{"id":9480,"date":"2026-06-25T06:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T10:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/?p=9480"},"modified":"2026-03-20T09:27:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T13:27:13","slug":"east-coast-road-trip-ten-years-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/25\/east-coast-road-trip-ten-years-later\/","title":{"rendered":"East Coast Road Trip | Ten Years Later"},"content":{"rendered":"

The main reason behind this epic road trip was to fill in a bunch of gaps in my War of 1812 project. I was on the tail end of the project and wanted to fill in a bunch of gaps before I got married in 2017. And there were two areas that I had not yet explored and wanted to because they offered up parts of the conflict that are often forgotten or not even presented here in Ontario. While the majority of the war took place here in Ontario, there were also a series of battles along the East Coast. So I plotted the route and headed out for the first time to the east coast of Canada and the United States. Officially, my drive started on 22 July, a Friday. I would head out of work early in Oakville, drive up to the 407 to get across Toronto before rejoining the 401. As I neared Kingston, I called Heather and chatted with her before stopping for dinner. Then it was back on the road, my final destination was Cornwall before heading further east. About twenty kilometres away, I hit a microburst and was forced to drive at around 50-60 on the highway. And when I got to the hotel, the power was out. But everything was all checked in, and I was good to sit and enjoy the storm from my hotel window.<\/p>\n

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