almost there!

I am writing you all from Edmunston, New Brunswick, where we arrived at about 10:15PM Montreal time (and 11:15 pm NB time!). Although we left the house at 2:00 PM yesterday, we really didn't hit the travling road until 2:30 after all our stops (gas, dog food and people food). And yet, it still took us over 8 hours to get here. Part of the problem? CONSTRUCTION! Oh my god is there construction EVERYWHERE on the Trans Canada. We got stuck just outside of Montreal and then kept getting stuck between there and almost to Rivere-du-Loup. Argh and a half!We stopped when we needed too, not too often, but all totalled it likely added up to over an hour of stoppage, and add in the construction slow downs, I guess that's why. We didn't think we'd make it as far as we did, though only the last hour was driven in the dark (where you can't see the road past your headlights, dark).We actually had great driving weather. It was supposed to rain and storm in both places and it didn't. We only got hit by rain once and it was for a few seconds. And I think it's my fault. You see the sunset was glorious in my side mirror. So I snapped this shot:The second I snapped this photo it was like I'd burst a water balloon or something. We closed up all the windows and put the wipers on the fastest speed and you STILL couldn't see in front of you! But there was sun both ahead and behind and to the sides of us! I yelled "I'm sorry! I broke it! How did I break it?!" And we drove like that for a couple of minutes, seriously contemplating pulling over and then... it stopped. So Shawn turned off the wipers. And... it started again! Ack! *wipewipewipewipe*!! And then.. it stopped. And it was all glorious sunsets and scenerific!And I got this shot:I have one without the stupid street signs in it, but this one is better centered. Both can be clicked on for a slightly larger image. I do love the clarity of the raindrops in that second one. AND the rain was so hard it totally cleaned off our windshield for us which was pretty dirty from bugs and road dust! Nice!That rainstorm was around Saint-Anne-de-la-Poctatiere (on the road map we have there's a little ship's wheel and it says it's something, but the map is in the car... a lookout point or something? It's GORGEOUS there) which is about 30 mins from Rivere-du-loup.And so we made it to Edmunston, where I had to pee, the dogs were TIRED and getting restless and it was dark and we couldn't find any hotels the way we turned, so we turned around, went the other way and found a Comfort Inn (which we couldn't figure out how to get to) and a Best Western, where we are now. In the LAST room they had! And dogs were free! But it's not cheap. But it's swanky!I took a ton of photos. But this is the teaser!We're about to check out and head to our final destination! Don't know when I'll have a chance to post again, so toodles!