Continuing our 2010 trip to the maritimes. All photos will look much better if you click and enlarge them. June 28, 2010. Driving towards Port aux Basque to catch the ferry to Nova Scotia. 6,000km. Many rivers we've seen have the sames names as rivers that we are very familiar with in Ontario. Below is … Continue reading Blast from the Past: Port aux Basque, Isle aux Morts, and the ferry ride back
Category: Road trips
Blast from the Past: Northern Peninsula the Return
Continuing our 2010 trip to the maritimes. All photos will look much better if you click and enlarge them. June 24-27, 2010 5000km. Port aux Choix to Gros Morne. Southern Ontario is experiencing some strange weather involving tornadoes and earthquakes in the same day! It was good to hear that everyone was okay. Here, the … Continue reading Blast from the Past: Northern Peninsula the Return
Blast from the Past: Hiking in Hay Cove
Continuing our 2010 trip. All photos look much better if you click and enlarge them. An iceberg floated into the harbour and we walked up the hill for a better view. Is this strange house with a funny haircut abandoned, or is it another cold cellar? Does anyone know what it is? A short walk … Continue reading Blast from the Past: Hiking in Hay Cove
Blast from the Past: Port aux Chois, L’Anse aux Meadows, Icebergs, and moose
Continuing our 2010 trip to the maritimes. All photos will look much better if you click and enlarge them. June 20-22,v2010; 4200 km. Port aux Chois to L'Anse aux meadows. We wanted to stop at the visitors centre at Port aux Chois to look at the archaeological exhibits, but it was raining so we decided … Continue reading Blast from the Past: Port aux Chois, L’Anse aux Meadows, Icebergs, and moose
Blast from the Past: Onwards to Newfoundland!
June 18 -20, 2010; 3800 km, not including the ferry between Nova Scotia to Newfoundland. We stayed the night just outside of Truro, Nova Scotia and woke up to see this guy outside our hotel. We didn't realize it last night, but we stopped in the Millbrook First Nations Community. There's a Mi'kmaq museum next … Continue reading Blast from the Past: Onwards to Newfoundland!
Blast From The Past – Prince Edward Island
In case you missed it, these are our notes and photos from our trip to Newfoundland in June 2010. 1,800 km and 3 days on the road. Just got on the Confederation Bridge, a13 KM long bridge! Neat. We are making a 'small' detour that will take us through PEI. Drove in through the … Continue reading Blast From The Past – Prince Edward Island
The Long Drive Home – Part Two
Our last post left off at a rest stop just outside Minooka. We had a good night sleep, then morning came and we still didn't get our test results. The border was only five and a half hours away, but the results of the tests could potentially get to us only the next day. We … Continue reading The Long Drive Home – Part Two
The Long Drive Home – Part One
It was time to leave Denver and start the long drive home. We had mixed feelings about leaving the daughter-that-got-away behind, but we plan to be back. Denver certainly felt like a second home. Speaking of homes, below is a glimpse into a new and improved kitchen that Tony left behind. This is just a … Continue reading The Long Drive Home – Part One
Blossoms of Lights
We were lucky to be invited to the Blossoms of Lights event at the Denver Botanic Gardens. We can't wait to share with you some of the highlights of our tour! As always, you can click on any of the photos for a larger view. At the beginning of the tour we walked into a … Continue reading Blossoms of Lights
Paint Mines Interpretive Park
We have to start with a warning: there are a lot of photos in this post. Perhaps too many, but it was hard to choose and we wanted to share with you the beauty of Paint Mines Interpretive Park. Furthermore, many of these too many photos are of rocks and rock formations. If you are … Continue reading Paint Mines Interpretive Park