Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.mytripjournal.com/ev/364793 June 30th Our drive from Woodstock felt as if we were driving through B.C. very scenic We arrived in foggy Saint John N.B.around lunch. We're staying at Rockwood Park and campground one of Canada's largest municipal campgrounds beautiful grounds once settled in and rested for an hour then off to find the information center, walked around town looking at the old buildings,walked though the Market S... Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.mytripjournal.com/ev/364577 I'm no longer traveling solo... I picked up a wayward Victorian at the Halifax airport yesterday: Paige! Picking up where I left off from last entry... I kept going along the south shore and made my way through Privateer territory in Liverpool. During the American and French revolutionary wars and the Napoleonic wars British Gov't licensed pirates (or when you're sanctioned, you get a euphemistic... Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.mytripjournal.com/ev/364792 Parting ways with Ed,Marion,Chuck and Echo was a difficult decision but one we had to make . We left Rimouski at 9am. our destination Woodstock New Brunswick in our travels we found another bridge we considered crossing but decided against it, wouldn't want to push our luck,the scenery was great so were the roads once we crossed into New Brunswick, we arrived around 4.30pm actually 5.30 there was ... Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.mytripjournal.com/ev/363875 We changed our mind…. Instead of going back to Maine we decided to stay the course of the original plans we had made and go to New Brunswick… I had received an e-bill from Verison and they hadn’t put my air card on suspension like we had requested so we were charged for a service that we can’t use in Canada… They do allow you to suspend service for up to three months a year and start up again when... Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.mytripjournal.com/ev/363578 I haven't had consistent internet access at the campsites I've been going to (guess they're just too far off the beaten path...), so where to start since Iroquois Falls? (Deep breath...) Ok. I stopped in a little provincial campsite outside of Arnprior the next day; nice spot on the Lac du Chats (yup, do the translation). It got a little cloudy then (first day in the whole trip) and was lightly r... Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.mytripjournal.com/ev/363315 (I only just put some new photos on most days going back to June 21st...so maybe you want to go back and look at them) Thursday June 26…9:45pm We pretty much repeated our morning activities from yesterday. Visited with Lindsey again, and then after lunch made the 30km drive towards Cavendish, and the KOA campground where we will spend the next 5-6 weeks doing their “workamping” program. This is wh... Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.mytripjournal.com/ev/362166 Monday June 23…10:45pm We needed to get some paperwork finished up for Alex’s new school. He’s going to Plattsburgh University in the fall, and it’s kind of tough getting everything done with us being on the road, and him being in Tennessee just now. Oh well, we do what we gotta do! So we drove into Montague (about 20km’s) and used the internet and the post office. We were waiting to hear from ano... Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.mytripjournal.com/ev/361670 Sunday June 22…10:15pm So we got onto the 9:30am ferry to PEI this morning. We were the only RV to get on, and there weren’t many other vehicles either. We read later that the ferry holds 155 cars on 2 levels. On our crossing, the upper level was totally empty, and there were maybe 25 other vehicles along with us on the lower deck. When we exited the ferry, the first thing we needed was a gas sta... Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.mytripjournal.com/ev/360345 Thursday June 19th…10:45pm Had a terrible nights sleep last night. We were parked beside the strip of road next to the harbour and in the middle of the night it became very windy and stormy. There was open water on both sides of the strip of land we were on so there was nothing to shelter the wind. Even Whiskey was tossing and turning and she seemed disturbed by the wind. The bad weather continue... Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.mytripjournal.com/ev/359267 Firday June 13th Not being superstitious we hit the road today, the same as any other day – well that’s not quite true. Usually we are on our way by 9AM or so but today it was much later. Maggie wanted to get rid of her long hair so she got a 10:15 appointment at the Saloon de Coiffure pour Mesdames in Perce. While she was off doing that Toffee and I went for a very strenuous hike up a local mtn –... Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.mytripjournal.com/ev/356559 After more than twenty hours aboard a train (seemed like a good idea at the time!), all we wanted to do when we got to Halifax was to have a decent meal and a decent sleep. We checked into our room at the Halifax Backpackers, laid on the bed for a while to see what it felt like to be horizontal again and then went in search of some real food. Downtown was about 25 minutes walk from where we were s... Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.mytripjournal.com/ev/356564 Our next stop was Prince Edward Island, or PEI, which is about an hour and a bit ferry ride north of Nova Scotia. Although we did see some very pretty and scenic little places, the weather during our stay on PEI was a little less desirable. We experienced a few short fine and sunny interludes but most of the time it was grey, rainy and foggy; hence the lack of photos! As some of you may know, Pri... Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.mytripjournal.com/ev/356470 Tuesday June 10…10:45pm We drove on to Liscomb Mills this morning. There isn’t really anything there except for a resort lodge type of place. Quite a few of the “communities” along this eastern shore don’t really have very much there to call it a community. The place names are on the map, but you get there and sometimes there isn’t anything there! You see the road sign announcing the place, and th... Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.mytripjournal.com/ev/353335 Monday June 2…11:00pm No problems last night. Got on the road fairly early, and made it to Lindsey’s place about 11:00am. She had said she might not be home yet, so we got ourselves settled in her driveway. Justin had the landlord drop off a load of gravel so he had levelled out some potholes…it was nice and smooth now. In fact, because the upstairs of the house is vacant, it’s a real nice spot to... Sun, 01 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.mytripjournal.com/ev/352568 Sunday June 1…10:30pm Got up early and went back to the spot where the low tide was and took a picture of it getting near high tide. See the pictures and compare. Drove in to the Hopewell Rocks. These are odd rock formations worn away by the water and when the tide is out you can walk around them and explore sea caves. We went in there about 9:30am, and they only opened at 9am, so there weren’t ma... Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.mytripjournal.com/ev/351002 Fun stuff! Packing tonight so I'll have most of it done. I decided to take a smaller duffle bag instead of that big bombastic monstrosity I bought at MEC. ##photo=duffle## I still have to pick up some items: AC adapter, Kaopectate, a few other things. It's quiet here tonight. Christine was nice enough to take Sydney for the couple of weeks I'll be gone, so there's no fuzzy creature getting underfo... Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.mytripjournal.com/ev/347186 <FONT=SIZE 3>We didn't make it all the way to Moncton on our second day of travel; we decided to stay at the Irving Big Stop just south of Fredericton. The coach power (with the use of the inverter) was sufficient to operate TV, coffee maker, other electrical appliances and of course we had propane heat for the cool evening. It lived up to expectations and was another test of the new system, passi... Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.mytripjournal.com/ev/339584 <B><I><FONT SIZE=6><FONT COLOR=TEAL>I'm so sorry PEI!</FONT></FONT></I></B> We obviously brought this weather along with us. All indications were that PEI was in the beginnings of spring. All the sights along the highway home were telling us that 'All is well'. But this is what we do to our friends and loved ones who we have missed so much. Bring them WINTER. God has said to Rita, Tom ........and ... Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.mytripjournal.com/ev/330112 We left Daquan with his Daddy today, which left us free to take a much longer car ride than we would normally. We set out relatively early, 9:30-ish, with Donia riding for the first time in the front passenger seat. She had the navigator position and managed to navigate us with pin point accuracy to our destination of PEI. We drove pretty much straight through to New Brunswick with only one brief ... Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.mytripjournal.com/ev/329007 We had a bit of a late start today, not hitting the road until about 1:30. Our route was basically to be the Lighthouse Trail to Peggy's Cove and then continue along it to Lunenburg as I had a desire to see this UNESCO World Heritage Site. Peggy's Cove was, as usual, lovely!! We clamboured over the rocks all around the lighthouse area. Daquan, holding hands with Donia and I, gamely trompled up and... http://www.mytripjournal.com/explore/Atlantic_Canada