Thursday, August 9, 2012
Homeward bound
We like spontaneity and flexibility in travel but we got a little more than we bargained for this time. The funny thing is that it all kind of worked out. Kind of.
We really did plan on going to Newfoundland but life (actually health) got in the way.
Our modus operandi for vacations is to start planning once the car is packed. That works well these days with smart phones. Not so well if your calling plan doesn't cover international.
Anyway, we didn't plan on looking for accommodations on the first day of a Canadian three day weekend. It meant we drove a little further than we wanted but got to a glorious beach not too far from my old camp. We had taken the children and Billy here a long time ago.
Our next stop was going to be somewhere in Cape Breton but half of Canada had extended the three day weekend for a whole week and decided to go to ...... Cape Breton.
The only thing to do? Go to the hospital and pay a little extra. Actually a lot more.
Actually I had a very bad abscess and just wanted to get a prescription for some antibiotics. Canada wanted me to make up their budget shortfall in their national health plan so they admitted me and were going to keep me there for days. Okay one day.
But, like Hello Mudder, Hello Fadder things got better with Mary in charge and me out of commission. She found an absolutely beautiful fishing village to stay in right outside the national park and we have had some terrific "slice of life" experiences, quite unexpectedly.
One included finding this lobster boat with the name of Mary's old school. We stumbled upon a museum of Acadian "Lenten" culture "Mi-Careme" similar to Mardi Gras. And we saw spectacular scenery in the park.
Somewhere in the middle of all this I managed to step on my new glasses.
We hope to catch some Celtic music and go shopping for whiskey and kilts, in that order before leaving the island.
Sounds like a vacation.
Hope you all get a good vacation and have some of these kinds of adventures. At least the ones that don't involve Epsom salts.
Love from across the border.
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