Daily Archives: September 1, 2009
Antigonish…what kind of name is that?
We left Moncton, New Brunswick this morning about 11 am, heading for Antigonish, Nova Scotia, about 185 miles away.
But before we left I wanted to top off the air in the tires on both the coach and the toad. The colder weather has lowered the air pressure, and one of my coach tires has a slow leak…it loses a pound or so a week.
Luckily, I don’t have to go anywhere. Since the rig has an on-board air compressor for the air brakes and the airbag suspension, all I have to do is plug my air hose into a jack inside one of the front compartments and start the engine.
This works out well because the coach tires can only filled at a truck stop or tire maintenance shop. Unlike car tires, and the ones on the toad that are aired up to 30 – 40 pounds of pressure, the coach tires need 100 – 115 pounds.
This only took about 15 minutes and then we were on our way.
We arrived in Antigonish about 3 pm and got set up. And after puttering for about an hour, we went out to find a place to grab a bite of dinner.
We found a place called the Main Street Cafe that turned out to be real good. Jan had the Island Sunset Grilled Chicken Breast and I had the Grilled Pork Chop with Cranberry & Mango Salsa. Really good.
After dinner we ran back a local grocery store to pick up some fresh fruit. Normally we stay stocked up, but had to eat up all we had before coming into Canada.
When we got home, I tried to set up the satellite with no luck. This far north the satellites are pretty low on the horizion and there’s a big tree in the way.
So I guess we’ll just have to read! Oh, the horror!!
