Monthly Archives: August 2009
Charrgge!
Today is our last full day in Maine and the US for a while.
Tomorrow we drive about 2 miles east and we’ll be in Canada. Then we have about a 185 mile trip to Moncton, NB. We’ll stay there for 3-4 days while we explore the area around there, including probably an overnight trip to Prince Edward Island, while leaving the rig parked in Moncton.
After that we’ll see if we need to do anything about dodging Hurricane Danny.
Today was a ‘get the rig ready to roll’ day. I added a charge wire to from the rig to the toad. This will keep the battery in the truck from running low while we’re traveling. Apparently in real hilly country, the auxillary braking system in the toad operates so much that on long travel days it runs the battery down. The charge wire supplies power from the rig to the toad to keep its battery charged.
When we enter Canada tomorrow we’ll lose an hour since we’ll be now be in Atlantic Time.
More tomorrow from Canada…
All in all, A very nice day!
I spent this morning going thru the plastic bins in the basement compartments looking for some missing stuff and doing a little organizing.
Didn’t find everything I was missing, but I did find some stuff that I didn’t realize was missing.
About 2pm Jan and I headed out to lunch and shopping.
Once again we ended at the truck stop restaurant.
This is a really good place to eat and their desserts are fabulous. We were told they have their own baker who does nothing but make their desserts. We noticed several diners taking home whole pies.
After our meal we went by the Verizon store so I could get another stylus for my phone, but they were temporarily closed due to a ‘building problem’, whatever that was. We’ll try again tomorrow.
Next we headed downtown to the CarQuest store to pick up a serpentine belt for our coach engine and then to the local Visitor’s Information Center to see if they had anything on Nova Scotia/Newfoundland.
They didn’t, but we bumped into a guy from Canada who gave us a lot of tips and places to see, so it all worked out.
Then it was on to Walmart and then home about 4 pm. We then set outside for while, enjoying the beautiful weather, and letting Mister roam around for a while.
All in all, a very nice day.
