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Well, today was destined to be a very “exciting” day…
We started with a very nice breakfast at the Inn and then it was time to get on the road. We wanted to take our time to get to Truro (nothing to do there) and we took the Fleur-de-Lis Trail which goes through some villages and forested areas.
We hardly met any cars on this Fleur-de-Lis Trail and we could see that the road was not very well traveled… lots of bumps and potholes on the road. It was definitely slow driving on that road.
We took a short detour towards Gabarus which supposedly has a great hiking trail through woods and along the coast, following cliffs and various high points. But we didn’t have time to do it on this trip – for another time!
TOTAL NUMBER OF MILES driven = 224 miles (360 km)
We stopped at a small fishing town called Rouse Point, which was really very picturesque. There were some fishermen working on lobster traps, prepping for the upcoming lobster season in November. We were able to take some really nice photos walking along the port area.
There was no one working the boats or the lobster traps so we were able to take photos of the lobster traps.
A weather-beaten fisherman’s cabin
Then, we continued our journey on the poorly maintained road… and we hit a pothole (a bad one, this time)… in less than a minute, we knew we had a flat tire, right there in the middle of nowhere. We were able to stop in a safe area.
How fun it is to figure out where everything is in a rental. With the car manual open, we figured out where everything was and Jim changed the tire. My job? I placed stones under the tires 😊… Nowadays, car manufacturers give you a ridiculously tiny spare tire to drive only for a limited amount of time at less than 50 mph (or 80 km).
With my cell phone, I had located a Canadian Tire superstore in Port Hawkesbury. We were lucky that they had the right tire for the rental car and could replace it in a couple of hours.
Since we had skipped lunch and were quite hungry, we walked next door to the tire store to have lunch at a Tim Horton’s restaurant, a Canadian fast-food chain. We had never been to a Tim Horton’s and we were surprised that the food was actually quite good and tasty. BTW – They do not serve hamburgers like McDonald’s or Burger King.
We stopped at a small town called St. Peters 20 minutes from where we had the flat tire and found a garage. The mechanic there told us he couldn’t replace the tire as it was completed damaged and he didn’t have a replacement tire for the car. So, we had to drive to the bigger town, Port Hawkesbury. What fun we had driving about 45 minutes to Port Hawkesbury with our flashers on.
In the meantime, I called the Dollar Car Rental Agency and they were the most useless customer service… kept telling me that they couldn’t help us, blah, blah, blah… because we didn’t purchase the road assistance service. We’ll be sure to mention it to the car rental place when we’re back home.
Our car was ready right after our lunch and we were back on the road again toward Truro where we had reserved a room at one of the local hotels, the Inn on Prince. The hotel was clean but in need of a big refresh in terms of style and modern amenities. At least, the staff was very friendly there. We walked on the main street and found a bistro restaurant – The Nook and Cranny – which was very busy and quite good. Otherwise, not much to say or show about Truro.
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