Our trip home began by driving through PEI and New Brunswick, though we spent a bunch of time today stopping at all the "World's Largest" things we could find. Google continues to suck, as it tried to route us on a gravel road in PEI to get to the bridge, so I turned it off and followed the road signs. The weather was beautiful and sunny and we quickly arrived in New Brunswick, where we picked up a lot more traffic.
Our first stop was Shediac, where we found our way around some construction to the World's Largest Lobster. Then we stopped a what was, in 2005, the World's Largest Rooster, also in Shediac. Then it was a drive through New Brunswick until we arrived at the World's Largest Axe. There were some old cars on display at the arena near the harbour, so we walked by those before leaving. Finally, we went to the World's Longest Covered Bridge, which was pretty cool, as you were able to drive through it, though it was only one lane, so you had to wait for the cars on the other side to go through first.
In between all of that, we stopped at Magnetic Hill in Moncton, where you can put your car in neutral and it goes uphill - it's actually a bit of an optical illusion, where you are going downhill, but it quite convincingly looks like you are going uphill. However, they make you do it in reverse, and I didn't have the greatest visibility outside the van, so it wasn't as much fun for me as for everyone else in the van.
Also, the girl giving instructions was quite concerned that we had a plug hanging out the front of our vehicle - she brought it up a couple of times as I tried to reassure her that it was OK - it's just for the block heater. I guess it doesn't get that cold out in the Maritimes, as I haven't seen a car with a block heater cord in a long time.
We stopped for the day in Woodstock, NB, where we went for supper, got some groceries for lunches and Sandra did a little bit of laundry.
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