So y'all (fact: I say "y'all" in regular speech now. It's completely impossible to avoid) I've been slacking yet again on the posting and I can't blame it on my faja this time since he did send me our pictures over two weeks ago. I'll blame it on trying to prep for cementing operational school in January (which is almost as daunting as the drive down here was).
I've also decided to include fun facts I've determined/discovered since moving here; one for each post: Louisiana has drive-through daiquiri shops. Figure that one out...
I didn't bother to even come up with a more creative title than this because, well, the drive was just so daunting as I already said. This was our planned route:
According to Google maps, it covered a total of 4661 km. Gah! So naturally the first step was for us to get off of the island, which was only a quick trip to Argentia (thankfully), followed by an absolutely TERRIBLE ferry ride. Remember this storm? Ok so I intended the word "storm" to be a hyperlink to an article about the storm but I couldn't be bothered to search for >2 minutes. The point of my fruitless search was that a terrible tropical storm/hurricane that hit the northeastern US kindly had its tail end swinging through the Gulf (not the Gulf of Mexico ;)) the night faj and I crossed on the ferry. Result: two rather nauseated passengers that got terribly unrestful sleeps. Not a great way to start a MEGA trip.
We powered through like the champs we are and to be quite honest, the trip from North Sydney, NS to Saint John, NB (our stop for the second night) was pretty uneventful. Not even a stop into Hali unfortunately. Buuuuuuut, the purpose for stopping into Saint John was to visit the one and only Jenna Hazelton! Yay! Had some delicious Thai food (now I want some Thai food) and caught up. I think the night ended with some Big Brother and some visit promises (I'm holding you to those girl!).
Once I arrived back at the hotel, I discovered a pooped faja and decided to turn in myself for the night (there are some more exciting days that come up I promise).
Total kilometres travelled: 1056/4461
