So now that I've gotten some sleep I'm gonna tell everyone about the 5 day roady to Quebec. It's a long story so go grab something to drink and a snack first......*waiting*..... Now that you've done that sit back, relax, read, and try not to let the berverage you just got come out through your nose as you laugh at all the insane mini adventures we had on this trip.
Let's start with the setting : Myself, Nicole, Naomi and Elizabeth in Moms mini van just getting on the highway heading out of Halifax. Theres music blasting, it's oldies mostly, some songs that remind us of Mooseheads (of course) seriously it's songs that were used as goal songs for certain players. Example, King of my Castle for Jason King, Ring my Bell for Thatcher Bell, Burn Baby Burn for Marc Andre Bernier. See what I mean...yea I told ya you'd laugh and thats not even a funny part. Anyways it's about 5pm on Wed when we finally did get on the road. We knew there was a snow strom expected but Halifax was clear. In fact we drove til about Cobiquid pass til we saw snow. It got pretty bad, pretty quickly though. Naturally there wasnt a snow plow anywheres to be seen in Moncton. We were basicly following tracks of 18 wheelers. During a stop at a Timmys just outside of Moncton we found a lovely group of snow plow drivers, naturally just chilling in the Tim Hortons rather then actually doing any snow clearing! Other then that lil bunch of coffee drinking slackers we didnt see a plow until Edmonston, NB. Of course then we got stuck directly behind it. The blinding blinking lights and going 40km/hr oh yea thats a good way to stay awake driving all night in the middle of a raging blizzard. Nicole even video recorded some of it. Finally cross the Quebec border around 3am-ish. Just outside of Riviere Du Loup after all the coffee and such I needed a bathroom. Of course we are somewheres on the highway in the wee hours of the morning and theres no gas station or resturant to be seen or at least none thats open at 4am. I finally spotted one those truck/tourists stops...ya know its just a little building with payphones and bathrooms. Lots of picnic tables during the summer months and such. So I pull in and of course it hasn't been plowed AT ALL! Here I am driving through 2 feet of snow and hoping I'm actually on the road a bit. Its just a little loop so I figure I'm pretty good and it'll be easy to get back on the highway. So a few minutes later when we go to get back onto the highway imagine our surprise when theres a snow drift about 4 feet tall in front of us. No way can I plow my way through there in the van, not that I didnt try a couple of times of course. Finally we decide we'll have to back out the way we came, in the raging blizzard! So Nicole and Naomi get out to help push the van and Elizabeth is hanging out the sliding door directing me because I cant see a damn thing through the back window. It takes a few but we slowly start backing up. We get onto my orginal tracks and I speed up a little plowing my way backwards onto the highway. Poor Nicole and Naomi start jogging to keep up, we eventually get out though. The girls jump in and we start driving as Nicole and Naomi describe the howling they heard while outside pushing the van. Apparently they were running after us because they thought they heard wolves. Haha well that explained the retarded jog they were doing. Eventually we make it to Autoroute 20. I'd love to say it was smooth sailing from there in but of course it wasnt. An hour outside of Quebec city, still in the middle of this raging blizzard we get pulled off the highway. The cops shut down the 20 going both ways and we have to wait for it to clear up a bit. We're stuck at a truckers stop in St-Jean-Port-Joli. Us 4 girl and like 35 truck drivers, a couple of really nice guys and some creepy ones too. We stuck together in pairs to say the least. It wasnt just a few hours of delay. Nicole and Elizabeth even went out to play in the snow at one point. Everyone was digging out their cars/trucks every couple of hours. Except us beacuse we parked between the building and a 18wheeler...didnt have to even use the snow brush when we left. We got pulled off the highway just before 7am, we didnt get back on until 5pm. Just imagine us when Elizabeth translated for the cop that the 20 going west had opened. We flew outta there and the drivers were acutally waving goodbye and telling us to drive safe. It was pretty funny scene actually. We did get to Montreal and safely to Auntie Heathers around 9pm. Keep in mind its still pretty bad weather out. 29 hours since we had left Hali, I just wanted some sleep. Well first we ate and then we all got some much needed sleep. Friday we headed out to Drummondville for the game. Got ourselves a hotel room, grabbed tickets for the game and of course got our fix of St. Hubert. We lost the game but we ended up sitting with one of the players family. We had a good time despite the score. After some partying in our hotel room we basicly crashed for the night. Saturday morning headed back to Montreal. First stop was the Bell Center where I bought stuff for Ari and Zack. Nicole (whos a huge Habs fan) was in heaven. Of course we got lost a few times both getting there and finding our way back to the bridge. We then went back to Auntie Heathers for lunch. We were hoping to have Jeremy and Jay join us but Jay was working and Jer had plans for the evening. We met Mikes girlfriend, Kia, who is absolutlely stunning and a complete sweetheart. Just before supper Auntie Heather took us over to visit Nanny. She looked really good and she was happy, singing and funny too. It made me feel so much better to see her. She is living a basicly a seniors palace. Again we have pictures for everyone to see. After supper us girls plus Mike, Kia and Katie all went over to the island. Kia was dropped off at home and the rest of us had some time to kill before we met up with some friends so we got ourselves lost (a couple of times lol). We even went up to the top of Mont Royal at some point. We did meet up with our friends for coffee, which was a blast. Alex at Second Cup will never forget us haha. We are a loud and crazy bunch. We spent that night at Auntie Heathers again. Sunday was our last day in Quebec. We were getting ready to head to Shawinigan for the game when Dad called. I somehow the night before managed to lose my cell phone on St. Catherines street. Some guy found it and was willing to meet up with us to get it. The man of course only spoke french so Elizabeth had to talk to him and after almost an hour of getting lost we found the meeting spot and picked up my phone before heading out to Shawinigan. I should mention that getting lost wasnt really getting lost..it was more like there are way too many one way streets in Montreal. Its very confusing lol. We did make it to the game in Shawinigan. A coupleof minutes late because I missed the turn for the rink but we still made it lol. The boys got a win that afternoon, 7-2 the final. The game even included a line brawl when a former Moosehead and known goon jumped one of our boys. After the game, we grabbed McDonalds...of course we picked the one place half the Shawinigan team went to. Walked in with my jersey and well that brought some stares. Me being , well me enjoyed every moment of it. I wished I had thought to start chanting Go Moose Go while we left :D Yes I am a shit disturber and what LOL. The drive home was decent, well we got lost in Quebec city and had to back up of a busy highway (again!)to get to the only exit we had to take. Oh that was fun, when I say fun I mean scary lol. I was insanely tired and the girls kept me awake, well mostly Nicole kept me awake. Sang lots, anything from country to backstreet boys to hinder. Anything to stay wide awake. We stopped in Moncton for breakfast. I still had my jersey on so to make a point and well because I HATE the Wildcats I kept it on when we went into the subway, ate and driving through Moncton. In fact my jersey was still on when I got home. I didnt get home til almost 3pm despite rolling into town around 11am. I first had to drop off Nicole. Then I had to take Naomi and Elizabeth home. Once I was at Mom and Dads we all sat at the kitchen table drank coffee and told our story of the last 5 days. I gave Ari and Zack their gifts from the Habs store and after all that I headed home myself. I unpacked quickly, told Lee about the trip and went to bed. I woke up about 20minutes ago and I have every intention of going back to sleep when I'm done writing this. Anyways that was the roady. I think the title of the post fits well for this trip. There are some more stories, mostly about the games themselves, fell free to ask me about those when I wake up again lol.
Love Mana
XOXO
