Date:         Thu, 11 Sep 2008 21:32:13 -0230
Reply-To:     Joy Hecht <hecht.joy@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Joy Hecht <hecht.joy@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: BusFusion info
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On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 7:51 PM, B Feddish <bfeddish@netreach.net> wrote:

> OK, after a summer of awesome camping I'm already filling my calendar for
> next summer. The only trip I'm pretty sure I'm not going to do next year is
> Natural Bus.  After a 7 hour ride with my 4 year old and being greeted with
> 100+ degree heat on top of the fact the area I just arrived in looks
> exactly
> like the area I had left that morning I think I can miss that next year.
>  If
> I just add 70 miles to that journey and head north I can be in another
> country and probably cooler weather so I may try NaturalBus.


Huh?  Did I miss something here?  Or did you mean to say you may try Bus
Fusion?



>   Soooo. Does
> anybody know when that is being held next year? Also, it appears to be held
> in a small town, is there things to do there for kids?  And the dumbest
> question of all is it a French or English speaking town?


I do believe Bus Fusion, if that's what you meant, is always the first
weekend in June.  First year I went it was in the 50s and pouring the whole
time.  Second year it was quite perfect, 70s and occasionally 80s with one
massive thunderstorm.

The beach is fine for adults, too.  So is the water.


Oh yeah, will my Verizon cell phone work up there?
>>>  Yes, but very pricey to use unless you change your plan.  On the plan I
was on with verizon it was around $0.70/minute to use the phone in Canada.
Being in Canada for a while now, I switched to a different plan - added $20
a month and I now have somewhat more minutes/month than before (450 instead
of 400) and they are either US or Canada.  The new option doesn't have
unlimited evenings and weekends though - it has 1000 minutes/month of
evenings and weekend.  If you expect to really need it a lot, not just for
emergencies, I think you can switch for just a month and then switch back
later.



Joy