You might remember Truck Stop Christmas Lunch… [here].

My cousin, Cathy, and her husband, Dave, are from Alberta, Canada.  They traveled out to Newfoundland for a week and then flew back to Kingston, Ontario, Canada.  Since three hours away is as close as they were coming to our house this year, we made plans to meet at a delicious half-way point in Parish, NY.  It is RIGHT off 81 on Route 104.  If you are ever in that vicinity we can not recommend the place highly enough.  The food is amazing.  The prices just right.  The customer service is bar-none. 

The company was priceless.  (Sorry, that I can’t guarantee for your potential trip.)
Aunt Betty was there, too.  But she didn’t make it in the photos…

Dave is in the Royal Canadian Air Force.  (Yes, Canada has an Air Force.  Really.)  He monitors and maintains helicopters – is that really cool, or what?  That’s a cool job.  I’m not sure WHY Canada has an Air Force… They’ve explained to me that Russia regularly sends aircraft over Northern Canada and that they often have to send Canadian aircraft to chase them out of their air space.  This is VERY IMPORTANT because Russian aircraft really annoys polar bears and arctic seals. 

Ok – really – we are prayerful that Dave will be able to secure a post in Borden, Ontario, Canada.  Which is MUCH closer to us than Alberta.

That would be really REALLY cool.
I hope we’d still find reason to stop at Mapleview Restaurant every few years. 

P.S.  My children were HIDEOUS on the drive home.  H.I.D.E.O.U.S.  I am sincerely questioning whether or not I am willing to go to Florida next year.  It. Was. UGLY.  A really special kind of bad.

Here is a map of Canada because if you are like most Americans (myself included) you have no idea the layout of Canada.  And it’s really ok.  Because most Americans don’t know the lay out of the U.S.A.  Sure, lots of people from other countries know their country’s geography inside out and backward.  But most countries can fit in Texas, so it’s really not THAT remarkable.