One of the unexpected highlights of my trip that I've mentioned throughout my blog was the music! Being able to listen to R3 continuously was a huge treat for me. I've become a bit of a Canadian Indie music junky throughout the past couple of years. I started my addiction by downloading The Grant Lawrence R3 podcasts. I would listen to them (and still do) while the kids were in bed or at their Dad's for the weekend. I would putter around the house, doing ...

A couple weeks before my Maritime roadtrip I describe my pseudo planned itinerary to my friend, Paula (who had went to University in Nova Scotia). She gave me a puzzled look and said, "I don't think you have any idea where you are going. Look at a map!!" (I did look at a map but i think it may have been crooked.) A couple days later Paula to me, "I saw on TV that the newest way to travel is to stay at truck stops. You have to sleep in your car but it's onl...

One of my best friends is getting married and I couldn't be happier for her (and her awesome soon-to-be-husband). The wedding will take place in their friend's back yard in Fredericton. I was almost as excited about the wedding as finally getting to go visit New Brunswick. They are getting married on a long weekend and although it's a quick flight to Moncton and a reasonable long weekend adventure I started debating my options. The more I thought about it, th...