And we're at Heather's in Waterloo (zoom-zoom!)

Sunday morning we set out in good time, expecting to explore our way on roads new to us, to the De La Republique Provincial Park near Edmunston NB.

However, the route was shorter (or maybe quicker) than we had thought, "go-home" had kicked in and we got to Edmunston in early afternoon, so we decided to get through Quebec on Sunday.

Here's our route for Sunday:

 

No pictures at all Sunday, just 998 km of driving. We got to the Denny's truck stop in Lancaster Ont at 8pm, ready to sack out after a bite to eat. Traffic slowdowns near Quebec City and then Montreal slowed us by a good 1/2 hour. 2023 Note: The Denny's at the Flying J  truck stop has closed permanently.

This was the first time we have parked at the truck stop. The trucks were surprisingly quiet overnight, as they are on the other side of the store/restaurant from the boondocking overnighters. However, there are train tracks nearby, complete with whistle crossings, and we heard those! A pretty good night's sleep anyway though after a tiring day.

Monday morning we were off bright and early to breakfast at Denny's, a 1-minute walk, then on to the 401 westbound. All was smooth except heavy traffic in Toronto. Major slowdowns continued on west of the city, until we could see the cleanup from a minor accident. All the lanes in both directions were clogged up, not sure why the eastbound lanes were, except for traffic volume.

Lots of these kinds of views both days, this was the 401 near Milton:

We left the 401 at Guelph and backroaded from there to North Waterloo, where Heather and family live. Another beautiful day, and we're so thankful to have made it through the drive ok. 

I won't rant about Quebec, except to say that once again, we hope to not drive that way again.

Map of today's drive: