East Coast Here I Come!!

     Last summer, my parents, sister, brother and I took a lengthly drive over to visit the East Coast for 2 weeks. The night before my family goes on a huge trip, we pack up all our stuff in our big white van and lay out blankets and pillows so we can crawl out of bed at 5 am and get started on our way! The first half of the day started out with a nice long snooze in the crowded back seat, me and my sister both curled up in the sleeping bag.

     We never fought that much on the way there, me and my sister, but my little brother on the other hand, was the most annoying, loud, whiney, and grumpy child on the planet! He was upset because me and my sister had a portable DVD player and were watching the O.C. on it on the way there, and he was bored. The whole front of the van was COVERED in dinky cars, books, and about half of his toy collection and HE was BORED! We ended up buying him a cheap little portable DVD player on one of our pit stops at walmart that we always make when we remember all the stuff we forgot to grab at the house that are clearly a necessity.
     After we got to Quebec we stayed in a very nice little cottage-like motel. But the next day we were on our way again. This day was much more interesting because we got to see land and buildings that we don't see much of in Ontario. The highways were much nicer to look at and suprisingly clean! We stopped for lunch and had a nice picnic in a park area beside some information place. We also needed to switch the ice in the cooler, which was now water, so the food would stay good untill we got to our destination.
     Late that night we arrived in Nova Scotia. There were a LOT of trees and the feeling of being "in the middle of nowhere" in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. My favourite part of the trip was Prince Edward Island. I loved going over the bridge and the red sand and beaches.
     The trip back was about the same as the way there, but we were more restless due to the fact that we had been driving around for 2 weeks and we NEEDED to get out of that car. All was going well until we got to Toronto. We eneded up getting stuck in a really great 2 HOUR traffic jam. My favourite! I think thats what gave me the need to go on a very very long jog when we FINALLY reached our cozy little bungalo in New Hamburg :)