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At the end of today Billy said it must be "Friday the 13th"...... we had 3 faux pas today :)
First one: We crossed at Pointe a la Croix, Quebec to Campbellton, New Brunswick and Lola started flashing "driver discretion" which is not good. So what were we getting into? Once over the bridge immediately there was a low clearance rail bridge of 3.6 m which is 11 feet 8 inches. We walkie talkied to our fearless leader "we have a big problem - we cannot go through"; we are 3.75 m (12' 4") so we made a quick right turn away from this and then let Lola take over and redirect us through town to avoid the problem. She did great and we were so happy we had her. Definitely worth her cost today!!!
Second one: Along the truck route we struggled trying to find rest areas so we took one of the exits that showed a picnic bench and fuel stop which led us to a small village. There are many secondary roads along the Acadia Coast have small wooden bridges over the rivers with a low tonnage allowance of usually 5 ton and possible height restrictions. We went through one that was 3.7m so we took the center but we held our breath as our total weight in the coach is 16 ton!!!!!
Third one: Almost to the campground when a stone hit the window and between all the bugs we were hoping nothing caused a crack. Cross your fingers xxx. Once we landed at our campground which is the South Cove Golf & Campground (very nice little place) Billy cleaned our front off for the day and sure enough there was a nasty stone chip that needs repairing. Lucky for us our friends are connected to windshield glass repair services and are having someone come right to our site when we get to PEI.
1-800-call our insurance guy!!!
At the end of today Billy said it must be "Friday the 13th"...... we had 3 faux pas today :)
First one: We crossed at Pointe a la Croix, Quebec to Campbellton, New Brunswick and Lola started flashing "driver discretion" which is not good. So what were we getting into? Once over the bridge immediately there was a low clearance rail bridge of 3.6 m which is 11 feet 8 inches. We walkie talkied to our fearless leader "we have a big problem - we cannot go through"; we are 3.75 m (12' 4") so we made a quick right turn away from this and then let Lola take over and redirect us through town to avoid the problem. She did great and we were so happy we had her. Definitely worth her cost today!!!
Second one: Along the truck route we struggled trying to find rest areas so we took one of the exits that showed a picnic bench and fuel stop which led us to a small village. There are many secondary roads along the Acadia Coast have small wooden bridges over the rivers with a low tonnage allowance of usually 5 ton and possible height restrictions. We went through one that was 3.7m so we took the center but we held our breath as our total weight in the coach is 16 ton!!!!!
Third one: Almost to the campground when a stone hit the window and between all the bugs we were hoping nothing caused a crack. Cross your fingers xxx. Once we landed at our campground which is the South Cove Golf & Campground (very nice little place) Billy cleaned our front off for the day and sure enough there was a nasty stone chip that needs repairing. Lucky for us our friends are connected to windshield glass repair services and are having someone come right to our site when we get to PEI.
1-800-call our insurance guy!!!
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