North Atlantic Canada 2019

Yay!  Today is a hiking day! After breakfast we headed for Sentier de la Statue.  It is forecasted to start raining at 3:00ish so we plan to be back at the camper before then.  At the beginning of the hike there are some very large rocks.  There was an amazing rock outcropping that was soContinue reading "9-10-19 Hiking in the Fjord"

Tom asked me our destination for today and I said “Parc National Du-Fjord Du-Saguenay.He responded, “Great.  Why did you choose that park?”.  My response: “I never met a Fjord that I did not like”.  That seems to be a good motto that I am going to stick with because this area is no exception. TheContinue reading "9-9-19 La Parc National Du Fjord Du-Saguenay"

I should have guessed I would love Quebec City.  After all, the old town is a UNESCO World Heritage site.  I have had numerous friends over the years tell me how much they like Quebec City.  Well, they are correct - It truly is a marvelous place so today Tom & I return to continueContinue reading "9-8-19 More Old Town Quebec City"

Our first destination of the day is, strangely enough, an RV show room.  While we were camping in PEI we met a couple at a neighboring campsite who had an extremely cool looking RV trailer.  He gave us a tour and we fell in love.  It is called “Alto”, made by Safari Condo.  He saidContinue reading "9-7-19 Trailers, Old Town, and Old Friends"

We knew we had a long drive from Kouchibouguac National Park to Quebec City and we were right.  It was even longer than we had expected because the road across New Brunswick was very bumpy so we had to slow down.  Luckily,we gained an hour on the time-change crossing into Quebec. Along the way IContinue reading "9-6-19 Long Drive to Quebec City"

Today we leave PEI and head for New Brunswick (en route to Quebec).  New Brunswick is conveniently connected to PEI via a bridge – the huge Confederation Bridge to be precise.  En route to the bridge we saw many farms (PEI is very green and very pastoral). The Confederation bridge is 8 miles long andContinue reading "9-5-19 Hello Again New Brunswick"

Today’s destination is Cavendish – the location of the house with green gables that was the inspiration for Lucy Montgomery’s novel, Anne of Green Gables.  Because PEI is small it didn’t take long to get there.  Parks Canada has turned the house into part of the National Parks of PEI.  There is an exhibit buildingContinue reading "9-4-19 Di – Anne of Green Gables"

Unfortunately, I woke up at around 5:00am on the ferry as it was rocking and rolling on the choppy sea.  I laid in bed for a couple of hours because I knew seasickness would kick in as soon as I stood up.  Around 6:00 am I grabbed a Dramamine.  At 7:00am I grabbed some coffeeContinue reading "9-3-19 Another Day – Another Island"

Alas, today is our day to leave Newfoundland (at least it is not our last day of our trip – we still have a month left).  We will drive from St. John’s to Argentia (about 1 ½ hours) to catch the ferry back to North Sydney, Nova Scotia (where our ferry to Newfoundland came from). Continue reading "9-2-19 Leaving Newfoundland"

The weather is absolutely perfect today – mid 70s and sunny.  It is almost like we are in CO.  Clearly the only activity of choice is a hike.  There are a series of interconnected trails in Newfoundland that make up the East Coast trail.  We checked out the website and picked a trail on theContinue reading "9-1-19 A Colorado Kind of Day in Newfoundland"