The maiden voyage. Fresh out of the Rossmonster build, we pointed the new Sprinter east and drove to Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia for its very first miles.
The lighthouses of Peggy’s Cove, sea stacks at golden hour, and the kind of rocky coastline the Maritimes do better than anywhere — and a first, easy answer to the question every new build asks: does living in it actually work?
At a glance
- Trip
- The maiden voyage
- When
- November 2024
- Where
- Prince Edward Island & Nova Scotia
- Icon
- Peggy’s Cove lighthouse
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Straight off the build
There’s a particular kind of nervous excitement to the first long drive in a brand-new build. Nothing has a home yet, you’re learning where every switch and latch lives, and every little rattle is a note for the to-do list.
So we kept the first trip friendly: east across the Confederation Bridge to Prince Edward Island, then over to Nova Scotia — close enough to civilization to shake out the obvious stuff, beautiful enough to be worth it on its own.
The Maritimes deliver
Red-dirt cliffs and quiet beaches on PEI, then the granite and surf of Nova Scotia’s South Shore, with the lighthouse at Peggy’s Cove and sea stacks lit up at golden hour.
Mostly, it answered the only question that matters for a new rig: does daily life in it actually flow? It did — and everything since has been about pushing that answer into harder and colder country.
Highlights
- The very first miles in the new van
- Peggy’s Cove lighthouse
- PEI’s red cliffs and the Confederation Bridge
- Sea stacks at golden hour