We woke to beautiful sunshine! Not sure how early the sun
actually comes up but when my eyes opened at 5 it was already bright daylight.
Today’s plan was to get to far North East New Brunswick,
well over 8 hours of driving time.
We were immediately in Maine and for this part of the trip
sticking to the interstate. Thankfully, my mom mentioned the toll roads so part
of my purse weight is the stash of quarters I brought along. Of course, they
take greenbacks too…and several of them at each stop.
Such a difference in traffic today. Yesterday as we tried to
get out of town there was some kind of traffic problem and we drove less than
10mph for at least an hour. Bleck. Hopefully, it was actually a problem because
I would pull my hair out to drive in such traffic every day.
Oh, speaking of driving. Here’s today’s helpful hint. Do not
buy a new GPS the week before leaving on vacation to a strange town. We do not
think learning how the GPS works is a very smart idea, especially in Boston. I
mean really, how many times can one drive the block trying to find the right
turn before going crazy? It doesn’t help that Bob asks me questions about
things beyond the current picture on the screen. (He has solved this problem by
buying a new road atlas…and this one shows all the Walmart stores along the way :) ).
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| How many pictures of flowers should I take?? |
As soon as we left the coast of Maine (like 5 minutes into
the drive) it became very rural. Lots
and lots of trees, of many varieties. The sides of the road are filled with
purple lupines, yellow and white daisies and some pretty pink flowers. This is
the head of the Appalachian Trail with lots of hills and even an occasional
mountain off to the west.
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| Some mountain to the West in Maine... no one remembers the name already. |
We took advantage of the easier driving and listened to some
old radio dramas and then everyone thought we should listen to the audio
version of Anne of Green Gables. Since I just watched the movie Saturday I can
tell you the story seems to match the movie pretty close. Lucy Maud Montgomery
was a much better writer than I. She has such colorful writing.
Oh, Canada! (I would sing it for you but those are the only words I know.)
New Brunswick is just as beautiful as we imagined. Still
lots and lots of trees but there are more clearings and not as many swamps and
bogs. It seems like there is also lot more farming here. We turned on the radio
to hear French programming. There must be many moose here, though we have not
seen any. The fences along the freeway have one way gates so errant moose can
find their way back to safety. Rebecca wants to know how hard it is to teach
the moose about the gates.
We are staying in Moncton, NB. It appears to be a moderate
sized city, even has a Walmart. I’m not sure why it’s big except it seems to be
at the crossroads for Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and Western Canada.
There are a lot of French speaking people here. A lot.
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| Fine Dining |
For our first night treat we found a small restaurant where
we could sit on the enclosed patio at the bay.
For fun we ordered mussels. Matthew did not want to eat one but after he
finally tried, he thought they were pretty tasty. Rebecca was not so sure. But we all enjoyed our seafood dinner!
The hotel has a very warm Jacuzzi which really helped
everyone to relax and sleep well.
We’re off to Prince Edward Island! Matthew is excited to see
Anne’s house. He liked the movie and is very attentive as we are listening to
the audio book. Don’t ask me how he picks his likes and dislikes.
More tomorrow!
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