right, we did pretty much all the nothing we planned to do. We did stop in Jasper for 45 minutes and went to a coffee shop and stretched our legs. But again, today was uneventful, the farthest we moved was 3 cars down to the observation car in the evening to have a look at BC as we were coming into it. We did the usual movies and sleeping and reading activities but also a little bit of packing because we’re going to be home tomorrow! We also had to say goodbye to James-Elizabeth this evening which was kinda sad but we were all too tired to really get to emotional. I’m excited to be home and see everyone again and also to be not on a train (yay showers!)

Today was like yesterday, but we got up earlier for breakfast. We also stopped in Winnipeg for a few hours and went to the forks where I got some souvenirs including a ring that has a spiny bit. Aside from that, we spent the day on the train reading and sleeping and watching movies and generally lazing about. Nothing planned tomorrow and that’s probably what we’ll do.