Road trip Day 1

Day 1 consisted of mostly driving and a little bit if sightseeing. 

We left Montreal at 10, a few hours behind my intended 7 but we needed some more sleep as Gwen's flight was a little delayed and by the time we got her bag and back to the hotel it was past midnight. 

The drive went well, once we got the GPS to follow the same route that Gwen planned using google maps. The wait at the boarder was about 30 mins, not bad at all. After the boarder guard asked where we were from, he made the comment "kind of a round about way to get home isn't it?"

Once in Vermont we stopped to fuel up and go to the bathroom. Gwen used the men's washroom. We then stopped to look for a place to eat when I stopped to wash my car. It took $2 to start the wash (manual) so I plunked in $3 thinking this will be good for a quick rinse. 

Well it was good but not for a quick rinse. How about a 12 min wash with the foam brush and many different pre soak and rinse settings. My car was spic and span. 

Lunch was at a restaurant in St Albans VT called Maple City. Gwen and I both had skillets. 

We then drive the rest of the way to Boston stopping at rest stops in each state to get a new highway map. All except for Massachusetts where we haven't found a place with maps yet. 

We checked into our hotel and then made our way downtown using the subway system. This subway is much older than Montreal...

We wandered around the Long Wharf and then made our way to Quincy Market for dinner at Salty Dogs. Gwen had scallops and I had haddock. It was delicious!

We then made our way to Hard Rock Cafe for a drink before making our way back to the hotel. 

Today's plan is to do the Freedom Trail. Stay tuned...

Long weekend traffic

Good news regarding P Eng

Hello Adam,

 

We have now received all three completed reference forms. We have also received your final progress report, together with supervisor comments.  Your file is on the agenda for review at the Experience Review Committee's next meeting - scheduled forJune 12.  If the Committee is satisfied that you have met all the requirements of the Pre-Registration Program, your file will then be forwarded to the Registration Committee (the final approving body) for consideration.  The Registration Committee meets once a month (with its June meeting tentatively set for June 26).  If the Registration Committee grants you professional registration it would become effective the day of the RC meeting.

 

Results of the June 12 review will be posted at your online profile, typically within 24 hours of the meeting.

 

Regards,

Lorraine Dupas

Apegm

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One week to go!

We are all booked for our trip starting next Saturday, I can't wait.

Gwen and I will start our adventure on Saturday where we will drive just over 5 hrs to Boston. We will be in Boston until Tuesday when we will drive 3 hrs to New York. We will be in New York from Tuesday to Saturday (staying at a hotel a block away from Times Square). From there, a full day of travel on Saturday where we will end up in Chicago 12 hrs later. Our stay in Chicago will be Saturday to Tuesday and then we will make our drive back with an overnight in Minneapolis.

All hotels are booked so now we just need to plan what to do each day...

This week was busy but not too bad. I am definitely looking forward to having Francois back in the office to help out with projects and inspections. I will be focusing most of my week on transitioning my medevac project over to one of the guys in Montreal to handle while I am away for two weeks.

The plan for today is to get a new hockey bag so I can ship unneeded clothes back home. I need a new hockey bag anyways so this will be a dual purpose bag. After this, I need to clean up the office at Bombardier as I have lots of papers on the desk. Then, probably a work out and lunch and trying to decide what to make for supper. Any ideas?

Tomorrow will probably be laundry day and packing up my bag to get ready to ship back home. I don't remember if the shipping department at the bus depot is open later during the week, I seem to recall they were only open until 5, but maybe that was on the weekend.

Well I should get started with my day. Have some things to do before watching the Pens vs Isles tonight. Go Isles (Gwen)? Haha

Welcome home (For Francois)

Francois and his family are now back in their apartment. I helped them in Saturday move stuff back in that they moved out while I had the place.

I don't know we're they put all the stuff. Their living room was pretty much full of boxes of clothes and other things. Lol.

I left them a welcome home gift, figured it was a nice touch.

Hope you all are enjoying the weather back home - it sounds like a warm one, just like Montreal today ;)

Dans Montreal

Well I'm back in Montreal. The flight was good, I'm jet lagged. Feels like 9:51pm right now but it's only 3:51. Tomorrow will be rough I think.

Had a long day today. Breakfast at 7:30 and left the hotel at 8:30. We had some technical difficulties with the GPS that wouldn't charge and lost power about 20 mins outside of Zurich. I then tried to use Francos phone but it too was dead. I pulled out my laptop to charge the phone (because apparently the 12V outlets in the car weren't working) but the phone was too dead.

We stopped in a small city (which I have no idea right now) to get a different charging system for the GPS. We bought a USB cable and a 12V charger from the owner of the store, he didn't have a 12V charger for sale in the computer store. We went back to the car and tried again to charge the GPS and/or phone but no luck. The 12V system must have blown a fuse for something because none of the three outlets would work.

Luckily we it enough power into Franco's phone to get us to the highway and we drive the old fashioned way - using signs.

Well I think I should have a quick nap so I can pack my car and move out of Francois apartment tonight. We are going to transfer keys tomorrow sometime.

Here are some photos from the day:

1. A tunnel
2. Franco buying the accessories that didn't fix the problem
3. Out the window while taxiing
4 and 5. Four course lunch
6. A snack