Great day for ducks

We drove today from PEI to Nova Scotia.  We were worried that the ferry would be cancelled if the storm brewing came in, so we took the bridge instead.  It was cold and rained the entire way.  The hotel had a pool, so the children went swimming, then we went to the Montana's Cookhouse for dinner.  The waitstaff wear plaid western shirts and jeans as their uniforms--kind of funny.  And ours had blond hair and looked like a sterotypic mid-western boy.  Even though he was from Moncton,New Brunswick.  All of the people we've met in Canada (except those speaking French) have an American mid-western accent.  Kind of weird if you think about it.  The rain stopped while we were in the restaurant eating, still cold though.  Maybe we will have sun(?) or warmer tempuratures tomorrow?

Anneliese

Shelby

Joshua

Also, almost every trip we have, I have to have post, or part of a post about currency.  That would be now.  Canada does not use pennies anymore.  If your purchases are $12.99, you pay $13 and don't get that pesky penny back.  If it is $14. 41,  you pay $14.40.  We're assuming they round the other amounts like New Zealand does.  That makes a lot of sense.  Our treasury always says that it costs more than 1¢ to make a penny, and who doesn't throw their extra pennies into a jar to cash in later?  Then, of course, my main bone of contention.  Stop printing dollar bills.  They don't last long enough and it is much less expensive to print dollar coins.  Canada has dollar coins, they are gold like our recent dollar coins and have a loon on them (they call them loonies!).  Their two dollar coins are silver, with a gold circle in th center--very classy and not easily confused because they are about the size of a half dollar.  Another coin that does not need to be minted anymore.  We don't really need 50¢ pieces.  How many times do people actually use them?  Most people automatically pull out two quarters.  Okay, enough of my pet peeves about our currency.

Tomorrow we will spend some time exploring Nova Scotia, then drive a short ways to Moncton, New Brunswick to make our next drive to Maine shorter the following day.  Sun and warmer than 40° hopefully!