Yaksbunt,
I'm on my way from land of the beaver and moose too. I hear it's a good idea to take a voip phone from here with you. Since you still have a few days, you'd better get one soon with a number local to where you have family in Canada, so you can keep in touch with them. You can even switch you current home or cell phone number to it if you haven't cancelled it yet.

The snow did already fall where I am but we're back in double digits again this week.