New England Trip

We had planned to leave at 8:00 a.m., and by golly it was exactly 8:00 when we got on the road. This is not always true for us. It seems that everything takes longer than we expect, and if anything can go wrong, it will do it when we are trying to break camp and make a drive schedule. Same as going to work: when you absolutely have to leave by 7:30 to get to a meeting, the dog will not pee, and the cat has thrown up on your shoes.

We had mapped a route for today’s drive to New Brunswick, but comparing our plan to the GPS suggested route, we decided to take the low road by the river rather than the high road that might have some challenging mountain passes. It was a good decision. We made it to New Brunswick about 5:15 p.m., which was 6:15 Atlantic time, and we were both really tired.

Steve is still feeling very sick, and we called Blue Cross this evening to find a hospital up here in their network where he can be seen by a doctor. They have several. We will go to the hospital in Digby tomorrow afternoon when we get off the ferry. It’s a bit scary to need medical care this far from home, and having good health insurance is very reassuring.