Well it has been an adventure. The two wee ones traveled well. Their Mom and Dad are weathering well, though a little tired from watching over them like hawks for the whole trip.
The plane was a little daycare. We've never seen so many children and babies on a flight. Neither had most of the people on the plane. And wouldn't you know it, L'il H was the loudest. She only cried for 10 minutes and then she fell asleep for the rest of the flight. Everyone was suitably relieved. So were we.
We crashed at Holly's for the night. The next morning we took our rental and boogied for good ole CB. The trip was nice and the scenery was spectacular. Esoecially when we crested the last bit of mainland NS. The ice in the Straight was windswept with snow. It was one of the most beautiful sights I have ever seen.
Then we got to the causway. Where all that "beautiful snow" was headed. As were we. And when we met there was nothing else to see. At least not past 15 feet in front of you. About half way across the Causway we happened to be slowing as we saw the traffic in front of us had completely stopped. This is not a good thing with snow on the road. However it happened that a clear patch of pavement was under us and we stopped in time. We spent a minute hoping nothing was coming behind us. Three cars were in an accident and the semi that had stopped (in time) behind them had its trailer drift half way across our lane.
This is not good.
Well maybe not, but we were OK, we crawled past the trailer, inches from our mirror as we cozied up along the guard rail. A little nerve wracking considering I had all of three hours experience driving the bohemoth vehicle we had rented.
To make a long story longer, Mom and Dad saw the RCMP and EMTs fly by and didn't know the causway was a mess. Mom was a little perturbed but only moments had to go by before we met them at the restaurant we had planned eat at. We took a few moments to stop vibrating and as the adrenaline faded we began to enjoy our food even more.
What a difference a few minutes can make.
