I hit Moncton about 10:30 PM. The hotel I was aiming for was in Amherst, which is right across the Nova Scotia border. It was way longer from Moncton to Amherst than I remembered. The time zone had changed and I was aware I had been driving for over 12 hours at this point. Exhaustion was showing its ugly face, but Jim Fidler�s Musaik: In This World CD and Great Big Sea�s Great Big DVD concert CD were keeping me singing at the top of my lungs. �I wish I had never taken this excursion around the bay. HEY!�
I had used Yahoo Maps to give me directions to the hotel in Amherst. They took me all the way through Amherst and out the other end! When I got there, I found it was actually right off an exit! Argh! Lessons learned. They were so nice to me at the Comfort Inn in Amherst. I spent a few minutes emailing Vic to tell him I had arrived and saying hi to several friends online. Then fell into bed and had a dreamless sleep.
Tuesday, June 21st
Breakfast at the hotel was filling and I was off to the local Atlantic Superstore to pick up a fleece blanket and fold-up chair on sale. I knew I�d have to sleep in the ferry terminal in Sydney tonight and didn�t know how cold it was going to be. Antigonish was my lunch stop and I enjoyed the garlic fingers at the Snow Queen. I drove around a bit, sightseeing in Antigonish Landing and discovered a wildlife preserve. A mother and daughter walking thru the preserve on their lunch hour recommended I go to Bayfield to see my beloved blue herons. She said she has seen muskrat, ducks, herons, rabbits, fish and raccoon on her walks. The smell of the pine trees was delicious but the caws of the crows unnerving. Then it was off to Cape Breton. |
