Back-road traffic
To my surprise, the roads on a Sunday afternoon are very busy. Not highways here; back roads. Dirt roads, through the woods. We spent the afternoon out there, and we found ourselves, over and over again, “scrunching up” against the hedgerow, or backing up to the nearest wide spot.
From what I know, this is a way to train for an eventual drive-yourself tour of interesting countries (Ireland, are you listening?) There won’t be as many potato trucks, I’m sure; that’s an Island thing. But, people out away from the pavement… sure. And we carried cameras, although from time to time we had to jump back in the car to (obviously) move so other traffic could make the way through to wherever you go on a back road.
We didn’t see much in the way of “critters”, other than a lackadaisical skunk. Perhaps after dark things heat up.
Anyhow, the fall colours have started (apparently), and I’ll let others judge whether or not the reds and golds and browns dominate.
Via Twitter, last evening, I learned that the new “extension cord” that will stretch between NB and PEI has arrived. Something that large (37 km, according to one quote) is not only long, but unwieldy. The cable is on board a special vessel, the CLV Isaac Newton. I watched a YouTube video that explained the loading and delivery processes, and I find the whole thing fascinating. I mean, not enough to drive down to the harbour and stare at the hull, but fascinating enough. This will likely be the last time such a “big job” will take place locally in my lifetime.
