Day 1 - Halifax, NS to Manchester, CT
We're on the road again! Today we left Halifax at 7:30 in the morning. Pretty early for me, but we were eager to get on the go. After several bathroom breaks (Mel's meds at work...) and my coffee stops (bathroom breaks - again), we finally made it to the border a little after 1 pm. Incredibly, it only took a minute, with only a couple of questions, and we were on our way! It was the easiest crossing we've ever had at St. Stephen / Calais.
After that, we busted it to the town named in appreciation of all I've done...Brewer, Maine. Ok, maybe not. But hey, I like the name - no bias there, eh? It took only $36 to fill up the car, even though the tank was almost empty. In comparison, it typically takes about $55 or so to do it. We kicked in the a/c and kept going.
Oh, did I mention the temperature? When we left Halifax, it was 6 degrees C. It went to 16 in NB, and then all the way to 30 in Maine. Actually, we were guessing what the highest temperature would be. I said 32 C in Bangor. Melanie said 36. By the time we left Maine, it reached a whopping 37 degrees! For you that only understand F, that works out to 104 degrees. Actually, I liked it.
One of the games we've been playing to pass time is looking to see if we can see any other Mazda 3's. Why? Well, last time we were here in Maine we didn't see a single one. None. Nada. But we knew of at least one that would be in the area.
We knew that Melanie's folks were going to be coming back from D.C. today, and that we'd be passing them at some point. After going through Bangor, we suddenly see a Mazda 3! The same colour as her folks' car. And it appeared to have NS plates. Wait a second...yep. That was them. We didn't see another one until Portland. They started popping up soon after that. Seems that nobody in Maine buys them. Odd folk, our neighbours.
Tonight we made it to the hotel here in Connecticut at 8:00 pm local time, 13 hours after leaving. Not bad, really. And tomorrow we do it all over again, until we get to Melanie's brother's family's home.
Stay tuned for photos (when we start taking them - yeah, just been driving so far. But soon!)
After that, we busted it to the town named in appreciation of all I've done...Brewer, Maine. Ok, maybe not. But hey, I like the name - no bias there, eh? It took only $36 to fill up the car, even though the tank was almost empty. In comparison, it typically takes about $55 or so to do it. We kicked in the a/c and kept going.
Oh, did I mention the temperature? When we left Halifax, it was 6 degrees C. It went to 16 in NB, and then all the way to 30 in Maine. Actually, we were guessing what the highest temperature would be. I said 32 C in Bangor. Melanie said 36. By the time we left Maine, it reached a whopping 37 degrees! For you that only understand F, that works out to 104 degrees. Actually, I liked it.
One of the games we've been playing to pass time is looking to see if we can see any other Mazda 3's. Why? Well, last time we were here in Maine we didn't see a single one. None. Nada. But we knew of at least one that would be in the area.
We knew that Melanie's folks were going to be coming back from D.C. today, and that we'd be passing them at some point. After going through Bangor, we suddenly see a Mazda 3! The same colour as her folks' car. And it appeared to have NS plates. Wait a second...yep. That was them. We didn't see another one until Portland. They started popping up soon after that. Seems that nobody in Maine buys them. Odd folk, our neighbours.
Tonight we made it to the hotel here in Connecticut at 8:00 pm local time, 13 hours after leaving. Not bad, really. And tomorrow we do it all over again, until we get to Melanie's brother's family's home.
Stay tuned for photos (when we start taking them - yeah, just been driving so far. But soon!)
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