Road Trip 2003 Timeline

All times ADT

August 3, 2003

9:00 AM Halifax, NS
Exams begin. This is the last obstacle before the road trip. A necessary evil.

12:00 PM Halifax, NS
Exams end. Road trip begins now as we will be leaving once we get our stuff pulled together.
3:00 PM Durham, NS
Arrive at Colin’s place for the night. Take a dip in the pool and stock up with necessary items.

10:00 AM Durham, NS
Leave for New Brunswick. This leg of the journey will include most if not all of Colin’s family. There is a family event taking place in Saint John. Chris is being driven to his place in St. Andrews, NB.
4:00 PM St. Andrews, NB
Chris arrives home. Colin returns to Saint John for the festivities that await.

11:15 AM Long Reach, NB
Colin leaves for St. Andrews to get Chris.
2:28 PM St. Andrews, NB
Leaving for the official part of the road trip. The adventure begins now. Not that it hasn’t been fun so far.
4:00 PM Fredericton, NB
Arrived in Fredericton to buy some stuff at Canadian Tire and the Superstore.
5:30 PM Fredericton, NB
Left Fredericton on the 104 headed to Woodstock. Got gas along the way in Nackawic and later stopped outside Woodstock for a roadside supper.
8:00 PM Hartland, NB
Crossed the World’s Longest Covered Bridge.
9:00 PM 5 Miles South of Grand Falls, NB
Stopped for the night at Mulherin’s Campground. Total driving for today (From St. Andrews) was 359.2 km.

9:37 AM 5 Miles South of Grand Falls, NB
Left the campground and continued north along the Trans-Canada towards the Quebec border.
10:32 AM Quebec/New Brunswick Border
Crossed over into Quebec. Ma français est assez terrible. :P
11:34 AM Rivière-du-loup, QC
Stopped for lunch and decision-making before heading towards Montreal.
1:05 PM Rivière-du-loup, QC
Left Rivière-du-loup and headed towards Quebec - 200km away. We decided to take the scenic route 132 Ouest. :)
2:48 PM St. Roch-des-Aulnaies, QC
Stopped at a very nice basilica to empty the camera onto the laptop. Browsed the photos and had a snack and carried along the 132 Ouest.
4:40 PM Lévis, QC
Stopped at the IGA Extra to get ketchup. Started raining shortly before this.
5:10 PM West of Quebec, QC
The crazy heavy rain finally stopped.
5:51 PM Past Leclercville, QC
Stopped at a rest stop to have a hot dog dinner on the picnic table.
6:58 PM Past Leclercville, QC
Finished supper, headed out again. Still on 132 ouest.
8:41 PM Sorel, QC
Stopped to get gas. Price: 75.4.
10:53 PM Montreal, QC
Checked into the Travelodge. 50, boulevard René-Lévesque Ouest. 659.6 km driven today.

12:00 PM Montreal, QC
Check out of hotel and see Montreal.
5:16 PM Montreal, QC
Left the parking lot in Montreal. Destination: Ottawa.
6:13 PM Outside Montreal
Finally made it out of Montreal and onto the highway toward Ottawa.
7:07 PM Ontario/Quebec border
Crossed over into Ontario on Route 40.
8:10 PM Ottawa, ON
Arrive in the greater Ottawa area.
10:30 PM Ottawa, ON
Meet up with Karen at the Fox & Feather. (Elgin & McClaren)
11:45 PM Ottawa, ON
Returned to Karen’s place. Total driving today was 239.5 km.

10:30 AM Ottawa, ON
Depart from Karen’s place into Ottawa.
11:05 AM Downtown Ottawa, ON
Parked and headed out to see Ottawa.
4:47 PM Ottawa, ON
Leaving Ottawa after seeing Parliament buildings and the Museum of Civilization.
5:03 PM Aviation Pkwy - Ottawa, ON
Arrived at Canada Aviation Museum.
6:23 PM Aviation Pkwy - Ottawa, ON
Leaving Ottawa from the Aviation Museum.
7:11 PM Stittsville, ON
Stopped for supper and some groceries.
8:10 PM Stittsville, ON
Leaving the Greater Ottawa area headed along Route 7 West.
10:27 PM Along Route 7, Hastings County, ON
Stopped at Tipper Family Campground for the night. Travelled 207.6 km today.

12:16 PM Along Route 7, Hastings County, ON
Leaving Tipper Family Campground after a leisurely morning.
1:00 PM Madoc, ON
Stopped to use phone and wash windshield.
1:49 PM Peterborough, ON
Passing through Peterborough.
2:20 PM Outside Peterborough, ON
Leaving Peterborough - there was some construction downtown.
3:27 PM Goodwood, ON
Stopped to get gas and eat. More boiled hotdogs, yum.
4:14 PM Goodwood, ON
Got back on the road after some confusion surrounding which road was which due to some renaming of routes etc. But we managed.
4:45 PM Aurora, ON
Apparently there is no movie theatre in Aurora - off to Newmarket.
5:15 PM Newmarket, ON
(4:15 EDT) The power went out in what turned out to be the largest blackout in history. Most of Ontario, New York, Cleveland, Boston, and a large chunk of the Eastern Seaboard lost power for many hours just when most people would have been returning home from work.
7:01 PM Richmond Hill Area
25 Whitburn Cres. - Arrived at Chris’s uncle’s place. The power was still out.

1:30 PM Richmond Hill Area
Left to see if the movie theatre was operating. It wasn’t.
3:04 PM Richmond Hill Area
Returned from Walmart and the attempted movie check. Not much going on in the city. 75% has power, crazy times.
8:40 PM Richmond Hill Area
Leave for Wasaga Beach area. Toronto is teh suck for the weekend.
10:41 PM Wasaga Beach, ON
Arrived at Wasaga Dunes Family Campground and set up for the night. Driving done today: 165 km.

11:08 AM Wasaga Beach, ON
Left campground.
11:49 AM Wasaga Beach, ON
Arrived at Beach Area 4.
12:46 PM Wasaga Beach, ON
Left Beach Area 4 for lunch.
2:36 PM Wasaga Beach, ON
Finished lunch - BBQ at Wasaga Beach Paintball Adventure.
4:59 PM Wasaga Beach, ON
Left Beach Area 4 - heading out of Wasaga Beach. :~/
9:16 PM On 401 before Belleville, ON
Finished supper at the McDonald’s at one of the service stations.
10:17 PM Outside Kingston, ON
Stopped at Rideau Acres Campground. Exit 623 off the 401, head North on the 15 for 1.5 km. Driving today: 417.4 km.

9:22 AM Outside Kingston, ON
Packed up and out of campground.
11:31 AM Ontario/Quebec border
Crossed into Quebec.
12:25 PM Montreal, QC
Stopped in Old Montreal for a bit of sightseeing and lunch.
2:56 PM Montreal, QC
Back onto highway after Montreal.
5:15 PM Quebec, QC
Arrived in Quebec for a (very) quick visit.
6:00 PM Quebec, QC
Leaving Quebec City and back out onto the highway towards Rivière-du-Loup. We didn’t even get out of the car in Quebec. :)
6:42 PM Montmagny, QC
Stopped for supper.
7:07 PM Montmagny, QC
Finished supper - our shortest meal stop yet. :)
9:05 PM Cabano, QC
Stopped at Cabano Camping outside Cabano. Stopping a bit early (just after 8pm EDT) so we could actually see when we set up. Distance travelled: 801.6 km.

9:30 AM Cabano, QC
Leaving campsite… our last night on the road. :/
10:32 AM Quebec/New Brunswick Border
Crossed over into New Brunswick - back to Atlantic Daylight Time. From here out you need not subtract an hour to find our actual time.
1:16 PM Outside Fredericton, NB
Stopped for lunch in a truck weigh-station.
2:01 PM Outside Fredericton, NB
On the road after lunch.
3:09 PM St. Andrews, NB
Arrived at Chris’s place - 407.8 km driven today. So far.
6:32 PM St. Andrews, NB
Colin left Chris’s place heading back to Durham. This will be the first night driving as it is a 4.5-hour drive.
9:59 PM New Brunswick/Nova Scotia border
Crossed over into Nova Scotia (Colin).
11:29 PM Durham, NS
Arrived at Colin’s place (Colin) and thus ends the road trip.
Road Trip 2003: A Journey of Self Discovery.
Cheer out.