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A short trip away…
Read more: A short trip away…Late July and we’re off again, this time for a short two-night stay at Farran Campground on the St. Lawrence Seaway. The campgrounds along the St. Lawrence river are fairly close to home being less than an hours drive door to site. As this was a mid-week get away, we made reservations just a few…
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July 21, 2022 – Recap and Statistics
Read more: July 21, 2022 – Recap and StatisticsThree weeks, yes it’s been that long since we arrived home after our 42 day cross-continent tour. A few friends have asked for some specifics about the trip and so we provide the following for your consideration. The first question tends to be about where we stayed each night. Did we find suitable camping locations?…
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Day 42: June 30 – Deep River, ON to Home
Read more: Day 42: June 30 – Deep River, ON to HomeSlept in today as it will be a short drive home from Driftwood Provincial Park. Had time to cook eggs, bacon & hash-browns and enjoy them outside…. Yes, the weather has finally cooperated to allow us to do this. This being the day before Canada Day traffic between the park and Ottawa was much heavier…
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Day 41: June 29 – Timmins, ON to Deep River, ON
Read more: Day 41: June 29 – Timmins, ON to Deep River, ONToday we shall complete our Hwy-11 journey and join Hwy-17 at North Bay for the journey down the Ottawa Valley. We pass through Earlton and wave at ‘Earl’ the bison on the way past. We stop for lunch at a quiet rest area a little North of North Bay and find an amazingly tranquil lake.…
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Day 40: June 28 – Geraldton, ON to Timmins, ON
Read more: Day 40: June 28 – Geraldton, ON to Timmins, ONAlthough last nights weather forecast was only for light showers, we actually had an all out thunderstorm for about an hours or so around midnight followed by light rain the remainder of the night. By this morning the rain had ended. Yay. We traveled East for a few hours through the Northern Ontario wilderness and…
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Day 39: June 27 – Dryden, ON to Geraldton, ON
Read more: Day 39: June 27 – Dryden, ON to Geraldton, ONAaron Provincial Park was wonderful. Quiet and quite large sites. If you’re driving past it’s worth a stop for the night. We highly recommend. Slow start to the day it seems as we didn’t get rolling until about 10:00am. Today we are targeting Geraldton, ON along Hwy-11 from Thunder Bay. We’ve never driven along the…
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Day 38: June 26 – Portage la Prairie, MB to Dryden, ON
Read more: Day 38: June 26 – Portage la Prairie, MB to Dryden, ONAfter a great nights sleep at the Walmart, we headed to Tim Horton’s for breakfast. Disappointment awaited. Barb’s breakfast sandwich had eggshells in it and my Bagel BELT arrived without L or T. 😒 We made a quick stop at the White Horse monument just West of Winnipeg as we had stopped there on our…
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Day 37: June 25 – Lloydminster, AB to Portage la Prairie, MB
Read more: Day 37: June 25 – Lloydminster, AB to Portage la Prairie, MBEarly start to the day as we head East out of Lloydminster and immediately into Saskatchewan. The border actually splits the town into two and as we depart we both commented on our observation that most of the recent commercial development had occurred on the Alberta side of town leaving the Saskatchewan side feeling less…
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Day 36: June 24 – Jasper National Park, AB to Lloydminster, AB
Read more: Day 36: June 24 – Jasper National Park, AB to Lloydminster, ABThat was a cold night. We have recently slept easily through a few cooler nights without turning on the furnace and so thought last night would be the same. Nope, something about last night made the 5C feel colder than it was. Should have turned on the furnace or put on the heavier blankets. Today…
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Day 35: June 23 – Yoho National Park, BC to Jasper National Park, AB
Read more: Day 35: June 23 – Yoho National Park, BC to Jasper National Park, ABToday will not be what we expect. Although we slept really well and neither of us heard any trains overnight, the day would bring just a few surprises. We started off with our usual morning preparations and then because the driving would only consist of about 3 hours, we thought we’d hike the “Walk in…
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Day 34: June 22 – Tappen, BC to Yoho National Park, BC
Read more: Day 34: June 22 – Tappen, BC to Yoho National Park, BCAfter a restful night at the winery, we enjoyed a quiet breakfast and headed out. Destination today, Yoho National park. Our first stop was in Revelstoke where we enjoyed a Tim Horton’s bagel BELT and coffee before filling up with fuel. Starting to reacclimatize ourselves to CDN prices for fuel, Yikes! We visited the Revelstoke…
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Day 33: June 21 – Galiano Island, BC to Tappen, BC
Read more: Day 33: June 21 – Galiano Island, BC to Tappen, BCWe have booked travel on the 8:25am ferry to Tsawwassen as our drive is looking to be about 5 1/2 hours for the day. This meant an early rise so that we can load the bikes, enjoy a quick breakfast and say our goodbyes before leaving for the ferry terminal at 7:00am. After a week…
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Days 26 – 32: June 14 to 20 – Galiano Island, BC
Read more: Days 26 – 32: June 14 to 20 – Galiano Island, BCWe spent 7 days relaxing on Galiano Island while visiting Tony’s parents. Rather than detail each day we’ve included a few of our favorite photos from this week below. Activities included walking, cycling and reading. Enjoy, we most certainly did. The island is as peaceful and laid back as the photos portray. There are only…
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Day 25: June 13 – Tsawwassen, BC to Galiano Island, BC
Read more: Day 25: June 13 – Tsawwassen, BC to Galiano Island, BC7:00am and we’re awake. The ferry isn’t until 10:25am but we want to be in line early to ensure we don’t get bumped. BC Ferries in the Summer are almost always full and reservations, even mid-week are a must. We arrive at the terminal by before 8:30am and are at the front of a line…
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Day 24: June 12 – Abbotsford, BC to Tsawwassen, BC
Read more: Day 24: June 12 – Abbotsford, BC to Tsawwassen, BCWe slept until 9:00am, that was a treat and a testament to how quiet our location is. As a treat, we headed to Tim Horton’s for breakfast and a coffee where we made plans for the day. Today has been set aside for reprovisioning before we head to Galiano Island for a week of downtime…
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Day 23: June 11 – Lynden, WA to Abbotsford, BC
Read more: Day 23: June 11 – Lynden, WA to Abbotsford, BCKnowing we only have about 20km to drive for our stay tonight, we got to sleep-in and take our time getting ready today. The campground here is very picturesque; however, the neighbors didn’t seem to have volume control of their voices and so that spoiled the site a little. We spent last evening at in…
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Day 22: June 10 – Port Angeles, WA to Lynden, WA
Read more: Day 22: June 10 – Port Angeles, WA to Lynden, WAToday we awoke early as we were heading around Puget Sound to our last overnight stop in the USA, Lynden, WA which is just South of Abbotsford, BC our destination for the next day. These is a way from Port Angeles to Bellingham using ferries; however, we found that these were already fully booked and…
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Day 21: June 9 – Fort Stevens State Park, OR to Port Angeles, WA
Read more: Day 21: June 9 – Fort Stevens State Park, OR to Port Angeles, WAToday we packed up our campsite and headed toward the Northern shore of the state of Washington. We would drive around Olympic National forest in which is Mount Olympia; however, the weather would not give us a chance to see the mountain as it started raining shortly after we left the campground and rained all…
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Day 20: June 8 – Fort Stevens State Park, OR – Day 2
Read more: Day 20: June 8 – Fort Stevens State Park, OR – Day 2I managed to get up early this morning and go for an hour long walk. The first of the trip ☹️ The walk took me along the shore of a small lake near our campsite and then I headed toward the beach. It’s early so there was almost nobody about. I managed to get these…
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Day 19: June 7 – Fort Stevens State Park, OR – Day 1
Read more: Day 19: June 7 – Fort Stevens State Park, OR – Day 1Today was the first of two full days we are spending at Fort Stevens State Park, a little downtime from traveling and time to enjoy the West coast a little.
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