Five days in in Bittersweet

We left SO much stuff. In such a hury and mess. I feel terrible about it.
But this is the first time ive gotten on my computer. Im currently in a hotel inside Jasper Alberta Canada.
First off this town is beautiful. Its a adorable ski resort town. With elk wandering the town. Literally, i walked out of the hotel lobby and a doe was in front of me in the parking lot. Downside? Hotel rooms cost us 400 for the night, and the train is right outside the window! But no other hotels for almost 6 hours. I cant drive int he dark so things really are slow going.
We are driving around 8 hours a day. So far through two time zones.
We have blown two trailer tires. One in front of a pair of bison! We saw two grizzly bears irght next to us, we parked 10 feet from them! and 2 black bears meandering. Herds of Elk. Caribou. Deer. Bison. And we are only half way there haha. Its taking forever. Ive never driven this long and its exhausting. Plus its been crummy weather so we cant get outside much to do much other then take a few photos and move along.
My husband quit smoking mid way through the third day and we are all dealing with nicotine withdrawl lol. The kids are dealing with being cooped up and im just exhausted. From what i can tell, we have 4 more days to go. Maybe 5… Its a VERY long drive.