Oh Canada….

Thank the gods of Kobal, we have finally made it home…well sort of, we are back in Canada, just on the other side!!! You have never seen 3 more happy people than we are right now! Even though we are on a tight schedule (we have to be at the ferry dock no later than 10:30pm and it’s a 7 hour drive…the current time is 3:30pm!) our spirits are high and we are merrily (and singingly) cruising down the highway in New Brunswick. In spite of how our day ended yesterday, we are all feeling positive and looking forward to starting our “real” adventure, which is now dubbed “phase 2”!!

Well, that good feeling was short lived! Day 5 and yet another problem with the Gord-mobile. As we were beating feet to make our way to the ferry on time we noticed bits of black stuff flying out of the heater vents. Along with this strange dust material was the smell of overheating radiator. We decided to remove the engine cover (while driving of course…remember we are on a very tight schedule) to see what the heck was going on. Then we realized that the black dust was actually bits of the air pump belt that had disintegrated and the smell was that of burning rubber. At this point a quiet hush fell upon us as we all contemplated what to do next. We quickly put in a call to our mechanic in Vancouver and he talked us through our problem, which as it turns out, is not considered critical. We are going to make a run for the ferry (now with only minutes to spare) which is 3 hours away. We will deal with the repairs when we get to Newfoundland.

An interesting side note here is that this morning when we took off from Massachusetts Lisa had this great idea that we should take shorter shifts, only driving about 3 hours each since we are all starting to feel fatigued. Glen and I have only had 1 shift each because upon Lisa’s taking over she has had a death grip on the steering wheel and is hell bent for the ferry. She keeps muttering something about her Nan and ditching us in Newfoundland. I think she might be serious!!

So raise a drink, say a prayer, and have some hope that we make this ferry!

-jeannie

Ps. Did I mention that the windshield wipers stopped working again, and it’s currently raining. No time to stop….must make ferry…..thankfully it’s windy enough that it helps push the water off the windshield (and don’t even ask us about what happened with the ice scrapper). Oh yeah…did I also mention that it’s dark….