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…
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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…
We left our scenic camp spot alongside Bonne Bay to drive north, following highway 430 that skirts Newfoundland’s western coast. This scenic drive is known as the Viking Trail. The meandering black pavement split our scenic views. On the…
After 6 picturesque days on Prince Edward Island (post here), we began the journey back across the Confederation Bridge and down through Nova Scotia to the ferry in Sydney that would transport us and the RV to Newfoundland! The…
Are you sitting down? Because I have a dirty little secret. I never read “Anne of Green Gables”! Even worse, though I’d heard of the book, I had no idea how beloved this classic was until we mentioned to…
From Kouchibouguac National Park, we headed south towards the Confederation Bridge that would eventually take us to Prince Edward Island. On the way there we made 3 fun stops. SONGS Winegarden Estates Ltd. in Baie Verte, New Brunswick is…
From Quebec City (post here) we moved pretty quickly over to New Brunswick’s Kouchibouguac National Park. The drive there was really pretty and we made one overnight stop at Enclosure Park. The confluence of two major rivers at Enclosure…
From Montreal (post here) we followed the Saint Laurent River north to reach Quebec City. Quebec City is not quite as bike friendly as Montreal, but it is still bike friendly and is also very walkable given its size…
