The Nova Star looks closer to a cruise ship than any ferry I've been on for this trip. It has cabins, a couple of places to eat, a bar & lounge, even a casino. The crossing is 10 hours with a time zone change back to Eastern Daylight Time.
Boarding today was through a pea soup fog, I took it in faith that the line I was in went to the ship and didn't drop off the pier into the ocean. I did see the bow opening, but only just when I was driving down the ramp. When we got underway at 10:00 it was hard to tell even what end if the ship was forward.
I enjoyed everything on my Canada adventure except for the cop who gave me the speeding ticket in Nova Scotia. Now I have to figure out how to get a check drawn in Canadian dollars to pay the fine.
I figured this might be my last trip up here for a while and I'm glad I made it all the way across without getting squirrely from being alone for three and a half weeks. Mary can be the real judge of my sanity when I get home in a day or two.
I skipped passed the major cities of Toronto, Montreal and Quebec, but only because we've been there a number of times. I totally recommend them as fun and very interesting places to visit.
Speaking of which, Canada has done interesting things to it's currency. Years ago they got rid of paper dollar bills and replaced it with a very popular dollar coin, nicknamed Loonie. Not long after out came a 2 dollar coin, Twoonie.
Now the paper bills are being replaced with vinyl plastic and they look really good; I guess they're hard to counterfeit too. Last year they got rid of their penny and cash registers automatically round to the nearest nickel for change. Maybe we'll see similar things for ourselves too. It should be easy for our congress to agree on, yes?
I totally love my country, but I really like Canada too.
The trip across to Maine was foggy until we reached the Portland Harbor. I managed one not so good picture of the ship before I pulled away.
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