It was an early rise and departure from Antigonish, with best intentions to arrive early evening in Marlborough, Massachusetts. As a travel day, there weren’t a ton of things to report. Good roads, decent weather, frequent lane closures for construction, and a couple of fuel / bio-break stops. We basically poured it on, divvying the driving time equally, grazing on prepped snacks and eating up kms (then miles).
Just a couple of items of note. Firstly, we stopped at L.L. Bean in Bangor around noon to pick up a tent. I’d been looking for something durable / small / lightweight and we landed that! Hoping to give it a go at Great Smoky Mountains NP later in the trip 👍. Secondly, we took a few minutes to sort out connectivity while on Bean wireless. Janie’s patience won the day and we left with both machines harvesting 5G data and lots of access! 🛜
Our evening accommodation was the Courtyard Boston Marlborough. We checked in around suppertime, after navigating some stop and go traffic on the I-495, and found all in order. Having not really taken time for sustenance, we did the quick Google search of the neighborhood and settled on a Brazilian BBQ joint, Pruller Restaurant. Yummy!!! We ate well having salads, meats, beans and yuca! Thus, we stuffed Day 1 in the bag… with nearly 11 hrs driving and 1110 kms in the books. We shared a Guinness 0.0 and a White Claw to end the evening, with another big road day scheduled for Thursday! 👍
Off to a great start.
Is Janie retuning that tent before you come back home?
😂… no tent is safe there!!! Actually, this one I’m going to hang on to. It’s small enough that I can use it for canoe tripping.
Enjoyed hearing about the new tent. Keep an eye on it Chris!
Beautiful day in Antigonish.
😂… no piece of nylon is safe around that girl! I would’ve gone even smaller… but compromise is still a thing. We are in Greensboro this morning… Liverpool game tonight 🤞
Liverpool game!! It might be the highlight of your trip!! Enjoy!
It was all very interesting… 77,000 turned up, on an evening that had both rain and threatened thunderstorms the entire night, to take in a Premier League friendly. We had an excellent time, and it was fun to participate. Our team won… but perhaps the biggest winner may be the League itself. Sure looked profitable to me 😜!