Monthly Archives: September 2009
McLobster and Pizza…
Today is our only full day in Antigonish before we head east toward Newfoundland so we wanted to drive around a bit to see the area.
On our way out of town we decided to stop at the McDonald’s drive-thru for a breakfast sandwich. We also wanted to see what this was.
McLobster
But we still don’t know. They only had the breakfast menu posted at the drive-thru.
So, Canada gets McLobster, and we just get McRib? What’s up with that?
We then headed back northwest to the town of Pictou.
Pictou is known as the “Birthplace of New Scotland” as it was here that the first wave of Scottish immigrants landed in 1773. And of course, Nova Scotia means New Scotland.
It’s kind of hard to descibe the scenery here, and the pictures just don’t do it justice. It’s rolling hills of forests and farms falling away to rocky cliffs that overlook the North Atlantic.
Road to Pictou
Here’s a Googled pic of Pictou from the air.
Pictou
East_River
After wandering aimlessly for a while just admiring the view, we headed back to Antigonish for dinner at Boston Pizza. We always get a large pizza just so we’ll have leftovers.
Arriving back at the park, I decided to spring for the $3.50 to get the cable turned on at our site, since I couldn’t the satellite working because of a large tree in the way.
And surprise, the channels are pretty clear. Unusual for an RV park.
More tomorrow…
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!!
