OK, what guy wouldn’t want to jump in his car and take off on a road trip? If this is you then picture this…you’ve caught the BC Ferry out of Duke Point, Nanaimo. It is now docked in Tsawwassen, Delta. Once you start your engine and drive off the ramp its just you, your Camaro, well not just any Camaro…a 2021 Riverside Blue Chevy Camaro LT1 with a 6.2 V8 engine, and the open road. It doesn’t matter what route you choose, radio station, or most importantly…speed, its all up to you from start to finish.
Well that has been Chris’s week. Thursday morning September 1st he caught the 5:15am ferry and took off on his solo journey. Chris had one job to do on this trip: get his Camaro tucked in safely at Summit Vehicle Storage in Stewiacke, NS. This afternoon after 7 days,8 Provinces and 5,442.0 km he arrived in Digby, Nova Scotia.
Chris has chronicled his trip on Facebook, so I will leave the rest of this post to his original words posted at the end of each days journey.
Day one. 879 KM. Made it to Alberta. Few stops today.
Having grown up on Vancouver Island with the ocean at my door step, I never thought the prairies would feel familiar. Yet the vastness of the fields and the strong breeze feels like I’m standing looking at an ocean of grass. The freight train in the distance makes me think of the cargo ships along the coast. I’ve done a lot of reflection in the last day and a half on the road across the country I call home and am so excited to see what else the Great White North has to offer.
Day two. 878 KM. Canmore AB to Emerald Park SK.
Alberta was very enjoyable. Lots of cows! I love cows. Saskatchewan was good driving. If you like hay, the colour yellow, and 8000 bugs on the front of your vehicle, then SK is the place for you. Either way the Camaro really got to stretch its legs on the hwy 1’s long flat straight stretches.
A moment of reflection while entering Ontario on Day 3:
It’s easily been 25 years since I set foot in the province I was born in and spent the first 4 years of my life. It seems strange but as I neared the border from Manitoba and the landscape began to change, it felt oddly familiar.
Day three. 918km. Emerald Park SK to Dryden ON.
Manitoba surprised me, so green and lush for a prairie province! Made it through fast though. Happy to be in my birth province, it’s been so long.
Day four. 845km Dryden ON to Herst ON.
Not a lot of pics today, still an enjoyable drive though.
Day five. 839 km. Hearst ON to Mont-Lauier QB.
Another quiet day. Missing the family but excited to see NS for the first time.
Day six. 839km. Mont-laurier QB to Grand Falls NB.
Not a lot of pics today, Mel wants to experience Quebec in person so I held back, lots more to come of QB on my next trip. I will attest QB could not be a prettier province, gives BC a run for its money… the drivers though… man o’man they made an art form of tailgating. I did end up staying down the road from the McCains factory which made the giant poo statue with eyes I passed, makes way more sense…. it was a long flat potato 
….. I hope… willing to stop and get a picture tomorrow of it if anyone feels they need to see it.
Crossing the border into New Brunswick!
There it is folks. The Atlantic Ocean.
At the Bay Ferries Terminal in New Brunswick: Started this journey on a ferry, may as well end it on one.
Day seven. 536km. Grand Falls NB to Grand Pre NS
That’s all folks! Seven days from Vancouver Island BC to Nova Scotia. Stay tuned for more pics and a more detailed second trip in later Sept as Mel and I travel across with the kids… yes that’s right, for those who didn’t know I’m doing this twice this month!
Thanks to Chris for sharing his “A to B” trip. Look forward to tagging along in a couple more weeks, and really seeing more of each province on our way.
xo Mel and Chris