Thursday July 26th - Disaster
averted!
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| Prince of Miguasha 380 million year old fosill |
First thing this morning we did a
little more research on PEI. What is confusing is that some folks we talk to
say it is not worth seeing, and others say don’t miss it, so we are re-reading
all the info we have. We have just 9
more days until our crossing to Newfoundland and some areas we will see before we
go Newfoundland and others after we get back.
We packed up once again and headed for
the UNESCO fossil site. Ever since I got
my “Geology badge” (or something like that) in Girl Scouts I have been rather
fascinated by the subject. Norm could
really take it or leave it. We both had a great time, and learned so much. They
had some really terrific exhibits of fossils, the tour guide, in her broken
English, was very knowledgeable.
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| This does look like a big tick, doesn't it? |
There was a model of one of the most
prolific fossils in the gift shop that I would have loved to have purchased,
but once Norm pointed out that it really looked like a “big Tick“, it no longer
had quite the same appeal.
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| This guy wasn't paying attention! |
About 2pm we headed off again to our
next destination, Kouchibouguac Park in New Brunswick. As we traveled in a downtown area with a ton
of traffic, happy as can be, enjoying good music on the radio, we rounded a
corner, went through an intersection and there it was ! Our biggest fear! A bridge with a sign stating “3.6 meters“
about 30 feet ahead! Luckily we have a
sticker we put on the dashboard with our clearance in both feet and meters (3.75m),
so when Norm looked down at it, he knew 3.6m was NOT a good number. We were about 5” too tall!
Now our previously practiced “unhitch
under pressure“ maneuvers paid off! I
jumped out, and noticed all the cars were stopped every which way in the
intersection we had just passed through!
Oh crap! One guy was shouting to
“back ‘er up” (thank God in English). I
told him we would have to unhitch because we couldn’t back up; Norm & I
jumped into high gear unhooking the car.
A
couple of guys in reflective vests instantly appeared (I bet they sit and wait for
this like other guys sit and wait for fish).
They were directing traffic around us, as we quickly, in a manner of
minutes, got the car unhooked. Oh, I
wish I had my camera! What a picture
that would have made!
With the good Samaritans’ help, Norm
backed that rig up between all the snarled cars, and after we pulled aside out
of the way, the nicest people were giving us the proper directions. One woman
who lived right there came out with a tourist type map (she probably has a
stack of them just for others like us).
We were told that GPS’s are always
directing people that way, and some trucks and RV’s get really damaged. Thank
goodness Norm was paying attention! So much for my love affair with "my GPS man"!
Rand McNally has a new GPS
that is made for RV’s and trucks that is supposed to direct you away from low
clearance areas, but when Norm checked out the reviews, he learned it wasn’t
fool-proof either. Within a ½ hour, we
had our directions, were hitched up again and on our way!
And we thought today was going to be a boring
ride!
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