When it comes to highways, there isn't much difference between the US and Canada. As we drove across New Brunswick toward Nova Scotia, I couldn't help but think how similar the two systems are. Just before you enter Nova Scotia, the freeway traverses a narrow land mass, kind of like a bottleneck, where there are very little other options if you want to go east or west. Here's where the Canadians think exactly like the Americans, they built an approx. 10 mile toll road through this bottleneck. At $4 a car, $5.25 an RV, and $15 for an 18 wheeler, I think it's safe to say that this toll road has paid for itself many times over. We stopped at the Nova Scotia Visitors Center, and picked up a bunch of reading material. As we scan through these brochures and booklets, it's obvious that we'll never see it all, not even close! This trip is about seeing things and places that interest us, and taking the time to do some exploring. Some of the neatest things we have discovered, have been when we just took a road to see what was around the corner, and stumbled across something that turned out to be very interesting. Several small town museums have been some of the best finds. We passed by Halifax and started our southern loop around Nova Scotia. I ventured off the main highway near Chester, to get closer to the Atlantic Ocean, but, even though we traveled very close to the water, the road was very narrow and bumpy. The views were great, but I decided that the motor home and my nerves couldn't take a lot of miles on these narrow roads, so, after a few miles, we returned to the main road, and stopped for the night in Bridgewater.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
NOVA SCOTIA
When it comes to highways, there isn't much difference between the US and Canada. As we drove across New Brunswick toward Nova Scotia, I couldn't help but think how similar the two systems are. Just before you enter Nova Scotia, the freeway traverses a narrow land mass, kind of like a bottleneck, where there are very little other options if you want to go east or west. Here's where the Canadians think exactly like the Americans, they built an approx. 10 mile toll road through this bottleneck. At $4 a car, $5.25 an RV, and $15 for an 18 wheeler, I think it's safe to say that this toll road has paid for itself many times over. We stopped at the Nova Scotia Visitors Center, and picked up a bunch of reading material. As we scan through these brochures and booklets, it's obvious that we'll never see it all, not even close! This trip is about seeing things and places that interest us, and taking the time to do some exploring. Some of the neatest things we have discovered, have been when we just took a road to see what was around the corner, and stumbled across something that turned out to be very interesting. Several small town museums have been some of the best finds. We passed by Halifax and started our southern loop around Nova Scotia. I ventured off the main highway near Chester, to get closer to the Atlantic Ocean, but, even though we traveled very close to the water, the road was very narrow and bumpy. The views were great, but I decided that the motor home and my nerves couldn't take a lot of miles on these narrow roads, so, after a few miles, we returned to the main road, and stopped for the night in Bridgewater.
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