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Days 10 & 11: Homeward Bound
Read more: Days 10 & 11: Homeward BoundThursday saw us drive into Southern Ontario and over towards the Lake Huron coast. We stopped in Mildmay at Pickled and Baked Foods to pick-up a couple of baked pies and tarts for dinner. We then drove on to Bayfield where we stopped for lunch at the Woodland Drive-In before ending our day in South…
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Day 09: Pancake Bay to Killbear Provincial Park
Read more: Day 09: Pancake Bay to Killbear Provincial ParkA slightly shorter but no more complex driving day today as we again simply followed the TCH most of the day. It started shortly after 8:00am with us leaving the Pancake Bay Provincial Park after not finding garbage cans for our waste. We simply drove 3km down the TCH and then used an MTO (Ministry…
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Day 08: Thunder Bay to Pancake Bay, ON
Read more: Day 08: Thunder Bay to Pancake Bay, ONWell, what can I say about today? We got up early, showered and left. On the road before 8:00am heading to Tim Horton’s in Nipigon. We did take a couple of early morning photos of the sky which I share below. Today’s route was a simple one, follow the TCH from Thunder Bay to Pancake…
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Day 07: Saint Claude,MB to Thunder Bay, ON
Read more: Day 07: Saint Claude,MB to Thunder Bay, ONA damp start to the day. After the rain las evening everything was pretty wet outside. The van had lots of poplar leaves on it from the trees at the back of our campsite. We were driving off of the site at about 8:10am, an early start as today we are planning on driving to…
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Day 06: Grasslands National Park to Saint Claude, MB
Read more: Day 06: Grasslands National Park to Saint Claude, MBWow, what a night! The stars were amazing out here and the air was so still and quiet. Barb did hear some coyotes early in the morning, but otherwise it was completely silent. A light fog hung in the valley when we awoke awaiting the sun to rise over the hills to burn it away.…
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Day 05: Writing on Stone Provincial Park to Grasslands National Park
Read more: Day 05: Writing on Stone Provincial Park to Grasslands National ParkWe both awoke early after a nice long sleep. Extremely quiet here but a little chilly overnight with the morning temperature being below 10°C. We made a quick exit from the campground and drove to one of the trailheads so that we could go for an early morning sunrise walk to look at some indigenous…
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Day 04: Radium Hot Springs to Writing on Stone Provincial Park
Read more: Day 04: Radium Hot Springs to Writing on Stone Provincial ParkYep, I know…. What happened to Day 03? Well, we spent it relaxing at Redstreak campground and walking a 2km hiking trail to the Radium Hot Springs where we relaxed in the 39°C water and swam in the ‘cool’ water pool. I finished another James Patterson novel and we cooked dinner on the Blackstone griddle.…
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Day 02: Cache Creek to Radium Hot Springs
Read more: Day 02: Cache Creek to Radium Hot SpringsUp and at ‘em! It’s just after 8:00am and we’re on Hwy 1 heading East. It’s September 10th, our 37th wedding anniversary, Happy Anniversary my love ❤️. Heading East along Hwy 1 the hills rolled along still covered in grasses. We pass some larger lakes and after about an hour we arrive in Kamloops, BC.…
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Day 01: Galiano to Cache Creek
Read more: Day 01: Galiano to Cache CreekThe ferry back to Tsawwassen left Galiano at 8:30am, that meant leaving Dad’s house by 7:15am in order to ensure that we had a good spot in line as we had no reservation. Turns out that we needn’t have worried as there was lots of room on the Salish Eagle that would return us to…
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It’s been a while…
Read more: It’s been a while…Yep, too long really but there you go. We are currently midway through a Fall ‘journey’ that has had some real highs and real lows so let’s catch you up. In mid-August I received the phone call that no son wants to get, my mother had been admitted into palliative care and I should make…
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BC tourists
Read more: BC touristsThe early morning hours of Monday, June 2nd found Barb driving Kyra and myself to the Ottawa airport for our flight to British Columbia. We have a quick 4 day trip planned to visit my parents and do something touristy. We were flying with Porter Airlines this time, taking advantage of their newly offered Ottawa…
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Day 05: Going home
Read more: Day 05: Going homeAnother beautiful start to the day; however, the early sunny skies would be short-lived as Mother Nature was set to bring rain for the duration of the long-weekend. We had unwittingly chosen to camp during the nicest four days we’ve had this year to-date. We packed up and left our campsite before 9:00am. A quick…
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Day 04: Looking for pastries
Read more: Day 04: Looking for pastriesThe day started with pancakes with real Maple syrup, eggs and bacon cooked on our outdoor griddle. Coffee accompanied the food in preparation for our second day of cycling on the P’tit train du Nord trail. We again started at the old Labelle train station but headed North this time towards Macaza and Rivière-Rouge. We…
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Day 03: Relaxing at camp
Read more: Day 03: Relaxing at campPhew, the cycling took more out of us yesterday than we had anticipated. We slept in and watched some YouTube videos to start our day. We then setup outside to enjoy the morning sunshine and relative cool air that was keeping the black flies at bay (for now). We each had a book that we…
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Day 02: Cycling to Mont Tremblant, & back
Read more: Day 02: Cycling to Mont Tremblant, & backAn early rise and light breakfast starts our first day of activities. Our plan today is to ride from Labelle to Mont Tremblant and back along the P’tit train du Nord. This is a 200km rail trail between St Jerome and Mont Laurier that is a very popular trail due to its ease of access…
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Day 01: To the Laurentian’s we go
Read more: Day 01: To the Laurentian’s we goSo, here we are, it’s May 2025 and we’re heading out on our first van adventure of the year. Our destination, Labelle, QC. Specifically, the Camping Chutes aux Iroquois campground where we will be staying for four nights. We headed through Ottawa, ON and into Gatineau, QC before heading East on Autoroute 50 towards Montebello…
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New URL for this blog
Read more: New URL for this blogThis blog is now accessible via https://www.ourviewfromtheroad.ca. Please update your bookmarks or favorites with this new address in order not to miss any of our upcoming posts. Although the original URL will still work for now, we are transitioning away from it and it will cease to function at some point in the future. Continued…
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Days 10 & 11: McLaren campground
Read more: Days 10 & 11: McLaren campgroundThis campground is amazing. It is quiet and the sites are so far apart that it feels as if we’re camping in park by ourselves. A must try if you have not. No pictures from these last two days, we just took it easy visiting with friends and doing a few odd jobs to the…
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Day 09: Return to Ontario
Read more: Day 09: Return to OntarioA cool morning awaited as we prepared to leave for the day and head back toward Ontario. It was cold walk to the showers which were passable at best as they were tiny and old. Lots of hot water but no room to disrobe or move about easily while washing. A quick breakfast and then…
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Day 08: Serene Tranquility
Read more: Day 08: Serene TranquilityI don’t think I’ve ever slept in a campground as quiet as this one. Granted it is very quiet here with the mountain being closed until Thursday and all seasonal campers somewhere else it would seem. We slept in again and enjoyed a late brunch cooked on our griddle outdoors. We both enjoyed some quiet…
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