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Dateline : Thursday, September 13th, 2007. Vermont.

Hey all - we're back in the US of A. No darned stamp given to us for our return to the US, but they did let us in.

We weren't able to find a geocache in New Brunswick, which sorta stunk, but we have had good

luck up until then. I mean, we scored in both Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. That's pretty cool in and of itself.

On another geocaching note - one of my travel bugs ( read about them at geocaching.com ) is now in Germany!

Not much on the agenda from this point forward - maybe try for a National Park passport stamp on the way back to Pennsylvania, but not much else but driving and listening to the Dark Tower on audio tape.

Stephen King's The Dark Tower Series has been with us on vacation for years now. What with all the driving we do - we've been listening to all seven books - more than a hundred cds - in order, since we started all our roadtripping. We'll be finishing up the last book this trip and to be sure, we've had all sorts of "signs" that remind of the main characters and places. Such as, we passed through Gilead today, and have been passing Midland trucking. Both play a role in the books. Anyway, it bares mentioning because we've truly loved the tale and plan on going right back to the first book ( the Gunslinger ) as soon as the last book ends. It's become part of our Road Lore.

So, I will post again when we are home safely. I suspect it will be Friday or Saturday. It all depends on how much driving we can jam into one day. Now, based on several Montana trips, we're capable of more than 700 miles in a day, so you never know.

Regardless, thanks for coming on vacation with us.

A quick dose of movie news: the new Indiana Jones movie finally has a title : "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull". Sounds cool. Any question where I will be in on May 22nd, 2008?

 

Some Thoughts on the Trip :

While in Newfoundland, we watched a little local television ( not like there was anything else on ) and the Home Depot commercial went something like this :
    Wife, looking fondly at two little kids : "Winter's Coming."
    Husband, looking at the door in the hall : "Oh, no."
    Wife, looking towards the window : "The kids can't go outside to play when it's 30 below."
    Husband, nodding and thinking of tools and Home Depot items : "Time to do over the basement!"

Potato Chip Flavors Outside the US of A :  Roasted Chicken and Potatos and Gravy. Pookie tried both of these. turtlex did not, on account of being afraid they would taste like what their flavor was.

Sugar in Canada is sweeter than a pixie stix.

It was surprisingly easy getting used to the dollar and two dollar coins that are used in Canada and I started to wonder why the US is having such an issue with these?

Donairs. Still a mystery. Likely to remain one for a long, long time.

Newfoundland - the only thing they seemed to worry about when we were leaving, was if we had a burlap sack of potatos or not. Um, would it be okay if we had a ton of potatos but they were in a paper bag?

Chinese Food in Canada - We had it in two different provinces, and it was the exact same. I mean, the size and shape of the food, the taste and even the combo plates. It was downright creepy.

Canada has UFO whackos just like the USA ( ie - the 1967 UFO incident ).

 

Long Days and Pleasant Nights, my friends!

Note to Jim - Though I do love my dose of bad western drama, the Leif Erikkson the ferry is named after is the other guy ( who wasn't in bad westerns trying to be The Big Valley ).

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