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Day 05: Going home
Another 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
The 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
Phew, 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
An 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
So, 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
This 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
This 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
A 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
I 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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Day 07: Westbound and down…
Today’s post title courtesy of Jerry Reed (Cledus Snow, Smokey & the Bandit, 1977). Another easy morning (& even foggier it turns out) as today we start our westward return journey towards home. The suns burns through the fog over land quite quickly, but the fog over the river persists until after we leave the…
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Day 06: Camping Paradis Marin
Today we slept in, at least until the foghorns awoke us from the ships passing in the river. It was foggy and we could barely see offshore at all. As we took it easy and lounged about the campsite all morning enjoying the peaceful nature of this campground. Shortly after noon we packed a picnic…
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Day 05: The search for whales continues
A slow morning today started with a shower and then coffee and quiche. A second coffee was had while wandering about the campground ahead of packing up. One last look at the view and we were away… to the dump station. No issues, all clean. Yay! Gate card returned and we were back on route…
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Day 04: Tadoussac dunes
We awake at Camping Tadoussac on a fairly small site (albeit level) just a few feet from the follow view across the Saguenay River looking out into the St. Lawrence River. There is no doubt that this view (from the fence line) cannot be beat. However, the campground was not really our ‘cup of tea’.…
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Day 03: Driving to the Côte-Nord
Our fear of being blocked-in due to street closures associated with the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec caused us to awake early and get ready to go. As it turns out we had nothing to fear and our route was not impeded. I had drawn the ‘short’(?) straw and was to lead us out of…
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Day 02: Walkabout Quebec
For the middle of the city, our camping location was quiet and we slept well. I took a walk around the marina to stretch my legs before everyone readied themselves for a day of walking. We followed a self-guided walking tour that we had downloaded and headed up into the old city learning about some…
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Day 01: Heading to Quebec City
Today we start a new trip into Quebec. It will be a short trip this time with us planning only 11 nights being planned. After completing the loading of our gear, we head out shortly after 9:00am heading toward Montreal. We are traveling with Mr & Mrs Milddogs.com for the first few days and so…
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IRVWPC2
After listening to the ‘thump’ ‘thump’ ‘thump’ of the water pump in our van for the past few years (a complaint that many RV owners have) I decided to do something about it. I purchased an IRVWPC (Intelligent RV Water Pump Controller). Today, I installed the device and am really very happy with the result.…
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Recap and Statistics (revised)
*** Revision: Turns out that I got the math wrong when converting USG to Litres which understated the amount of fuel purchased while in the U.S. I have attached a revised image below and left the original so that you can see the difference. *** It’s been a few weeks since arriving home after our…
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Day 45: Let’s get home, shall we?
This is it, our last day on the road as part of this adventure. There is a sense of sadness that it’s almost over yet we are looking forward to being home and enjoying Spring around our home. After a quiet night we awake fairly early and begin to prepare the van for the drive…
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