Buses, Planes and Automobiles

Remember the movie, Trains, Planes and Automobiles? Well that is kind of the way it has been for us the last week or so; lots of travel by several modes. Thankfully without the problems incurred in the movie.
We needed to renew our passports soon and were debating returning to Canada or heading for the embassy in Mexico City. As my moms health is not the greatest we decided to come back to Canada.
We could have waited a few months yet and we intended to do that until we were talking with one of Roys sisters a few weeks ago. They have a home in Yuma, Arizona and she needed to go back to Canada and had found a reasonable flight out of Palm Springs, California. She suggested that we look into it and maybe travel with her.
To make a long story short, we did and we did.
We left home late Wednesday night the 17 th of February on a TAP bus which arrived in San Luis Rio Colorado the next morning. Thanks to the INSEN card Roys fare was half price. We then took a cab to the border, walked across the border and phoned Roys sister. They picked us up and we spent a day in Yuma visiting with some of Roys relatives that winter there.
The next day Roys brother in law drove us all to Palm Springs, Cal. and we boarded a plane to Edmonton, AB.. We arrived there and took a cab to Roys sisters home in Leduc, AB.. We visited with my son over the weekend and then he drove us to Roys nephews home in Edmonton where we spent the night and he took us downtown the next morning to the passport office.
When we finished with the paperwork there we took a cab to the bus depot and waited for several hours for a Greyhound Bus to Lloydminster, AB./SK.. We arrived there and were picked up by my sister and spent a day or so visiting again.
As we don't have a lot of time this trip we have split up and headed different directions,Roy to his daughters while I caught yet another Greyhound and then a STC bus to come to Saskatchewan to visit with my mom and other relatives.
This morning I head out on the bus again, first STC and then Greyhound to return to Lloydminster. We will then be returning to Edmonton and hopefully our passports will be ready for us.(fingers crossed).
We will be flying back to Palm Springs and then driving again to Yuma and returning home on the bus the way we came.
We have spent a lot of time on the road and lots of time visiting.
While waiting for my connecting bus in Saskatoon it was great to be able to finally meet someone that I have been conversing with for quite awhile now on the computer. We had a good visit. Thanks for taking the time to come and meet me F..
We have been lucky with the weather here as it has been hovering around the freezing mark or a bit above, so hasn't been as bad as it could have been. We are not thrilled with the sight of the snow, we don't miss that at all.
So, off now to pack again.