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Douglas Berry ([personal profile] gridlore) wrote2008-09-20 05:02 pm
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Oohh. Kirsten will want to kill me, but...

Another option for the trip.

Fly to Detroit, rent a car, and drive to Montreal. 586 miles according to Google Maps.

So, how crazy am I? I'm figuring a red eye to Detroit, and breaking for a lunch will get us into Montreal in the evening. Remember, I drive long stretches for a living, so it's not a big thing for me to go six or seven hours on the road.

Canadians.. anything I should know about driving on your beaver-infested roads?
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[identity profile] caraig.livejournal.com 2008-09-21 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
True, you do drives like that a lot... but after a red-eye flight? That's the thing you should ask!

[identity profile] bunyip.livejournal.com 2008-09-21 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
The Canadian police are much more strict on speed limits than US police. When I was in Canada with work, and driving a lot, everyone sticks very close to the speed limit.

One word of warning, when driving in Quebec... the road signs are only in French.
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[identity profile] delta-november.livejournal.com 2008-09-21 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
That plan seems plausible to this Canadian.

Just make sure that the car rental people know that you intend to take the car to Canada. It shouldn't be a problem, but they may want to add a small extra fee.

Highway 401 is nice. As South Park said, "Follow the only road." It runs straight from Windsor to Montreal and beyond. The highway foodstops will expose you to Tim Horton's, our much-beloved national doughnut and coffee chain.
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[personal profile] thebitterguy 2008-09-21 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
Canadian roads are generally better tended than the American ones I've been on (which is mostly Michigan, Ohio & Indiana), but if you want to cross the border by car to Montreal, flying to somewhere in NY might be faster. Maybe Albany?
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[identity profile] johno.livejournal.com 2008-09-23 09:06 am (UTC)(link)
The 401 from Winsor to Toronto is *deadly* boring.

Canada kept to the "keep the long haul highways away from the cities and towns" rule.

All we saw were Soy bean farms alternating with tomato farms with a couple of corn fields for variety and that was it.

C and I had real problems when we made the drive a few years ago.

As to the speed limit... Driving a car with US plates, we kept to the posted limits, but were passed by many many cars at high speed. Our friends told us that Ontario police are cool as long you are going with the flow.
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