The Cabot Trail is a scenic roadway around Nova Scotia’s Cape Breton Island that is touted as one of the most famous drives in Canada. Driving it without stopping and without traffic (both probably unheard of) would only take…
The Cabot Trail is a well-known scenic roadway around Nova Scotia’s Cape Breton Island. If you visit Nova Scotia, no doubt it’s on your list of things to do, but before you reach the official trail (if you drive…
Some people don’t like living history activities like Williamsburg, Renaissance faires, or Civil War reenactments, which I don’t altogether understand. What’s not to love about the theatrics of travelling back in time to meet knights, bar wenches, pilgrims, revolutionary…
The Bay of Islands is just 50 minutes outside of Corner Brook, Newfoundland. The dark blue mountains towered over the deep greenery that lined one side of the road. The bay was dotted with blue islands, beckoning to be…
A bushing that allows Doug to attach the front wheel to his bicycle was lost just before we entered Canada and we discovered the issue in Quebec City, which we planned to ride around. Rushing from bicycle shop to…
I’ve already mentioned that we were fast-tracking it back from St. John’s to Channel-Port aux Basques to catch the shortest ferry possible for the dog. After a couple of days in and around Bonavista (post here) we had one…
From St. John’s Newfoundland, we were forced to begin the trip back to Channel-Port aux Basques to catch the ferry to Nova Scotia as the ferry from St. John’s back to the mainland would have required that Bailey stay…
St. John’s is, by far, the largest city in Newfoundland with about 186,000 residents (which is about the same size as Santa Rosa CA, Billings plus Missoula MT, and Eugene OR). Newfoundland’s second largest city is Corner Brook, which…
From Gros Morne (post here) we travelled the Trans-Canada Highway for the next few days towards St. John’s, Newfoundland. Pilley’s Island and Surrounding Area Our first stop was Pilley’s Island for an overnight Harvest Host stay at Bumble Bee…
Taking the Western Brook Pond boat tour was a Newfoundland highlight. Calling it a pond is a bit of understatement. This is a large deep lake that was once a fjord open to the ocean like Bonne Bay. It…
