shortdawg... Canada is a big place so you better plan on more than one trip. I would invite any of the SP gang to come for a visit. We have had several SP members stop in here, and it is great to have a visit and look at some critters. Many Canadians do not realize just how big Canada is so I fully understand when Americans don't understand it. I am always amazed when I am at Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia and I look at the signposts pointing to many various places in the world and the mileage to them. I am always amazed that I am twice as close to England than I am to my home, and I live right in the middle of the country. I live 2200 miles west of Peggy's Cove and it is another 1000 miles to the West Coast. I did not realize that I was over 300 miles closer to Louisville, KY than I was to Toronto until I drove to both cities. Canada is big, and there is lots to see. It is so big that there are not many Canadians that have actually seen much of it.
If the US would agree to trade us Alaska and Hawaii for Quebec, it sure would make the trip to the east coast a lot shorter for us!