OK what a drive!! I have seen the west part of the island before, but not the other 3/4 of it - such incredible landscape!
Let me preface this next part by saying to those of you who don't know... I'm a major nerd... but it was like driving through the Lord of the Rings today. There was hilly areas that were reminiscent of the Shire, boulder pocked fields like the Kingdom of Rohan, forests like Fanghorn, rolling hills, mountains, lakes and river that could have been pulled from Gondor - it was very cool. I kept thinking I'd see a group of Hobbit's come over the next ridge.
What I'm trying to say is that it was spectacular and I was glad we had a nice to to drive it. 700 km's behind us, and the first 2 official shows are tomorrow... this is where it all begins. I am in desperate need of shave and hair trim, then we suit up and hit the ferry tomorrow night. May not be able to blog until I get to Nova Scotia. Shot a video blog last night, but it's not up yet - should be soon.
Only the beginning.... so much more to come that I can't even imagine.
Trying to figure out how to save my maps as a JPEG from Google so that I can show you the routes... I'll figure it out.
More soon,
Ian
