Our car insurance went down a few dollars today, as Angela passed her G driving test. Congratulations Angela! Well done. Two down, one to go…
Congratulations Claudia!
Kudos to Claudia for passing her G1 licence test. She passed on her first attempt at her second attempt. Let me explain. Our first stop was the DriveTest in Oakville, however when we arrived they were no longer accepting people because it was so busy. So we got back in the truck and headed to the DriveTest in Burlington. That one was empty and she was able to get in and out within an hour. So she passed on her first attempt at her second DriveTest location.
Getting Her Sister Around
Angela has gone from chauffeuring Claudia around in the wagon to picking her up from school and chauffeuring her home in the car. Congratulations to Angela on passing her G2 road test today. After we got home from the DriveTest Centre in Oakville, I called to put her on the insurance and then she was off to pick up Claudia from school. Here they are in May of 2001.
G passed G
Congratulations to Gillian on passing her G class driving test on the first try.
Happy Birthday Angela!
Angela turned 16 this year and on the 29th we were waiting at the Driver’s Centre in Brampton for her to take her G1 test. She passed with a perfect score which she was sure to tell Gillian.
Day 8: Heading to Herring Neck
We are leaving Gros Morne National Park behind and heading to our next cottage in Herring Neck. Herring Neck is on the New World Island up near Twillingate. There will be a break in daily updates as we will be without internet service for a few days.
Congratulations Gillian!
I took Gillian down to the Drive Test centre in Oakville this afternoon for her G2 (G1 exit) road test. She didn’t seem to be gone that long and before I knew it, she was standing next to me, telling me she passed. Well done Gillian, with great power comes great responsibility. Here she is in 1996 getting an early start behind the wheel.
Day 20: Heading Home
After 19 days on the road we were heading home, here are the girls watching movies on their iPods.
Our drive today took us up through New Hampshire, across Vermont, into New York State and back into Ontario. This is somewhere on Lake Champlain.
Near Rouse’s Point, NY.
Welcome to New York.
We could see the border, but we were not going through Montreal, instead we crossed at Ogdensburg, NY which leads to Johnstown, ON. It spits you out onto the 401 near the 416 highway to Ottawa.
One final stop at the Big Apple in Colborne, ON.
Unfortunately, all their porducts are labelled “May contain…”.
The main reason for stopping was to add another photo to our “Big Things” collection.
This has to be one of the few things that is still free. You can climb up inside the apple to an observation deck, to see the 401.
One last goofy photo.
When we pulled into G-ma and G-pa’s driveway, Chloe was excited to see us back, here she is running back and forth to each of us.
Here are the girls on day 3 of our trip, the photo I took on day 1 was blurry, so we had to do a re-take.
Here is the back of the car after we pulled into our driveway. Since we stopped to pick up Chloe on our way home, we had to squeeze all her stuff in the car as well, so even if the girls were in the back seat, there was no way we’d see them.
Our drive today, we left Manchester, NH at 7:18 am, crossed the border at 2:39 pm and pulled into G-ma and G-pa’s driveway at 6:00 pm. We had a great supper and visit before loading up one more time for the final leg. I’ll post the trip summary once I crunch some of the numbers. Thanks for following along on our road trip to PEI, hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.
Day 18: Old Orchard Beach
Day 18 was a short driving day from Freeport, Maine to Manchester, New Hampshire. It allowed us to stop at one more beach for this vacation. We headed for Old Orchard Beach near Scarborough, ME. We got there around 9:30 am and it was already filling up.
Still lots of real estate to choose from.
We chose the strip of beach that is right in the heart of town near the pier.
There is an amusement park on the beach.
Claudia getting use to the water.
The girls jumping the waves.
A guy looking for treasures.
Digging around on the beach.
Back in the water.
The girls catching a wave.
Claudia could catch the odd wave that she could ride pretty far.
The sand around us was filling up.
It was packed when we left.
It is a pretty hopping town, probably jammed on the weekends.
Our driving route for Day 18. $3.75 in tolls on the Maine Turnpike.
Off to the ballpark to watch the New Hampshire Fisher Cats take on the New Britain Rock Cats.
Day 17: Maine and the Big Boot
With only a few days remaining on the PEI2012 road trip, we were finishing up in the Maritimes and heading to the US. Before we hit the road this morning we visited Magnetic Hill. The entire area has changed from 36 years ago when I went there as a kid.
The place is like an attraction park.
Nearby is the Magnetic Hill Concert Site, they were setting up for the Bruce Springsteen concert being held there this Sunday with Tom Cochrane and Red Ryder. There were still tickets available, as well as hotel rooms.
We crossed the border around 11:00 am, and had about a 20 minute wait. Here is Angela posing with a barrel. Read the sign, it says “For your Good Health Barrel Picking is Prohibited”.
We stopped in Bangor, Maine for gas and drove by Stephen King’s house.
Our stop for the evening is Freeport, Maine. The two bellhops taking our bags to the room.
Freeport is the home of L.L. Bean, the main downtown is like a L.L. Bean Campus. There is the flagship store, a bike & boat store, hunting & fishing store and a home store. We only went into the flagship store and we were getting lost. Outside the store is a big “Bean” boot.
Inside there are animals and other displays.
They have a fish tank near the front with trout in the tank. There is an observation bubble for little kids.
And not so little kids.
Here is Claudia and Angela getting stepped on by the boot.
Gillian and Susan watching us stage the photo.
Once again we had a great day of weather.
For dinner we headed down to the marina in South Freeport.
It was time for lobster again, so I googled “lobster dinner in Freeport” and the Harraseeket Lunch and Lobster came back as one of the Top 10 Lobster Shacks in Maine from TravelandLeisure.com.
To order lobster follow the signs on the ground.
Order at the window on the right, pick it up at the window on the left.
But first decide on what to have. Susan and I went for the Lobster Delight, a 1 lb lobster, a corn on the cob and 12 steamed clams for $22.95. The girls had fried shrimp and scallop baskets. They don’t serve alcohol, but if you wanted, you can bring your own bottle of wine or beer.
Here is the lobster delight. It was delicious.
A couple of more photos of the marina.
Our drive took us from Moncton, NB to Freeport, ME, it took about 7.5 hours with stops.
Freeport, Maine.
