Day 2 Moncton to Edmundston - 446 kms

Just as yesterday morning the start was not to be at our hotel but at The Petty Race Track some 39 kms away, so time had to be allowed to get there and ready to be clocked out at our allotted time - we don't want any penalties for a late departure time!

Peter has had a bit of a fiddle with the little car and after a few tweaks on the spark plugs she seems to be running so much better now.

We arrived at the race circuit and lined up in our new start order after last nights results were published, the running order will now be slowest cars out first - we are now running in 9th position after a not very good day yesterday so have a bit of making up to do. The tight little circuit was right up our street and with the little car running smoothly once more, we managed to set the fastest time completing the two short laps in 44 seconds, one second ahead of the next 3 Cars so this should be a great help in climbing up the leader board in tonight's results, fingers crossed!

After the race track we continued on our journey taking in Magnetic Hill along the way - a bit of a tourist gimmick but had to be done, I guess! (An optical illusion) 

We were then taken well off the beaten track travelling along a combination of compact dirt and gravel roads to make our way to Rogersville for a lunch stop.

After the lunch stop those in open top cars started to wrap up and prepare for a wet afternoons driving and sure enough as predicted the heavens open at about 1.30 and continued for the rest of the day. Not at all nice for the closed top cars but horrendous for the canvas top cars with no side panels to protect them.

We travelled north on the 108 heading towards Edmundston, where we will spend the night and our last night in Canada before crossing the boarder into USA tomorrow, passing through the town of Grandfalls. Grandfall had an amazing waterfall bang in the centre of town so as a good blogger I leapt out of the car in the pouring rain to capture a few photos - I have a weakness for waterfalls!

Grandfalls is also in what is known as the potato country and host the annual potato festival each year.

The afternoon also presented us with another test - a regularity on a muddy track that proved a bit tricky in the wet conditions, a lot of slipping and sliding so much so they Peter thought we had a flat tyre at one point! Anyway a good section and only 3 seconds out on ideal time.