Our last night on the road

We had a light driving day today, only getting 250kms down the road. We stopped in Degelis, just West of the New Brunswick border. We will need to do New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in one shot due to border restrictions right now, and that is just over 800kms. Tomorrow will be a long day so because of this, we took it easy today and tried to have a good family day outside.

We got to Degelis shortly after 3 after we slept in a bit and took our time getting going. With the time change, it's been hard to get to sleep early and so we all were happy for the later sleep in. Once here, we went for a delicious late lunch and then went for walk to see some sights. There is a beautiful church from early 1900s here, St. Rose, that was beautiful but not opened. We then went and walked down their path system and found an amazing splash park and play park. We spent an hour here cooling down from the 27 degree heat (with humidity). A stop at Tim Hortons for a frozen lemonade and cold brew coffees and then we checked into the hotel. This hotel had a pool so we booked a time and before we knew it, Sally was splashing around having a blast. Ruby and I went across the street to the grocery store to get sustenance for tomorrow's drive. Our hope is to be able to have sandwiches and snacks tomorrow and not have to stop for very long.

We are almost there. It's hard to wrap my head around the fact that we will be home tomorrow. It's exciting and scarey and a little over whelping - I can't believe that what we have been working towards for 5 plus years is now here. We are looking forward to a week together where we don't have anything to do but hang out. Justin starts work again in August and then honestly, the work in Cape Breton will begin. But first, a break. A well deserved, much needed break.

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