Cloudy in the morning with sunny periods in the afternoon! Gaetan and Josette came over for a visit and spent the afternoon with us. Afterwards, Val and I walked down the street and had a visit with Gilles and Lise. For dinner, Val cooked a Pork Roast in the slow cooker and we had a marvellous English style dinner. We watched the Olympics closing ceremony then it was bed time. Quite warm overnight.
Almost the same for the weather, except a bit cooler and not so humid! Val and I went to LUPIEN to pick up a couple items from the rig and they had just about finish doing the fender and had repaired and reinforced the wheel-well. We went to the post office to mail a parcel for grand-daughter Jenaya then to the dentist for some minor adjustments. We came home and assumed the position for a while (relax!) and worked in the garden. For dinner, we had French Cdn meat pie that Peter’s friend, Lise, had brought; fresh corn on the cob and a salad. After dinner we stayed out until 9 pm then came in and were in bed by 10 pm.
We were greeted by cooler temperature but a beautiful sunshine this morning. We were all up early, showered and on left for St-Hubert around 10:30 am. We first stopped for gas for the van then went to St-Hubert where we stopped at Costco where we bought more than intended as usual. We then went on to Therese and Michel and had the grand tour of their new trailer (See pictures on Picasa link). They are both proud and happy of their new toy. They already made a reservation for a Provincial Park at OKA. Andre came over and we had a great visit. Therese made spaghetti for dinner and fed all eight of us. After dinner, while sitting outside, we had a dessert made by Michel: Ice cream, strawberries and Crème de menthe..Yum! Yum!
We got home around 11 pm after Peter dropped off Lise at her place in Longueil. A great day again.
We were up at 6:30 am with rain greeting us but it did clear up long enough to do what we had to do. After breakfast, we said goodbye to Peter and Tucker which was kind of weird and drove to LUPIEN where we paid for my repairs and put some stuff back in the rig before leaving. We were on the Trans-Canada Highway 20(TCH) by 8:45 am. Our drive was uneventful except for the odd heavy downpour along the way. We could observe the St-Lawrence and the valley below at times which was very picturesque. At Riviere-du-Loup, we turned south east on TCH 85/185. Here, the river becomes quite wide and we can barely see the Appalachian Mountians across the way. We stopped for fuelled at $1.36 and again in New Brunswick at $1.34. In New-Brunswick, TCH became Hwy 2. Once again we had some heavy downpour but they didn’t last long. The scenery was absolutely breathtaking whenever we could see. It is mountainous along this stretch so a bit slow, there was also a lot of construction and repairs going on. We arrived at WOODSTOCK, NB around 5:30 pm local time (we change time once we crossed into NB and lost another hour). We are now on Atlantic Time! We are camped at COSY CABIN AND RV, a Passport America member but could not use it in July and August. (Of course). We are all set up, had dinner and are now relaxing. We have WIFI here!
N 46* 07.816
W
067* 34.666Alt: 172 ft
We
travelled 633Km (389 miles) in 7 hours @ 55 MPH average and were stopped for a
total of an hour and half
We were up by 6:30 am and on the road by 8:30! It rained overnight but right now, it’s warm and cloudy; it reached a high of 77*F today at some places. We stopped at Tim Horton for coffee and a breakfast muffin then on our way on TCHwy 2, a four lane highway all the way to Cape Breton almost. The scenery was rolling hills with climbs from easy to steep; we stayed within 300 feet in altitude up and down. We followed the St-John River all the way to Fredericton and as we approached, the scene changed from heavy forest to scattered fields and neat farm. We stopped in Moncton for fuel @ $1.29. When we entered Nova Scotia, the Hwy became 104; why the Gov’t doesn’t name the Trans-Canada one number, I will never understand!? Anyway, we stopped for lunch and a visit through the visitor centre and finally came to Canso Causeway which separates Nova Scotia mainland and Cape Breton. We had to stop for a tug boat and its barge which was crossing the lock and the bridge was open to let it through. We waited about 15 minutes then were on our way. We finally arrived at Bras D’Or near North Sydney and the ferry and fuelled up @ $1.29. As we were driving up to Bras D’Or, we got a call from the Ferry Corporation stating that our departure was delayed to 10 am. We decided to go to the terminal and double check and sure enough, we are leaving until 10 am tomorrow. We drove back to Arm of Gold RV Park which is 5 km back and paid for the night: $33.90. No wonder it is call Arm of Gold! Tomorrow, we crossed to NEWFOUNDLAND!
N 46* 14.963
W
060* 17.415Alt: 74 Ft
We drove 468 miles (759 Km) in 8 hrs and 25 minutes at an average 56 MPH. We were stopped for a total of 2 hrs.
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