Canadian road trip!

At long last we feel comfortable enough to head out on the road. With Nova Scotia opening up to vaccinated Canadians, we decided it was time to get in the car and visit my aunt Ruth in Liverpool.

We are both fully vaccinated and wear our masks inside common areas, but still limited indoor activities during our travel to the absolutely necessary things like bathroom breaks and checking into our hotel room. Adjusting to travel in these new times meant breakfast in our room and packed lunches, more car snacks, outdoor excursions rather than museums, but that still left lots to see and do.

My but it is a long drive!  The TransCanada highway is efficient but boring, so we took diversions where possible if it didn’t add too much time. We stopped in Quebec City for a half a day to just wander the Plains of Abraham and the streets of the old city, and we had a quick look around Riviere-du-loup and Fredericton, drove across the world’s longest covered bridge in Hartland, New Brunswick, saw the tidal bore (actually on video as the tide didn’t cooperate with our schedule) but other than that we drove, and drove, and drove.

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Crossing the border into Nova Scotia was easy as we were already cleared and their only concern was whether we were vaccinated.  The checkpoint took all of 2 minutes including the wait for the cars in front of us on the highway.  And we made it to Ruth’s beautiful spot by the ocean, athough the fog meant we had to take it on faith that the sounds we were hearing were waves and fog horns. After recovering from the drive we will enjoy some day trips in this beautiful part of the country.

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