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Redliner · 08-24-2009, 07:27 PM

How fast do you want to get there? Last time I drove to Montreal we did it in 4 days on the way out. Day 1 was Calgary-Brandon, day 2 was Brandon-Dryden, day 3 was Dryden-Sault Ste-Marie, and day 4 from the Soo to Montreal. This was running 10-12 hour days in the car, and keeping an average speed around 110. We could have done it faster but the clutch went out on our car just outside of Winnipeg and we had to pay a mechanic triple time to stay late on New Years Eve and fix it. Ouch.

We did much better on the way back. We left Montreal at 8 pm on a Friday night and got back to Calgary at 2 pm on Sunday afternoon. We stopped twice to sleep in the car for about 3 hours - once just outside of Sudbury and then again near Portage la Prairie. Other than that, we just drove like hell. I have never wanted to get out of a vehicle so badly in my life, and I don't recommend this approach to anyone.

I agree with the posters complaining about the stretch of driving through northern Ontario. Once you leave Kenora, it all blurs together until you hit Sault Ste-Marie. Seriously, it's like one of those old Spiderman comics - you feel like you're just driving past the same 5 buildings over and over again.

08-24-2009, 07:27 PM	#33
Redliner Franchise Player Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Conquering the world one 7-11 at a time Exp:	How fast do you want to get there? Last time I drove to Montreal we did it in 4 days on the way out. Day 1 was Calgary-Brandon, day 2 was Brandon-Dryden, day 3 was Dryden-Sault Ste-Marie, and day 4 from the Soo to Montreal. This was running 10-12 hour days in the car, and keeping an average speed around 110. We could have done it faster but the clutch went out on our car just outside of Winnipeg and we had to pay a mechanic triple time to stay late on New Years Eve and fix it. Ouch. We did much better on the way back. We left Montreal at 8 pm on a Friday night and got back to Calgary at 2 pm on Sunday afternoon. We stopped twice to sleep in the car for about 3 hours - once just outside of Sudbury and then again near Portage la Prairie. Other than that, we just drove like hell. I have never wanted to get out of a vehicle so badly in my life, and I don't recommend this approach to anyone. I agree with the posters complaining about the stretch of driving through northern Ontario. Once you leave Kenora, it all blurs together until you hit Sault Ste-Marie. Seriously, it's like one of those old Spiderman comics - you feel like you're just driving past the same 5 buildings over and over again. __________________ "There will be a short outage tonight sometime between 11:00PM and 1:00AM as network upgrades are performed. Please do not panic and overthrow society. Thank you."