Day 12: Got off from Glooscap CG by about 8:30 headed to Cabot Trail CG on Cape Breton Island. Gena wanted pictures of more of the carved elm trees in Truro, so se made a short detour to do that. Our first stop in Truro was in a Sobey’s grocery store. They are a lot like a really spruced up Harris Teeter store. We managed photos of all but one of the 20 carvings. We drove by the location where the carving was supposed to be, but could not see it. Fortunately today is still part of the long holiday weekend, so the traffic was really light. After getting all the photos we wanted, we stopped at an Esso station for fuel - - cost $102 to fill the truck. Weather was really nice until we ... read more

Day 10: We left camp at about 9 AM headed for Truro, NS to see the tidal bore. We got there about 10:45 anticipating the bore at 11:05. Well, the tidal bore appeared just before 11 AM. While it was really small, about 4-6 inches high, it was very interesting to watch the fiver flowing out and all of a sudden it had changed directions and was flowing in, BIG TIME !! We watched from an old bridge abutment. There was an iron tank in the river where we were watching which stuck out of the water at least 2 ft and it only took about 10 minutes for the tide to come up enough to completely cover that tank. Water was really muddy. After the tidal bore was done, we drove into downtown Truro and ... read more

Day 8: Got away from the campground in New Annan, PEI by about 8:30. Went to Walmart for wading shoes and ice, then fuel, and air for a low tire on the truck, Then a really nice grocery store where Gena bought 4 Lobster tails for appetizers tonight in Spencer’s Island. Went back over the ConfederationBridge (what I called the ConfrontationBridge in my last blog) Picture shows how uneven the concrete roadway was. There was a piper playing at the welcome station as we entered Nova Scotia, so Gena took his picture. I asked about the best way to get down to Spenser’s Island. She said the shortest way was down route 209. She warned me about two one lane Bailey Bridges. She did NOT tell me how rough the road was. It was as rough ... read more

Day 5: Late start from Houlton, ME as we were only expecting about a 4 hr drive. When we stopped on the way out of the campground to dump the holding tanks, I found that the top wouldn't go up more than about 2 inches at a time - - even with the truck running at a high idle. Did manage to get it up high enough to get the sewer hose out of its storage place and dump the tank. Went straight to the grocery store to provision and then to Walmart for a new battery. Sure, enough when we put it on the Battery tester, it had at least one bad cell. So about $75 later, we had a new battery installed and it seems to be working correctly. Finally got on the road ... read more

Day Three: Pretty loud Kari-Oki (SP????) went on last night until exactly 10 PM. Rained most of the night last night. Rained (hard) until almost noon. Gena drove until 9:30. She noticed that I hadn’t mentioned the rain she drove thru in Montgomery on our first day - - now, it is mentioned along with the 3 hours through rain this morning. We got off at 6:30 this morning and made it to Matamoras, PA (where I-84 crosses the Delaware River into NY - - ~530 miles) Traffic on I-81 was pretty heavy but moving right along. Places in PA were pretty rough. Our Campground here Tri State Campground is pretty much a dump., but the only act in own and we did get a level pull through slot with water, electric, and WiFi. This is ... read more