I cannot believe I forgot to mention two events of note that
occurred on Day 1 of the road trip, April 30, 2012.
The first is that
we saw a moose! Well, I saw the moose. Heidi was driving but got a quick glance
at a bog set back in the woods, not too far from the highway. As she thought to
herself that she should tell me to look there because I might be able to see a
moose, she noticed me paying particularly close attention to the same bog. I
did not have to say a word when I turned to her. She could tell just by the
look on my face that I had seen a moose! It was not very big and was standing
in the bog drinking. It was soooooo close to the highway! It happened so
quickly and unexpectedly that unfortunately I did not get a picture.
Fortunately we did not encounter any moose on the highway.
The second
important event of note is that we both got ID'd at the hotel lounge in Maine!
Since I am well over the legal drinking age in both countries (19 in Canada and
21 in the United States), I did not even bring my wallet. Considering Heidi had
graduated from high school when I had completed grade 8, she did not need hers
either ;-) Perhaps they card everyone there but we had no sooner sat down and
the bartender was asking us for our ID cards. Back up to the room we went to
get my card. The bartender did seem a little surprised at the year of birth on
both of our cards when she checked. The guy at the end of the bar told Heidi he
guessed she was at most 27 or 28. Although he never said, I assume I must have
been thought to be in that same age category ;-)
Well that is all
for the update. Time to write the blog for Day 2 of the Nova Scotia-Kansas road
trip!
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