We had been watching the weather while on Cape Breton, and knew we had a short window of opportunity to get over to the Bay of Fundy to enjoy at least one good weather day. And so, with sad hearts, we left Cape Breton and…
Tag: van travel
We took the ferry from PEI to Nova Scotia and drove on up to Cape Breton where we had a hotel booked for the night. We knew it was going to be a rainy day so decided to make the best of it on…
We left Quebec City on a cloudy, rainy morning and headed off to drive around the Gaspe Peninsula – about 1000 km from what we had heard. Our first night was spent in Rimouski, a town that I had heard of because they have a pretty good…
We rolled into Quebec City early enough, and quickly found out that it is truly a large city! Looking for a Tourist Information centre, we followed signs off the highway, only to get ourselves lost in the outskirts of the city. Feeling a little frustrated,…
We arrived in Trois Rivieres early enough in the day to get some things done. First thing up was my bike. I seemed to have developed a wobble in the front wheel and was anxious to get it looked at before biking again. So, as we crossed…
Programming note: This is the blog post that I have posted up on Cycleblaze. I am trying something new here, posting the same thing to both sites as we seem to be doing so many other things besides cycling on most days. Doing it this…
The Dakotas We left Grasslands and headed south, scooting through the northwest corner of Montana in order to get to North Dakota for the night. Our destination on this day was Theodore Roosevelt Park, which is a national park. As you may recall, I have lost…
We left Writing on Stone, thinking we would drive over to Grasslands to camp for a couple of days before heading into the States. Looks simple enough on the map – just a straight line over and only a few hundred kilometres away. We…
Other Great Parks in Alberta, You Say? Indeed! As we left Banff (in the sunshine!!!) we looked over at the lovely looking Legacy Trail, which winds along by the highway from Canmore to Banff, wishing that we had made our reservation in Canmore instead of Airdrie…
