A lot of cities in North America claim to be bike friendly. Ottawa has them all beat, hands down, no contest. From our campground twenty km from downtown, we took a beautiful bike trail all the way in as it meandered along the Ottawa River. It seemed like there was a park or greenway around […]
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Quebec City, September 13th-15th
I had always thought that Quebec was a quintessentially French word. The Algonquin tribes that settled here named the place “where the river narrows” and French dudes like Samuel de Champlain adopted it when they settled there in 1608. It’s got a perfect strategic spot on the St Lawrence River, and it has the only […]
Quebec, Gaspesie National Park, Parc national du Bic, Quebec City, our stops and route
From the parks website, you can read more – https://www.sepaq.com/pq/bic/decouvrir/portrait.dot?language_id=1 THE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE PARK “In late August, 1535, three small vessels bearing the arms of King Francis I, sailed up the St. Lawrence River at the mercy of the late summer breezes. On Sunday, August 29, seeing a site of great beauty, the […]
Quebec, Gaspé Peninsula – September 7th-9th
We had to go to the Gaspé Peninsula. It was a must and not because of the history, scenery, bakeries and parks. The urgency had started four days earlier. We were on our planned route to St John’s, Newfoundland when it made sense. Milissa had been saying for a few days that that big storm […]
Newfoundland, Twillingate August 30th-September 2nd
This satellite view says it, lots of hilly, craggy coastline dotted with houses and cute towns. We chose a commercial campground and we lucked out with Space #1, the only one with a view of the water. Later we saw that others just boondocked at a pull-off on some local back road next to the […]
Newfoundland – Gros Morne National Park- 8/25-8/29
As we ventured off the ferry at Port aux Basque and drove up the western sloped land, rocky and sparsely treed with occasional signs of habitation, Newfoundland struck us like Iceland. There were vast spaces of rocks and scrub and trees, homes sites out by themselves and designed for winter, and occasional combo gas/restaurant/stores. I […]
Cape Breton Island to Sydney, August 24th
Still looking for a Moose, we continued our drive around the Island heading for Sydney, ferry ride to Newfoundland the next day. Sorry to say, we say little to none in the wildlife department. I shouldn’t really say that, we saw plenty of crows and some other birds.
Cape Breton Island, Meat Cove, – Bike Ride August 22nd
Six months ago, at a great campground southwest of Tucson, fellow travelers in the next campsite, Pat and Lewis, told us about this magical place called Meat Cove. Their smiles were wide and eyebrows high as they recounted their time there in a tiny campground perched perched on a cliff overlooking the St Lawrence Seaway […]
Cape Breton Island, Hide A Way Campground, August 21st
Washington State, Everett, Boston, Halifax, August 20th Travel Day
We always enjoy our time with our family and friends! Now it’s time to get back to our small self sufficient home and enjoy more experiences. We arrived late to Halifax, we stayed in a hotel at the airport the night we arrived. The next morning we called the Ford dealership where our truck has […]