Our Trip Across Canada
In and around Vernon, Canada
On Saturday, April 29 we left the Sunny Okanagan for our trip across Canada which we expect to take 6 months. We have been planning this for 2 years but first I had to have some surgery done and then the job of selling the big home. This got done with God's help and we were on our way
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Hamms on the Road
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We won't see Vernon for at least 6 months
We had a hard time getting away as there was so much to do and friends to say good-bye to. We had lived in the 5th wheel for 2 months before lea... Continue reading » -
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Trout Lake, BC
We got to Trout Lake around 6 pm on Saturday April 29, 2006and they had a wonderful supper ready for us. It was great seeing them again and we h... Continue reading » -
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Radium & area
It was raining but stopped long enough for us to see the 12 stations of Christ. Dave went to the Hot Springs and I stayed home as I was tired. Continue reading » -
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Airdrie, Alberta
We drove right through the outskirts of Calgary and stopped at a campground just outside of Airdrie. This is the last year for this campground so... Continue reading » -
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Ryley, Alberta
We arrived in Ryley in tilme for a lovely supper that Agnes had prepared with very little notice. Uncle Martin has retired from the farming prof... Continue reading » -
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Red Deer, Alberta
Left Balzac (just before Airdrie) and it was only 1 degree out. Arrived in Red Deer, checked in with Velner RV to find out when they will... Continue reading » -
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Warburg, Alberta
After having breakfast with Martin & Agnes we headed for Warburg to visit with Fred & Eva (Dave's sister & husband). We stayed from T... Continue reading » -
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Edmonton, Alberta
Yesterday I visited at the West Edmonton Mall with a friend Karen that I had not seen in years(she helped me with my friend Barb who passed... Continue reading » -
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Heading Back to Red Deer!!!!
When we woke up it was really raining again.We drove back to Red Deer via Sylvan Lake but headed into Red Deer as it was still so windy. We foun... Continue reading » -
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Heading South to Strathmore
Finally a nice day and down south we headed. We stopped in at Three Hills as Dave's parents lived there at one time. Later we got on the road & we... Continue reading » -
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Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park
We were the only onesin this lovely park. We saw lovely alpine flowers, went to see the T-rex Discovery Centre in Eastend where in 1991 a local... Continue reading » -
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Saskatoon 16 West RV Park
This was a lovely park and had free email so got caught up with the blog and emails as well as laundry. We could have stayed longer but had to g... Continue reading » -
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Melfort, Woelke & Evans former home
Well, we were treated royally at Melfort. The church people still wish that we hadn't taken their pastor or their children's pastor from them bu... Continue reading » -
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Mothers Day at Melfort
Mothers Day at Melfort was full. First we went to a Continental Breakfast at the Woelke's and Evan's former church. Kevins mother invited... Continue reading » -
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Summer is here in Moose Jaw
Well we arrived in Moose Jaw along with wonderful warm weather. We are here for some down time and to get the final work done (while under warra... Continue reading » -
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Lunch break at Chamberlain
Chamberlain was on the way to Moose Jaw. It was lovely and warm and if you close your eyes you would miss it. Continue reading » -
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Some more items of interest
This is a very large resort but they are not really ready for the amount of travellers as the leaves, etc. from last fall are still here but they are... Continue reading » -
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At Home with the Truckers
We left Moose Jaw at around 5:30 as it took all day to get the 5th wheel done and we sat for part of that in the Tourism Booth getting caugh... Continue reading » -
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A lovely warm day in Brandon
We left Whitewood early in the morning and it was lovely & warm. We stopped in the the info centre in Brandon and it was a lovely spot to ha... Continue reading » -
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Winnipeg, Manitoba
We stgayed in Arrowhead RV Park for 3 days. It needed lots of TLC but new owners had just taken over and it was close to Winnipeg (15 km) ... Continue reading » -
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Stopping to view Barb Lunn's Resting Place
We finally reached Winnipeg late on May 19 (put 20th in so in would go in order)and stopped at Chapel Garden Cemetary where Barb & Jack Lunn are b... Continue reading » -
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More to see in the Heritage Village
There was just so much to see. The attraction at this time was all the quilts and comfortors that the Mennonite people did for the displaced people.&n... Continue reading » -
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Finding some of Dave's roots
After going to a big E Free church in Winnipeg we headed to Steinbach to see what is called, "Heritage Village". Dave could have stayed longer b... Continue reading » -
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Finally we reach Ontario
Left Winnipeg on Monday, May 21 and finally stopped in Sioux Narrows around 5 pm where everything had closed up and we couldn't even get diesel so tho... Continue reading » -
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Thunder Bay, Ontario
Left Regina Bay around 11:30 am and drove until 7 pm where we decided to stay at Wal Mart. Actually it was great. We walked after supper a... Continue reading » -
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Views along Lake Superior
We left Thunder Bay around 9:15 am and stopped at Kakabeka Falls and walked around the trail. It was a mini Niagara Falls but there was a n... Continue reading » -
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Between Marathon & Terrace Bay, Ontario
We stayed at Neys Campground and the park was rustic but we had hookups so it was OK. After supper we took a walk down to Lake&nbs... Continue reading » -
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Off the Road for a few days
We left Neys Campground around 10:45 & it was windy. Our neighbors were from Chilliwack and on their way home. We stopped in at W... Continue reading » -
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Manitoulin Island
Being on this Island was like going back in time. No cell phones, no internet, so few people but what a way to relax. Our favourite place was called P... Continue reading » -
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Providence Bay and area
This side of the island is just lovely. It was so relaxing and the landscaping was just gorgeous. Even walked in the water. This was... Continue reading » -
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Gore Bay & Kagawong
Gore Bay is supposed to be the largest village on the Island and Kagawong has the lovely Bridal Veil Falls. Both were lovely parts of the Island Continue reading » -
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Visiting with some May relatives
Arrived in North Bay after staying the night before in the Wal Mart parking lot of Sudbury. Ann, my sister in law (my brother Stan died 10 yrs ag... Continue reading » -
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Huntsville
Made a short stop in Huntsville for lunch and the Ledgers, who used to live in Vernon came and had a quick visit with us. Continue reading » -
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Gravenhurst, the Muskoka's
This was a wonderful area except for the mosquitoes. I thought that Dave would go crazy with them. I got skunked, didn't get 1 fish but Dave and... Continue reading » -
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Barrie (Shanty Bay) Ontario
We settled in at a KOA RV park (most expensive so far) and then went down the road to surprise my niece Shannon who I hadn't seen since she was a teen... Continue reading » -
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Lots of relatives around Toronto area
We put our 5th wheel in Annette's driveway from Thurs. until Mon. and visited from there. We went to church with Annette on Sunday and the preacher wa... Continue reading » -
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Busy downtown Toronto
On Friday evening we went into Toronto at rush hour to see Lisa, Dave's niece, who is from a small town in Alberta. I couldn't believe the traffic and... Continue reading » -
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Scarborough
On Saturday we drove to the other side of Scarborough to see the Taylors, Dave's cousin Mary and her husband Don who are from the West. We had a great... Continue reading » -
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Back to Barrie
On Sunday, after going to church in Rexdale (the pastor there has been in Vernon and we remembered him) Annette took us to her nephew's (he had just b... Continue reading » -
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Peterborough, Ontario
We left Bolton around 2 pm and arrived outside Peterborough around 6 pm. We took our chances and found a lovely spot on Rice Lake. These owners... Continue reading » -
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Ottawa
We arrived in Manotick (outside Ottawa) around 4 pm, had a coffee stop at Tim Hortons and then to Emerald Links (golf course) where my sister works. S... Continue reading » -
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Cornwall, along the St. Lawrence
After leaving Ottawa we headed for Cornwall to visit with my older sister Marge and her husband Luke and also 2 of her girls and family came on Father... Continue reading » -
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Father's Day with family
On Father's Day the weather was gorgeous and my 2 neices Trudy & Teena (with families) came from Ottawa to spend the day. We enjoyed fishing from... Continue reading » -
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A visit to the area of my younger years
In the afternoon Marge & Luke took us for a drive to the area that is called "The lost villages" I lived in Wales which was flooded by the St. Law... Continue reading » -
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Montreal was full
Montreal was full due to the holiday, Ste. Jean the Baptisite day, so went ahead to Repentigny and stayed in a Wal Mart lot. The next... Continue reading » -
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Wonderful Quebec City
We arrived at our campground about 30 km outside Quebec city and after setting up went to Quebec City for the evening and the city was lovely at... Continue reading » -
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Riviere-du-Loup for 2 rainy days
We arrived in Riviere-du-Loup in the evening of June 26 and stayed for 2 days as it was raining. Our campsite was high above the St. Lawrence and we r... Continue reading » -
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Matane,Quebec
As we left Riviere-du-Loup we noticed that the lilacs we just blooming. At the little RV spot we could sit outside at the picnic table and email... Continue reading » -
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What an awesome area
We stayed in a campground called Tete D'Indien (Indian Head). We spent from Thursday evening until Monday morning here as there was so much to see but... Continue reading » -
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Gaspe Provincial Park
Again we ended up getting lots of rain but it delayed until we had hiked up to the top of the Gaspe. The hike was over 4 km one way and once we got up... Continue reading » -
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Visiting Perce for the day
The morning started out lovely & sunny so we went for a hike along the beach in our RV park. It is called Rocky beach and we will see why on a pho... Continue reading » -
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Now into New Brunswick
We left the Gaspe this morning and arrived in Campbellton, New Brunswick around 4 pm and it was a lovely spot to enter into New Brunswick. We then wen... Continue reading » -
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Miramichi, NB
On our way to Miramichi, we saw some lovely sites. We had hoped to tour an Acadian Village but spent too much time in Bathurst getting the phone back... Continue reading » -
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Shediac, New Brunswick
We met Norm & Nancy McDonald at Richibucto, NB and then we all headed to Shediac and then on to a camp site at Cap-Pele which was a few miles out... Continue reading » -
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Cap-Pele
We spent a lot of the day visiting with Norm & Nancy. We then went into Shediac and walked around the small town. It was lovely out. We then went... Continue reading » -
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Moncton, New Brunswick
Today we into Moncton to be tourists. We saw a Antique car collection, a museum and then went to a Magnetic Hill. They charged us to see the hill but... Continue reading » -
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Borden-Carleton, PEI
We said goodbye to the McDonalds as they headed out for the West & we headed to PEI. The Confederation Bridge is an awesome sight. PEI is ca... Continue reading » -
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Summerside, PEI
Woke up to a lovely sunny day and thought that we would try a Baptist Church that was recommended to us. It was quite an experience and we left feelin... Continue reading » -
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O'Leary, North Cape & Tignish
Another lovely day on PEI so we headed up part of the interior and then over to the west coast and all the way up to the top which was called North Ca... Continue reading » -
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Cavendish & Charlottetown PEI
We first headed up in the middle of PEI to the north and visited the Village of Avonlea which was made famous from the story of Anne of Green Gable... Continue reading »
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Pt. Prim up to St. Peters
We stopped in at Charlottetown first to have a coffee with Joy Schellenburg as she was in PEI for a few weeks. After several hours (long coffee break)... Continue reading » -
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Nova Scotia
We left PEI in the pouring rain. We went through New Brunswick and then into Nova Scotia and if we thought that we had been on bad roads, this day pro... Continue reading » -
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Truro, NS
After spending the morning in bed with a migraine, I managed to get it under control and we headed into Truro where we found out at the Info Centre th... Continue reading » -
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Majestic Fundy Shore Drive
We left Hilden where our RV site is (outside Truro) on a nice sunny day and headed on the Glooscap Trail to the Cobequid Bay and Minas Basin... Continue reading » -
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Peggy's Cove
We stayed outside Halifax in a small area of Martins River. We headed into Peggy's Cove and that hasn't changed since I was there 20... Continue reading » -
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A full day in Halifax
We spent a full day in Halifax, part of it in the Cidital and watching presentations, etc, walking down on the boardwalk around the harbor, visiting&n... Continue reading » -
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Shelburne
We got up at 5:30 to drive to the Halifax airport to pick up Sylvia, a friend from Vernon who lives in Shelburne. It was 1 1/2 hr trip to the ai... Continue reading » -
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Gunning Cove & Area
Sylvia, Dave & Lynda headed out to tour the area and before too long, fog came in so we were disappointed but we managed to see some nice areas he... Continue reading » -
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Founders Day in Shelburne
Another rainy foggy day but we tried to make the best of it. Shelburne is an old Loyalist town and the houses are just gorgeous and full orf history.... Continue reading » -
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Annapolis Royal
Around noon Sylvia, Dave & Lynda headed to Digby/Annapolis Royal area. It was a rainy day but we didn't let it get us down. We took Sylvia's paren... Continue reading » -
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Back tracking to Yarmouth
The car broke down in as we headed out of town so spent most of the day in Annapolis Royal, we had a relaxing day before heading back to Yarmouth, see... Continue reading » -
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Dartmouth
We left Shelburne shortly before noon after being spoiled by Alice & Ralph Halliday. It was tricky getting over the brige between Halifax &am... Continue reading » -
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Antigonish, Nova Scotia
We left Charlotte Lake late and stopped in a place called Memory Lane Heritage Village (which was in the 1949 era). The roads today were awful.&... Continue reading » -
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Beautiful Cape Breton
We arrived in Cape Breton on a lovely day and set up at my youngest brothers' place on beautiful Bras d'or Lake. I have 3 brothers & 2 siste... Continue reading » -
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Cabot Trail
We left around 8 am with my brother Tom to do the Cabot Trail. We did not take the 5th wheel as it was set up on the Bras D'or Lake at my brothers. We... Continue reading » -
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Heading for NEWFOUNDLAND
We left the campground at Sydney, Nova Scotia at 5:30 am to catch the 7 am ferry to Placentia, Newfoundland. This ferry took 14 hours and the wa... Continue reading » -
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Avalon Peninsula
This was a wonderful trip along the Avalon Peninsula.We found so many fishing villages along the way. The west coast of this peninsula is very b... Continue reading » -
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Signal Hill
We picked up Dave's sister Mary as she flew in from Vancouver Island yesterday. Today we went and spent some time at a local art festival an... Continue reading » -
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St. John's, Newfoundland
We headed into the biggest city of Newfoundland. I had made an appt. to see an old classmate of mine whom I had not seen since 1961 and she had moved... Continue reading » -
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Bonavista
We left St. John's Aug. 8 to head up the northern coast of Newfoundland. We went through lots of coastal villages and enjoyed it all even though it wa... Continue reading » -
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Musgrave Harbour
We left Eastport under cold cloudy skies and headed for Musgrave Harbour. Mary and I picked some wonderful blueberries. We stopped at a little pl... Continue reading » -
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Twillingate
Twillingate is a lovely little village at the end of a peninsula. We picked more blueberries, I even made blueberry muffins, we went to a dinner... Continue reading » -
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Gander
Gander was a disappointment but I wanted to go as my Dad was stationed there in the RCAF. It is quite small but it is the alternate spot for NAS... Continue reading » -
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Baie Verte & La Scie
We stayed in a campground called Kona Beach and we were right on the beach but it was so windy that we could hardly open the 5th wheel door. We took d... Continue reading » -
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Gros Morne National Park
We left Kona Beach and headed to Gros Morne National Park going through Deer Lake and then north to Gros Morne National Park. We stopped at the Info C... Continue reading » -
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Port au Choix
We stayed at the RV campsite at Rocky Harbour and drove up to Port au Choix and decided that we would not go any further north. We saw some neat littl... Continue reading » -
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Corner Brook
We are now heading back and are on our way home. In Corner Brook we visited a few cemeteries to see if I could find some of my mothers family (S... Continue reading » -
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Port aux Basques
Before we heading to Port aux Basques we took a drive up to Cox's Cove, a small little village at the cape north of Cornerbrook. We found out th... Continue reading » -
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North Sydney, Nova Scotia
We spent the night in the compound at the ferry depot and got up at 6 am as the ferry was to leave at 7:30 only to find out later that the ferry was g... Continue reading » -
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Peggy's Cove
Well it is back to Peggy's Cove and Halifax as Mary, Dave's sister had never been to either of these places. Lynda did not go as she had one of her ba... Continue reading » -
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Halifax for the second time
After Peggy's Cove Dave & Mary went into Halifax. They went to the Cidatel and down to the Harbour and then to the same restaurant that we we... Continue reading » -
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Truro for the second time also
We actually arrived here in Truro on August 21 and will stay until August 25 as we need some down time and this is a nice spot and was close to take M... Continue reading » -
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Hopewell Cape, New Brunswick
We arrived at the Ponderosa Pines RV campsite around 5 pm after leaving Truro NS around 11:30. It was a lovely drive along the Truro NS into New Bruns... Continue reading » -
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Cape Enrage, NB
We left Hopewell Cape around 11:30 and it was a lovely day. It was quite a feat driving up to Cape Enrage as it was very steep and winding... Continue reading » -
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St. Andrew
Before we left New River Beach area today we drove back towards Saint John and drove into Mace Bay, Dipper Harbour and Chance Harbour. These see... Continue reading » -
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Ministers Island
Another rainy day (at least this morning) and we headed for a tour of Ministers Island. You can drive across "the bar" at low tide which will&nbs... Continue reading » -
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Fredericton & Woodstock
We hated to leave St. Andrews today as it was gorgeous. We drove to Oak Bay and then headed to Fredericton where Dave had to check out getting the tru... Continue reading » -
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Bangor, Maine, USA
We took our time leaving Canada and as always, we nervous going through the border.We crossed at Houlton, which is the first US town we went through a... Continue reading » -
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Bethel, Maine
After watching Charles Stanley on TV, we got on the road. We decided to take the #2 route, which is through a lot of lovely country. Stopped in a smal... Continue reading » -
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East Thetford, Vermont
This was a lovely trip, went through a lot of hills and the trees were huge. Maine, New Hamshire & Vermont are known for their Maple Syrup. E... Continue reading » -
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Bernardston, Massachusetts
Our first stop of the day was in Windsor at the Simon Pearce Glass facility where we watched glassblowers & potters create original designs in gla... Continue reading » -
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South Deerfield
This is the furtherest south that we will go. Tomorrow we will head west. We spent most of the day in a lovely spot. It is called the YANKEE CAND... Continue reading » -
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Binghamton, New York
Today was the first time that we had a problem getting a spot. Had to try twice. We ended up in a nice spot though and it is amazing how at home we ar... Continue reading » -
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Mercer, PA
After spending a very wet night in a RV Park near Clearfield, we headed on the Interstate 80 towards the PA/Ohio border at stayed 2 days at a place ca... Continue reading » -
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Bowling Green, Ohio
We woke up to more cloudy weather and we also watched some of the programs on TV regarding the 5th anniversay of the 9/11 events. It is hard to believ... Continue reading » -
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Port Huron, Michigan
We woke up to a foggy day that later turned into very heavy rain. By noon we decided to try and get some miles in but decided with the weather being b... Continue reading » -
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Sarnia, Ontario
We headed over to Sarnia to visit a girlfriend that I have known for around 38 years. We hit a deteour as soon as we got over the bridge and it throug... Continue reading » -
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Emmett, Michigan
After spending a night in a different bed, we spent a relaxing day with Betty. We went down to the bridge (the one that crosses to the States) and saw... Continue reading » -
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Plymouth, Indiana
We left Emmett Michigan on a cloudy cool day and hoped to get to a spot in Indiana. We arrived at dusk and stayed for 3 days. This was the bigge... Continue reading » -
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Indianapolis, Indiana
We left Plymouth around 10 am and arrived at the Indy 500 Speedway around 1 pm. It was a lovely drive but I can't believe that we headed to a city tha... Continue reading » -
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Nappanee, Indiana
We decided to make a trip to Nappanee as this is where our 5th wheel was made at the Newmar factory. We took a tour with quite a few other couples and... Continue reading » -
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Ottawa, Illinois
We left Nappanne around noon. Again we pulled off the road and had a picnic lunch. Around 3:30 outside of North Hayden, Indiana, we had to pull over a... Continue reading » -
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Big Flats, Wisconsin
The last couple of days have been like driving in the prairies in Canada except it has been fields & fields of corn and soy beans and then late... Continue reading »
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Ashland, Wisconsin
Our drive today was lovely. Dave finally got to see a lot of the maples turning red. We managed to drive up to Lake Superior even with all the stoppin... Continue reading » -
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Superior/Duluth, Wisconsin
Superior is right next door to Duluth. By the time we got to Superior (right at Lake Superior) it was dark so we headed to a Wal Mart for the night. T... Continue reading » -
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Devils Lake, North Dakota
This stop was an experience. We ended up in a fairly new RV spot in a huge Native Indian Resort (Casino). We also got a great smorg for only $10.00 an... Continue reading » -
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Williston, ND
We left Devils Lake late after watching after watching a good message on TV. It was a bright windy day and stopped in Rugby for a good lunch as well a... Continue reading » -
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Havre, Montana
We were the last to leave Wal Mart. Last night Dave beat me again at Scrabble (he generally does). We left at 9:45 and after several stops (Glasgow, H... Continue reading » -
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Kalispell, Montana
After leaving Havre around 2:40 in the afternoon, we saw more prairie and then near dusk mountains appeared. We generally don't travel in the evening... Continue reading » -
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Spokane, Washington
We left Kalispell around 11 am (our usual time to get on the road). The day was one of the nicest in a long time. The roads were good and the weather... Continue reading » -
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Spokane, Washington Day 2
It was a lovely clear hot (86) day and we loved it. We went shopping at a big shopping centre in the morning and then after lunch we went downtown and... Continue reading » -
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Marysville, Washington
We left Spokane on a lovely clear hot day around 11 am. Today we went through so many different type of landscapes from prairie to dessert to mountain... Continue reading » -
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Blaine/Canadian Border
Well we got all our purchases together along with the receipts and headed on the road. We stopped in Burlington at a big RV store and had a ball looki... Continue reading » -
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Surrey, BC
We headed over to my youngest daughter Robin the next day to surprise her and her two children, Avery & Hailey and it was a success. They had no i... Continue reading » -
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Whistler, BC
We left Surrey for Whistler on Monday. We were anxious to see Carson, who was now home recuperating and to see if we could be of any help to Carson or... Continue reading »
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