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Our trip was a lot of fun and full of some neat adventures. We decided late Friday night that taking Spencer’s car wouldn’t be such a great idea, so we opted for a rental. I called Avis Saturday morning, and they said they would rent me a car for $199, with unlimited kilometers. After taxes and a couple of little fees, the total for the week was just under $240. I opted out of their insurance because Spencer convinced me to call my credit card company and get them to add insurance to my card. For just $29 a year, I am fully covered, so I figured it would be a good deal. Insurance through the rental agency would have been almost that much per day.

We left Whitby around 1pm Saturday and we made it to Winnipeg by Monday morning. We stayed in Sault Ste. Marie the first night and drove through the second night. Since we made it to Winnipeg in such great time, we decided to push on. In the end, we made it all the way to Alberta, spending a night in Banff before driving about 50 hours home.

Avis gave us a 2007 Pontiac G5, and we more than doubled the kilometers on it. By the time it was returned, we had put on 7,501 km on the car in just seven days.

Here’s a few pictures of some of the highlights from the trip:

This entry was posted on Tuesday, May 1st, 2007 at 9:29 am and is filed under Cars, Travel. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Our trip was a lot of fun and full of some neat adventures. We decided late Friday night that taking Spencer’s car wouldn’t be such a great idea, so we opted for a rental. I called Avis Saturday morning, and they said they would rent me a car for $199, with unlimited kilometers. After taxes and a couple of little fees, the total for the week was just under $240. I opted out of their insurance because Spencer convinced me to call my credit card company and get them to add insurance to my card. For just $29 a year, I am fully covered, so I figured it would be a good deal. Insurance through the rental agency would have been almost that much per day.

We left Whitby around 1pm Saturday and we made it to Winnipeg by Monday morning. We stayed in Sault Ste. Marie the first night and drove through the second night. Since we made it to Winnipeg in such great time, we decided to push on. In the end, we made it all the way to Alberta, spending a night in Banff before driving about 50 hours home.

Avis gave us a 2007 Pontiac G5, and we more than doubled the kilometers on it. By the time it was returned, we had put on 7,501 km on the car in just seven days.

Here’s a few pictures of some of the highlights from the trip:

This entry was posted on Tuesday, May 1st, 2007 at 9:29 am and is filed under Cars, Travel. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.