Finally... back on the road!

July 7, 1972

Friday Lorin and I took a bus and the metro to downtown Montreal and there picked up our rental car. We got lost so many times going back to the motel we quit worrying about it. We asked directions and tried figuring them out before using them.

Finally at the motel we packed everything and took off. We got out of Montreal as quickly as possible, and made a quick stop in St. Hilaire to get the oil checked on the rental car. So determined were we that we drove until 8PM through pouring and torrential rain so bad that we almost pulled off like others had. But we had to get out of Quebec.

The TransCanada (Rt 2) was under construction so we had to take an alternate route- Route 51 Quebec. What a road, twisting and turning yet decently paved. Our Valiant handled decently, although I wanted my Pinto because I knew how to handle it better.


Finally, into New Brunswick we stopped 5 miles East of the Quebec border at LongLake Park. It was pouring, so we slept in our car.