May 10 - Day 2 - Planning on planning!

Today we started our day with a trip to Gibsons book store to get a grasp on some topographic maps and trail maps. We found one book that has Nova Scotia and the chic choc mountains, right where we will be heading! We then drove to Proctor to type away and further our planning in the dining hall. We ran into some struggles with the Canadian border, for we discovered to our delight that being 18 means you still are a minor in the provinces we can realistically cross at. A bit of a curve ball for us, however we called and researched and figured it out. It is official, we have in our itinerary: "CROSS CANADIAN BORDER". We then ate some lunch to fill our bellies and prepare us for more focus and planning. We did another couple of hours after lunch before we wrapped up for the day. Today we planned where we are going to backpack in the Chic chocs, where we want to camp the 3rd night, our backpacking route, and we also found a very engaging beautiful day hike in Acadia. 

Pictured below: Us losing focus on our 3rd hour of planning and researching 
Hours logged today: 4 
Total hours logged: 9 

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