Summer Travel Map

Sunday, July 29, 2007

On to Nova Scotia

July 28, 2007
Upper Sackville, Nova Scotia

Saturday was a travel day. We’d done most of our preparation work on Friday afternoon, so we were in pretty good shape. We finished up after coffee, and headed down the big hill from the campsite to the exit. It was just a big hill as when we went up! We hit it just right to get the ferry across the river, and we were on our way to Nova Scotia.

We went south on NB-177 to NB-7, then east on NB-1 to Trans-Canada 2. TC-2 took us to Moncton, where we had dinner the other night. We’d planned for a stop at the Costco for bottled water, and maybe a spot of lunch. We broke the cardinal rule of Costco shopping: “don’t go hungry”. We ended up getting enough stuff to last us for the rest of our time in Canada!

Once back on the road, it was a quick 3-hour drive to Halifax, following TC-2 to NS-104 to NS-102. We made a slight wrong turn, but were able to correct it with no problem, and were able to find the campground with no difficulty. They assigned us to a good-sized 30-amp water/electric site, with the only problems being the lack of space between us and the 5-er next door and the fact that the DirecTV signal wouldn’t come in at all. The park has free Wi-Fi (not the most reliable or fast, but free), but no TV was a concern.

We had picked up a rotisserie chicken from Costco, so I carved it up into two meals’ worth while Geri got the sides ready, and we had a nice dinner. We had one of the “cheap” (less than C$10) wines I’d picked up at the NB Provincial Store: “Naked Grape” Syrah. It was OK, fruity but not much else.

We put the iPod on for tunes, and relaxed for the evening. Geri stayed up late with a new book, but otherwise it was a really peaceful night.

Kind of a boring day in some ways…

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