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Cedar Dunes Provincial Park
Read more: Cedar Dunes Provincial ParkIt’s still grey and overcast when we wake, the forecast is for better days ahead, will today be the day we find the sun? Or it finds us? The morning is the typical routine, awaken slowly and too early to be of much use for anything ahead of the morning coffee. Coffee, banana and a…
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Parlee Provincial Park
Read more: Parlee Provincial ParkWe spent Thursday relaxing and reading in the van whilst the rain showers continued. We did get out for a walk from the campground to the bottom of the ski hills (they don’t allow hiking up them for some reason) and I’ve include a few pictures below. Friday we packed up and headed out of…
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Sugarloaf Provincial Park
Read more: Sugarloaf Provincial ParkGood morning. Power at the campground is still out but we have full coach batteries and so are fine. By 10am we have eaten breakfast and organized the van. It is a till raining but we have reservations in PEI for Saturday and so need to move along a little in order to keep the…
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Forillon National Park
Read more: Forillon National ParkIt’s OK gang, you didn’t miss anything, I just chose to combine two days into a single post. Grand Vallée, QC. The day starts with a beautiful morning, although not clear, the sky is bright and we awake to the view across the St. Lawrence river. Our drive to Forillon National Park is only about…
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Into the Gaspé
Read more: Into the GaspéA crisp 6C start to the day. The winds have dropped quite a lot but it’s still breezy coming off of the water. We packed up and prepared to leave, no shorts and tee shirts today. We were about to pull out of our sight when I looked across the road and spotted a colleague…
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Notre vue depuis la route
Read more: Notre vue depuis la routeBonjour! As you might be able to guess today we set-off on our East coast trip to the Maritimes & we are starting in ‘la belle province de Québec’. (Oh, the title of this post is ‘Our view from the road’ for those of our readers that do not read French.) Restless night, so am…
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Nothing to declare
Read more: Nothing to declareAwake at 6:30am following a nice night in the park. I head off to the shower hoping that I find hot water. I am mostly satisfied as the water is warm and pleasant enough to enjoy. Barb reports from her slightly later shower that the system was now up-to-speed and supplying plenty of very hot…
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Lake Erie State Park
Read more: Lake Erie State ParkWell, the night was warm and the nearby I-65 was at times a bit noisy. Evidently there is also a railroad close to this Cracker Barrel which a few times overnight woke me. So, we are at 7:00am awake and getting ready for breakfast. The restaurant is open and based on the number of cars…
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The 107th running of the Indy 500
Read more: The 107th running of the Indy 5006:00am and thousands of sleeping campers are awakened by one fool who thinks it’s cute to fire off an enormous thundering firework to announce the start of Race Day. Thanks buddy. So, we’re awake and enjoying a light breakfast when we realize that we are now being entertained by Christmas music. Yep, someone is blasting…
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Arriving in Indy
Read more: Arriving in IndyAfter enjoying a beverage and slice of pizza at our hosts last evening, we enjoyed a long and silent night. The views across the farmland this morning were serene. Windmills on the horizon quietly turning about their business whilst a few early farming types were up and running about getting a jump on the days…
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Heading West to go East?
Read more: Heading West to go East?Welcome to the first in a series of posts in which we will share with you a trip to the Canadian Maritime provinces. We’re traveling in our 2022 PleasureWay OnTour 2.2 camper-van again and plan on staying at a variety of campgrounds along the way. It’s late May 2023 and our plan is to complete…
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Recap and Statistics
Read more: Recap and StatisticsIt’s been a week or so since we arrived home after our 47 day US Southwest tour and I thought I’d share some specifics about the trip. The first question tends to be about where we stayed each night. Did we find suitable camping locations? So, here are the stats for that. As you can…
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Day 47: The road home
Read more: Day 47: The road homeDays 45 & 46 were spent visiting family & there was no specific post for those days. This is it, the last day of this trip. We are up early and it’s cool. We enjoy breakfast and say our goodbyes (for now) and hit the road. Our first stop is just a few blocks away…
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Day 44: It’s nice to be back, Eh!
Read more: Day 44: It’s nice to be back, Eh!So this is it, our last day of this trip in the USA and it starts with another beautiful morning. We enjoy a quick breakfast and pack up the van for the drive. We head out and immediately have a small issue, our phones (used for GPS mapping functions while on the road) are not…
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Day 43: Northward bound
Read more: Day 43: Northward boundA nice quiet night at the Walmart parking lot in Russellville, KY. We’re up early with the sun again and soon all set to get back on the road. A short drive to Bowling Green, KY where we stop at the Crumbl cookie store. We’ve been hearing good things about their cookies so thought we’d…
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Day 42: Russellville
Read more: Day 42: RussellvilleWe awake in Russellville. Tonight we sleep in Russellville. Huh? What gives? This morning we started in Russellville, AR. Tonight we are about 450miles further towards home and are staying in Russellville, KY. It wasn’t planned this way however. The day started fairly normally and after breakfast we rejoined I-40E towards Memphis, TN. Once past…
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Day 41: The start of our drive home
Read more: Day 41: The start of our drive homeSo here we are, the beginning of the end. Today we begin our drive towards Ontario & home. It will take a few days, but compared to the past few weeks our pace will seem meteoric as our goal is to cover distance and not dawdle about. The sunrise was beautiful as we watched through…
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Day 40: Caprock Canyon State Park 2
Read more: Day 40: Caprock Canyon State Park 2I’m up at 6:45am to turn on the propane and then the furnace. This means going outside at 6C in my shorts. Brrr. However, the warmth from the furnace feels nice and by 7:30am the inside of the van is a toasty 18C. Time to make some coffee. We move from the Wild Horse campground…
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Day 39: Caprock Canyon State Park 1
Read more: Day 39: Caprock Canyon State Park 1A warm night last night and neither of us had a good sleep initially. Then the temperature dropped and we both slept really well into the early morning. Uncharacteristically we didn’t wake until around 7:30am. I decided to go for a walk along the Wild Horse trail and explore the lower portion of the canyon.…
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Day 38: Palo Duro Canyon State Park
Read more: Day 38: Palo Duro Canyon State ParkThe winds died down overnight and it was calm by the time we woke. Today we will stop at the Palo Duro Canyon State Park. We had originally wanted to camp there but they had no sites and thus we will become day visitors instead. We’re leaving the winery at about 9:30am and the state…
Our View From The Road
Sharing where we've been and what we've seen