The east coast

What an incredible few days this has been.

We started out Sunday night, we got a ride out of Montreal to the highway and then we slept under the stars before hitting the road early Monday.  Two rides later and we were about 20km outside of Moncton.  It took for fucking EVER to get into Moncton in the morning, 3 hours to get picked up for the 15-minute drive into the city, with the sun beating down on us.  I got a pretty intense sunburn and started feeling sick like when I had heat stroke a few months back, not fun at all. Arriving in Moncton was pretty anti-climactic, it's a pretty boring little town without much to see or do.  The most exciting thing about the day was finding a shop with 2 for 99 cents hotdogs.

Halifax on the other hand is gorgeous.  Our ride dropped us off at the waterfront so the first thing I saw was the incredible scenery.  Except for yesterday the weather has been beautiful, the people are amazing, and there is always something to do.  We're heading out shortly to go swim in a lake, and tomorrow we're packing up and heading about 100km out of the city to camp for a couple of nights on the Fundy Shore.  I can't wait. 

It would have been nice to have had a lot more time, since we're out here it would be nice to check out Cape Breton, and head over to Newfoundland.  But a little taste of the east coast is better than not being here at all, and at least now I know how worth it it is to come out this way.  It's cool as well because a ten-day trip will let my boy and I know if we can travel together, rather than taking a long trip together and realizing halfway through that we don't make good travel partners.  And so far, it's great :D