On The Road

Zoe and I had an incredible pile of things we wanted to take with us in the truck for this first exploration stage of our new life. This pile could have filled an entire storage unit on its own. With great surprise-we got it all to fit in my fabulous Chevrolet Colorado!!

I had set a limit of 12 hours on the road this first day. We almost made it through Toronto traffic without getting stuck with the work commuters. We were only delayed about half an hour with slow downs. Then I put my head down and tried to put on the kilometres. We stopped for gas just before the Quebec border and were very glad we did as it was 146.9/litre once we crossed the border. Driving through Montreal and its suburbs was very similar to a drive through Toronto. It was not stopped traffic, but very slow. At 4 o’clock we realized we could make it to the New Brunswick border but that would mean being in the car for 14 hours. We decided to go for it. I was still feeling okay, not too tired, and we had loads of snacks to keep us going thanks to  patients at Dr. Hennig’s Optometry office. 

The last few hours of driving was so beautiful. Seeing the farm land, the trees, the St. Lawrence river, a calm excitement came over us that we were on the right track.

Family friends had recommended Edmundston New Brunswick as a good place to stop…so here we are. 

We pulled in at 8:30pm and felt really good about that, until we looked at the hotel clock and realized we had crossed into Atlantic Daylight time zone and it was actually 9:30pm. I felt so much more tired suddenly!!! 

A bowl of soup, some quick messages to friends and family on our progress and safety, and off to bed.