Our original plan was to get up really early and get on the road by 8 AM. Well, that plan didn’t work. For some reason neither one of us could sleep last night and were up wandering about the MH until the wee hours of the morning. I think it was because we had a long, boring day yesterday so we weren’t tired.
Anyway we got up at 8 AM and didn’t get on the road until 10 AM. It wasn’t raining but still overcast and cold. I’m glad I brought long sleeved shirts because we sure need them.
We have been in Canada for a week now and have not had to gas up the MH but today we did. We stopped in Hillsborough and choked on the cost. It was $4.73 per gallon or 1.259 per liter. OUCH!!! Normally it would cost us around $160-$175 to fill up at just below 1/2 tank instead of the $ 226.00 it cost us today. So a pretty significant difference in fuel expenses.
It was a nice ride over the rolling hills of Canada. The area looks and feel very much like up state New York and New Hampshire. Except for the road signs in Kilometers and in English and French we would have never believed we had left the US.
We stopped at the Visitor Center in Nova Scotia to get some info. The people in the Visitor Center are extremely helpful and even called the CG for us to secure a reservation. The woman at the CG thought we were crazy trying to get a site on a holiday w/e but after she realized we weren’t going quibble over a site with no sewer hook-up she got us in for the next three days. I guess a three-way hook-up is in demand. We had dumped all of our holding tanks so we are good for at least 5 days. Also we were looking to use our Passport America Card that would give us 1/2 off the cost of the site. We lucked out and got the site for $17.63 per night. In the US if it is a holiday w/e they will not give the discount.
We arrived at the CG around 4:30 PM after a 6.5 hour drive. The CG sits on part of the Cabot Trail – a must do in this area. It has been called spectacular and compared to Ireland and its beauty.
Although our site looked very flat, we soon realized it was anything but that. It took two efforts to get the MH level. Ron had to put blocks under the front tires and with the jacks in the front fully extended we still weren’t level. It would have to do, so we settled for an almost level MH.
We decided to go to dinner at The Red Barn,owned by and adjacent to the CG. The food was excellent and reasonable.
After dinner we took a ride into Baddeck to try to locate a grocery store. No luck there, but we did find another gas station to fuel up the car. OUCH, again. We should have filled the car when we filled the MH. The price was even higher and it ended up costing $5.03 per gallon for the car.
We’re hoping that the weather holds out. Hoping for no rain if not some sunshine, but the forecasters are predicting rain for the next three days. We plan to drive at least part of the Cabot Trail tomorrow and if it rains it will be OK as long as there is no fog to obstruct the views. We shall see.
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