Our hotel phone rang at 6am with a wake up call. It was going to be a long drive and we wanted to have an early start. It turned out to be too early as breakfast wasn't served until 7:30 on weekends. That little delay, however, gave us time to check out and be ready to leave. The door to the dining room opened early at 7:15 and for the last time, Heather and I enjoyed breakfast at the Green Mountain Inn.
The Green Mountain Inn on a sunny Saturday morning.
We left Stowe at 7:35 with many great memories and a trunk full of souvenirs. Once again, we took Vermont 108 out of town and made a couple of stops to take photos, for the last time, of the beautiful surroundings. As we were leaving, it was sunny and it looked like it was going to be a great day.
Mount Mansfield partially covered by clouds.
Our drive to the Canadian border took us through Vermont 15 and 104 before finally reaching I-89 near St. Albans. We crossed the border in Philipsburg/Saint-Armand around 8:50. When we got to the border there were about 5 cars ahead of us and only one gate open. The line, however, was fairly quick and we also didn't have any issues although the border guard did contemplate other actions.
Just as we crossed the border, the weather took a turn for the worse. The clouds now dominated the sky, the wind was noticably stronger and eventually it started raining. As we reached Montreal around 10am, it was pouring. Half an hour later, we were in Ontario on a pretty much empty 417 which allowed me to cruise at a speed just below what would constitute a ticketable offence. At 11:30, we drove past Ottawa and less than 30 minutes later we finally made a stop in Arnprior at about the same time that the rain had finally let up. We had a quick lunch at Tim Hortons filled up the car and were on our way again.
From Arnprior it was nothing but a mostly lonely drive along Highway 17, or Transcanada Highway, to Sudbury where we would visit Heather's parents. Finally, after some 530 miles and 9.5 hours after leaving Stowe, we arrived in Sudbury at 5pm. Shortly after, we all went out to Casey's for supper in order to avoid the trick-or-treating kids. From Casey's we went to Chapters to kill more time before Heather and I were dropped of while Jim and Sandy left to attend some sort of a community function. Heather and I spent most of the evening watching TV, especially several episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm which were taped for us since we don't have cable, not to mention HBO.
Just as we crossed the border, the weather took a turn for the worse. The clouds now dominated the sky, the wind was noticably stronger and eventually it started raining. As we reached Montreal around 10am, it was pouring. Half an hour later, we were in Ontario on a pretty much empty 417 which allowed me to cruise at a speed just below what would constitute a ticketable offence. At 11:30, we drove past Ottawa and less than 30 minutes later we finally made a stop in Arnprior at about the same time that the rain had finally let up. We had a quick lunch at Tim Hortons filled up the car and were on our way again.
From Arnprior it was nothing but a mostly lonely drive along Highway 17, or Transcanada Highway, to Sudbury where we would visit Heather's parents. Finally, after some 530 miles and 9.5 hours after leaving Stowe, we arrived in Sudbury at 5pm. Shortly after, we all went out to Casey's for supper in order to avoid the trick-or-treating kids. From Casey's we went to Chapters to kill more time before Heather and I were dropped of while Jim and Sandy left to attend some sort of a community function. Heather and I spent most of the evening watching TV, especially several episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm which were taped for us since we don't have cable, not to mention HBO.
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