Days seven and eight kind of rolled into each other whilst we were on the ferry back to Nova Scotia from Newfoundland.
However, when we got on the ferry it was past midnight, dark, very misty and 13 degrees, when we got off the ferry it was almost clear blue skies and the temperature was 24 degrees – but it soon rose to over 30 and stayed there until around six that evening. This meant that within 24hrs we had gone from being rugged up in icebreaker gear with all Jaffa’s heat on us to stripped right down to sunscreen level and the air con blowing cool air on our feet. Don’t get me wrong though, this is an integral part to fun of roofless driving.
But having rolled off the ferry initially, Jaffa’s dashboard telemetry was telling us she needed more fuel and of course the tyre pressure sensor was still indicating the running flat tyre. So pulling into the first petrol station we came across, we refuelled and had the puncture repaired. Literally ten minutes later we were on the road again, Jaffa’s thirst satiated, all four paws now pneumatically sound – simple as that. (For your information they tyre cost just CAD10.00 to have repaired)
As we were due on Prince Edward Island, the day was set to be a hot roofless cruise including four provinces (Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island) and the world’s longest bridge – although we didn’t know that at the time.
Initially we were going to ferry over to PEI and bridge/drive back, but we missed the ferry and the next one gave us enough time to drive instead – and thank goodness we did.
However, when we got on the ferry it was past midnight, dark, very misty and 13 degrees, when we got off the ferry it was almost clear blue skies and the temperature was 24 degrees – but it soon rose to over 30 and stayed there until around six that evening. This meant that within 24hrs we had gone from being rugged up in icebreaker gear with all Jaffa’s heat on us to stripped right down to sunscreen level and the air con blowing cool air on our feet. Don’t get me wrong though, this is an integral part to fun of roofless driving.
But having rolled off the ferry initially, Jaffa’s dashboard telemetry was telling us she needed more fuel and of course the tyre pressure sensor was still indicating the running flat tyre. So pulling into the first petrol station we came across, we refuelled and had the puncture repaired. Literally ten minutes later we were on the road again, Jaffa’s thirst satiated, all four paws now pneumatically sound – simple as that. (For your information they tyre cost just CAD10.00 to have repaired)
As we were due on Prince Edward Island, the day was set to be a hot roofless cruise including four provinces (Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island) and the world’s longest bridge – although we didn’t know that at the time.
Initially we were going to ferry over to PEI and bridge/drive back, but we missed the ferry and the next one gave us enough time to drive instead – and thank goodness we did.
The Confederation Bridge (Pont de la Confédération) spans almost 13km’s across the Abegweit Passage of Northumberland Strait between New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. When it came into sight all I could say to Nancy was “cripey, you Canadians sure are industrious little critters! The road seems to just lift off terra firma and make like a huge concrete snake up and out over the ocean. Even if you’re not a fan of Anne of Green Gables, potatoes or lobster, it’s worth visiting Prince Edward Island just for the opportunity to cross this bridge, if you can do it on a hot summer’s day with the roof down in a Mini, even better!
As for kids, whilst we didn't see many doing interesting stuff, we managed to be a couple ourselves. Here, Nancy and Jaffa sit amongst all the yellow people from the Simpsons. It looks like the characters are superimposed into the shot, but I can assure you they were all there, sitting on the front lawn of this random house at this random lake in Nova Scotia.
