Day 2 - Hartland Bridge

It rained through the night and continued to be a foggy, drizzly day, with a few showers. Today we left the KOA at 10 and arrived at River Country Campground in Clearwater, NB at 3:40 EST/4:40 AT. We were disappointed that the GPS didn't seem to recognize the time zone change...will have to figure that one out tomorrow. Along the way we enjoyed the beautiful scenery of the Quebec farms, the hills that seemed to pop out of nowhere, and the expanse of the St. Lawrence River. After supper we headed out to see the World's Longest Covered Bridge in Hartland. We enjoyed a walk across it (just a little freaky...especially when Brent kept saying “I really hope they've checked out these boards recently. Wouldn't want to fall through. That would cost us $170 for new glasses for me and $200 for new glasses for you.” THAT was the worst of MY fears :-P )

River County is a lovely little campsite right along the river. Unfortunately we haven't explored it much because it's wet and icky out. We treated the kids to a new DVD and popcorn after our little excursion. I had bought them the Beverly Hillbillies! 40 episodes. They sure don't make TV shows like they used to. Wonder if we'll find a cee-ment pond on our adventures!

On the Move

Well, the big day has arrived, and we have begun our 3 week (almost) trek across Eastern Canada! I'm not sure how often we will have internet access, but I will do my best to keep you up to date on where we are and what we are doing. Or I may get so busy having fun that this may be the last post for a while (but you are used to that from me!) We'll see.

We left yesterday, Sunday August 15, 2010. Went to church, had a good bowl of Dutch soup for lunch and then headed out. In all the excitement, I totally forgot to wish my Mom and Dad Happy Anniversary...46 years. What a tremendous blessing to have them as such a great example of Christ's love in our lives! So if you see them, please give them my deepest apologies, and an even biegger hug than the one I gave them when we left, and tell them that I love them very much (but I think they know that...)

Here's our rig all set and ready to go...
Heading East, of course the first entry is Quebec. A quick shot through the window. A little rain, but nothing serious.
We travelled along the 40 through Montreal, took the Lafontaine Tunnel, which was very cool for the kids, saw the BigO through the window and continued on to Quebec City via the 20. We arrived at the KOA in 5 hours, which included a 20 minute stretch/pee/snack stop.

A quick supper, walk around the park, playing at the park and it was bed time. A beautiful night for city outside reading a book, and checking out Facebook on the free WIFI while the bugs crawled over the screen.
The campground is nice and clean, and the trailers look pretty all lined up in a row. Certainly not backwoods camping. But we'll get there. There are MANY Cruise America RV's here. Guess there must still be some people with money in the USA, saw plates from all over. One family from Arizona entered the office with their French-English dictionary clutched to their chest. I think they were a little disappointed that the staff spoke very English very well ;-)

If you use this campground as a stop in your travels, be sure to bring your own water. Even Brent wouldn't drink it. (Thanks for the tip, Gwen!)

Hometown Hero

Matt Carkner: born and raised in Winchester, played minor hockey with my brother Carl, now plays for the Ottawa Senators, scored the winning goal in triple overtime against Pittsburgh. Pretty exciting!

His family runs a local body shop and he graciously came and signed autographs at their recent open house. Of course the boys had to go...not sure they learned to much about the auto body industry...