I arose this morning a bit after 8h15 to another mild (+23 (73)), bright, blue sky day in Rollo Bay, had breakfast at the inn, and left about 10h. I drove to Confederation Bridge via Hunter River and Crapaud to avoid as much traffic as possible and arrived in New Brunswick just past noon. Fog lay heavily along the coasts of both PEI and New Brunswick and descended to just a few metres/yards above the roadway on the bridge. Once across, I took NB 955 past Murray Beach to Route 15, instead of Route 16; it was in fair shape and had nowhere near as much traffic as Route 16 (it’s also apparently shorter, as that was my car’s GPS’ choice). I stopped in Salisbury for gas, also hoping to find some sunscreen (which I had inadvertently left at home this trip), as the sun was brutal on my exposed hands (my arms were covered by a long sleeve shirt) in areas without fog, but they had sold all they had. Just as when sitting outside at Rollo Bay, it wasn’t all that hot, but the sun was merciless nonetheless. It was +25 (77) in Salisbury and rose to +28 (82) in Bangor, but I didn’t need the a/c as the open window served perfectly well. Huge banks of fog were present along the coast in St John and wherever the road got close to the coast between St John and St Stephen, but there was none a few metres/yards inland. I stopped at a turn-out for an inactive weigh station outside Waweig to retrieve my passport and cleared customs without incident not too long afterwards. I stopped again briefly in Baileyville to stow my passport and to switch currencies and iPhone SIM cards. There was a construction delay on the western part of Route 9 (the Airline), where the road is being resurfaced and further west the road sported a finished brand new surface with all the lane markings in place that was a joy to ride on. I checked in to the motel in Lewiston at 20h05; today’s trip covered 833.3 km (517.8 mi), a shorter day than usual because I left from PEI. I drove to the Pepper and SpiceThai restaurant not far from the motel on Lisbon Street, where I had the “Seafood Cyclone”, described thus on the menu: a combination of shrimp, scallops, squid, and haddock filet, sautéed in chili sauce with carrots, pineapple, bamboo shoots, sweet peppers, and onions. It was served with rice and was peppery, spicy, and delicious (though the tails were left on the shrimp, making them messy to eat if one wanted all the meat). I gassed up the car for tomorrow morning, when I hope to be away early, and returned to the motel, where I am now ready for bed.
¹ All times ADT, even those in the US.↩