We just bought my Dad's Santa Fe and that left us with an extra vehicle. The Escape is a 2003 with about 260,000 km but hopefully has a little life left in her. If we kept it in our driveway when Connor gets his licence in a few months he would be considered the driver. There is no way I am paying for a new almost 17 year old driver so we offered the vehicle to Tori. She jumped at the chance after 3 years of being without a car at university. And I was in the best position to accompany her back to Mount Alison where she will be working for the summer. In October I drove from the West Coast to home with Caitlin, now I get to go to the east coast with Tori. In 6 months and 2 days I will have seen both coasts of our incredible country. That's a lot of miles for someone who rarely leaves town.
Observations from day one of our eastern adventure.
1. I am very glad I do not live in Toronto. I am very glad that my parents moved from there 43 years ago.
2. I am very glad I do not live in Kingston. We met friends there for lunch today. There are way too many stop lights in Kingston. They are not co-ordinated. We had to stop at 9 out of 10. That is not right. And to make matters even worse, almost all of the traffic lights are at the top of hills. The Escape is standard. I hate stopping on a hill in heavy traffic.
We are in a motel in Cornwall which is virtually empty. We went to the fitness room (has anyone ever been to a fitness room with operational equipment?) and the pool. We ate supper in our room from our cooler. Tori is a vegan so we had tuna and chickpea salad and granola bars.
On to Montreal. I can hardly wait.
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