Nova Scotia or Bust

June 1972. We had a big boat trailer and built sides on it and loaded it to tow behind a station wagon going to Nova Scotia. The banner was for the side of the trailer. Alas the station wagon we borrowed just couldn't do the job of towing our trailer full of furnishings so we ran out and rented the truck...I knew right away it was the truck for me because of the elephants.

Now as to who is putting up the sign... I can't remember her name...Girlfriend of Chuck Darst, one of the Buffalo Five draft board raiders who was staying at the house along with scores of others. I'm sure your mother will know her name.

The truck was parked across the street from our house on Koons Avenue in Buffalo and we just transferred all the stuff from the trailer to the truck. It looked like a big yard sale before we got all the stuff back into the truck.

Another incidental outcome of the station wagon not working was that one of the people who had planned to ride in the station wagon ended up sitting in the back of the jeep with you, Joe and Kate. I think it was Sally???


Quite the trip - after getting through customs and finding a place for the night, the next day the jeep wouldn't start and the big truck pushed us to start it. Then the engine on the jeep blew out, filling the compartment with black smoke as I tried to navigate at 15 km an hour off the 401 near Toronto. Later, in N.B. the right side rear wheels on the truck blew out. Fortunately we came along in the rental car and were able to get people to the service station down the road for new tires, paid for by the rental truck company.

Quite the trip, we almost did bust. Do you remember any of it???