After spending three nights and two days in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, we were on the road again.
It was 326 miles (525 km) from Halifax back to the border between Canada and the United States, taking us along Nova Scotia Trunk 1, Nova Scotia Highway 102, Nova Scotia Highway 104, New Brunswick Route 2, and New Brunswick Highway 1 until we reached St. Stephen in New Brunswick.
Before returning to the US, my mother and grandmother stocked up on a cheap brand of Canadian cigarettes they had tried while in Halifax.
At St. Stephen we crossed over the St. Croix River and arrived in Calais, Maine, where we had left the US days before.
We followed State Route 9 95 miles (153 km) west, back through the eerie woods that were the setting for so many of Stephen King's stories. It was the same road we'd been on just three days before, so there was nothing new to see. We kept driving until we reached Bangor, Maine, where we had rooms reserved at a Motel 6.
We went to a steak and seafood restaurant for dinner. I had lobster in a white wine and butter sauce. It was my first taste of lobster. It was love at first bite. There's nothing quite like freshly caught lobster from the Atlantic. My mother and grandmother both had steaks.
After dinner, we went to a grocery store to stock up on beverages and snacks for the next day. I remember we tried Snapple juice drinks for the first time. We kept a cooling chest in the car, refilling it with ice and beverages as needed.
I also bought a couple of paperbacks to read, The Uprising by Brent Monahan and Boy's Life by Robert R. McCammon. The former was a horror novel set in Ireland, while the latter was about a boy coming of age in a small Alabama town where the extraordinary was commonplace. Nothing special about the first, but the second was a great read.
Then it was back to our rooms for the night.
Total Travel Distance: 415 miles (668 km)
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