I found it!

I was on hold with some annoyingly soft-spoken fellow from the Rogers employee discount hotline and I decided to catch up on some reading.

Turns out I've been using my trip itinerary as a bookmark for Bill Bryson's 'Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe.'

So without further ado, I give you my (still potentially in flux) travel plans:

April 30, 5:20 p.m. - leave Moncton
May 1, 8:15 a.m. - arrive in Montreal
May 4, sometime - train to Ottawa
May 12, 10:00 p.m. - leave Toronto
May 15, 6:37 a.m. - arrive in Edmonton
May 17, 7:37 a.m. - leave Edmonton; 1:00 p.m. - arrive in Jasper
May 20, 12:45 (I have never been able to figure out if lunchtime is a.m. or p.m.) - leave Jasper
May 21, 2:10 p.m. - arrive in Smithers
May 23, 2:20 p.m. - leave Smithers; 8:25 p.m. - arrive in Prince Rupert
May 25, 7:30 a.m. - leave P.R. via ferry; 10:30 p.m. - arrive in Port Hardy
May 26, sometime - find my way out of Port Hardy, get to Vancouver by May 27
May 29 or 30, sometime - take greyhound to Banff

I have discovered that planning a trip by train is not without its inconveniences. On the one hand, yes, there is no car to break down and cost you money, but on the other hand, half the trains only run three times a week and arrive in places at really stupid times.

Case in point: I had planned on spending the day in Quebec City before going to Montreal, but the train arrives in Quebec City at 5:15 a.m. How stupid is that? Very stupid. What is one supposed to do upon arriving in Quebec City at 5:15 a.m.?

Also, I had planned to make some stops in Manitoba and Saskatchewen, but the fact that if I stopped in Winnepeg or Saskatoon (the train doesn't go to Regina - just Saskatoon) I would be stuck there for three days gave me pause.

Anyhow, enough whining. Time to go buy my tickets and head into work.

Hope to see lots and lots of you!

...16 days to go!