On the road again

Wednesday 28 July

My rental car - a Chevrolet Impala - parked in Arnprior

We left Arnprior for the drive to North Easton, Massachusetts just before 10am and travelled through Ontario and into Québec. It was interesting to see all the signposts in French but not so interesting to be caught in the Montréal traffic!

After Montréal the highway stopped and the road was just a two-way road (thankfully traffic-free) to the border. We got out and had a look around the duty free shop and then went across the border. I had no problem as I got my passport stamped when I arrived in Seattle and it's good for 90 days. Robin also has a British passport and we had to get out so he could fill out a visa waiver form. After a bit of waiting around we were on our way again and into Vermont.

The drive through Vermont and New Hampshire was spectacular - miles of forests and hills and mountains.

We got into Massachusetts just in time to hit the Boston rush hour and so were delayed by about half an hour but we eventually got to my cousin Lynn's house at about 7.30pm.

Lynn's husband Dana was there to meet us with their nine-year-old son Danny and about five minutes Lynn came in having picked up their other son Kyle (who's eleven) from karate.

Robin, Danny, me, Dana and Kyle

They have done a lot of alterations since I was last here in 2005 and the place is stunning with a wonderful pool and hot tub outside as well as an extended kitchen inside. After dinner we got into the hot tub and sat and chatted until late. What a great way to recover from a long drive!