The Colonel Hits The Road: Hello Halifax!

I am a happy woman today. Dan fixed the Colonel YET AGAIN and saved our trip YET AGAIN! He deserves a medal. And a big kiss. So we got on the road this morning and started heading down the scenic route to Halifax. For those of you who ever have to make this drive, skip the TransCanada and take highway 7. It's a gorgeous drive through tons of little towns along the coast. We got stuck for an hour in Sheet Harbour because the ONE road going through (hwy 7) was being closed down for a parade. So the traffic officer advised us to take the loop road, park, and watch the parade and then we could be on our way again. Have you ever seen a parade in a town that doesn't even have traffic lights?! It was pretty great. There were a lot of classic cars, a few cars from the local Corvette club, floats from the Dollar Store (3 girls in denim skirts on the back of their dad's pick-up), the local grocery store, and Smokey the Bear who had a taxidermy bear behind him. There must be a local taxidermist because there were A LOT of dead stuffed animals in the parade. Slightly disturbing. Our favourite float however, was the 2 kids towed behind dad's car on a flat trailer wearing diapers with a sign that said "We cry when we don't get what we want" and dancing to oldies music. No explanation and slightly disturbing but we laughed until we cried. Dan also thoroughly enjoyed the one Mountie in the parade and named him Captain Canada.

(Man on an Artic Cat with taxidermy animals. Right.)

(The local nursery gave away flowers to the ladies. So sweet!)

(Strange float of kids in diapers with fake bums. I'm not sure an explanation would even help here.)

(Captain Canada)

The rest of our drive wasn't nearly as eventful. We stopped at a local bakery just outside of Halifax for coffee and a cookie. Very often we get people who stop and talk to us reminiscing about "the old days" and telling us how much they love our RV. It's pretty cute, especially in small towns, we become quite a spectacle! We got into Halifax, found some free parking (Dan is the master of parallel parking, he somehow got an 18' RV into a spot in downtown Halifax!!) and checked into our hotel. Dan's mom very graciously has booked us into the beautiful Lord Nelson as an engagement gift. She must have known I was dying for a hot shower and a glass of wine!!! Driving in an RV is fun, but you start to get a little wacky after a while. Plus it's nice to NOT be sharing your shower and toilet with the other 80 people on the campsite.

Our friends Ian, Caroline, Curtis, and Mary Kelly are in Halifax right now as well. Ian and Caroline moved to the UAE a while back so it's a rare treat to get to see them! We visited with them and they've all gone off to BeerFest somewhere downtown. I opted to stay in with room service and a good book since I'm not a big drinker. I figure with all the money we've saved cooking over campsites and spending our first week sleeping in various parking lots, I can splurge on a dinner for myself! I am a happy happy woman!!!! I'm sure Dan will stumble in a happy happy man at some wee hour of the night ;)

(Literally the first bed Dan and I will be sharing since we got engaged! LOL! We sleep separately in the RV, he's too big to fit us both into one place!)