Answer her, not me...her original send got delayed.

Yrs,
David

>Hi folks,
>
>Alas, I'm not traveling with Matilda any more, as she is now happily living
>with her new family.  Sniff, sniff.
>
>But I am planning a road trip, which seems horribly complicated without
>taking my home with me.  And wondering whether there are people on the way
>who might have a (cat-free) couch or spare bedroom I can stop in - and also
>get to see some vanagon folks even without a van.
>
>I'm driving from Newfoundland down to New York for Thanksgiving.  Visiting
>friends in Maine, Boston, and other points south, but the stretch from
>Newfoundland through New Brunswick is looking a bit long.
>
>Would there be anyone who might be able to put me up en route?  In
>somewhere around Corner Brook, NL (I have to be able to get to Port aux
>Basques in time for the ferry in the morning), somewhere around New Glasgow
>- Truro, Nova Scotia.  And somewhere around Fredericton, NB?  (I'm looking
>at a side trip into Halifax to meet up with an old friend - alas, she has
>cats so I can't stay with her.  And given the ferry schedules, North Sydney
>to Halifax after the ferry arrives in the evening would get me in around
>midnight, which is very late, and has me doing a LOT of night driving,
>which I'm not so keen on.  So staying in Halifax might not fit too well
>with the timing anyway.)
>
>I'm talking about November 8th (in NL), 9th (Nova Scotia) and 10th (NB) or
>possibly a day earlier.
>
>And I'd also be delighted if I could find places to stay on the way back -
>December 5 & 6, aiming to make the midday ferry on the 7th.  And then
>Corner Brook area the night of the 7th.
>
>I've lined up possible hotels in all of these places, but it would be nice
>to meet up with some vanagon people some of the time instead!  Even though
>I am now traveling in a very boring and practical and reliable and
>fuel-efficient 2005 Prius.
>
>So, if you want a former (and hopefully future) vanagonaut as a visitor,
>please do let me know!
>
>Thanks so much!
>
>
>
>
>Joy (and Prius II - named after Prius I, whom I drove before Matilda