Day 29 - Edmonton to Montreal

Monday June 9, 2008

The next portion of my trip starts early (and now entirely in the 1st person... no more we *sniff, sob*). A big thanks goes out to Laine for driving my sorry @$$ to the airport so early in the morning. The flight was pretty uneventful, and was very empty – I got an entire row to myself. That is, until some lady decided to use my outer seat to store her jacket without asking. After all, I NEEDED all three of those seats! =)

Montreal was much toastier than when we left – it was 31 degrees and humid! Upon landing and picking up my car (which was challenging because I totally forgot where I packed it), I sat down and realized that I had absolutely no inkling of a plan. Wewt. I decided to just start headed East, and aim for Grand Falls. THREE traffic jams and two hours of traffic going at 5 km/hr later, I arrived... at the edge of the city. Not only was the traffic nuts, but so were the line-ups for gas. I decided to abort the fill-up and just get gas later on... two cities outside of montreal, the price jumped 3 cents / litre, AND there was still a line-up.

Joy.

By the time I got to Quebec City, it was getting dark – pretty much blowing any chance of getting a campsite with a tent set-up. I got saved by Days Inn in Edmunston, they were cheap, and on the way. I nearly ran out of gas along the way though, upon leaving Quebec city, I had 400 km of gas left. I figured I’d fill up once on the way in a larger town. That larger town never materialized, and any smaller gas station along the way was closed. I pulled into the 24 hour ESSO in Edmunston with the fuel warning light on. It was awesome, I even turned off the AC (still 27 degrees and humid) and the radio to conserve energy =).

Oh, and radar detectors are still prohibited.

Trip: 617 KM
Moving Time: 6 hr 56 min
Moving Avg: 89 km/h

Total To Date: 7041.73 km


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