This is our planned on road route to/from Newfoundland. I realize this will be a significant amount of backtracking, so we may cut west into New Hampshire and avoid the Maine coast, because fuck Maine. If we keep to this route, it works out to be around 3400 road miles…
Hi all, As most of you know, for the last couple of years we’ve been taking these epic road trips through Canada. So far we’ve driven something like 11,000 miles, but we’ve decided it’s just not enough. This year we are traveling to Newfoundland Canada. For the geographically challenged amongst you…
This time around, she needed a bit more TLC than expected. Apparently driving into the city every day takes its toll when you’re running 35″ tires. In the last 2 weeks all 4 corners have had new brake rotors, new wheel bearings, rebuilt brake calipers, new brake pads, and new…
We knew today was going to be a long one. We had to cover 575 miles before dinner time on the Friday of Memorial Day Weekend. Needless to say, we had a late dinner. Both Tracy and I had been deeply involved in our respective jobs for the last year,…
It was another long day of driving today, but at least we got to look at pretty stuff instead of just highway. As soon as we left the hotel this morning we saw a turkey at the side of the road, then a deer and then another turkey. Wildlife sightings…
Today was ferry day. We were both a little nervous, because honestly, neither of us likes boats at all. Fortunately, the day was very calm, and the ferry itself is ginormous: It was fun leaving, but the actual ferry ride was pretty boring. We took a walk out on deck…
After a lovely breakfast, we said goodbye to the lighthouse and set out towards Gros Morne National Park. We’re really excited about this part of the trip, we’re expecting it to be the highlight of the vacation. We had a moose sighting along the way, in the middle of a…
The weather this morning was not great – it was rainy and cold. But we’re here, right? So off we went. We started the day at the Visitor’s Center just down the road. As soon as we pulled into the parking lot, we found another Land Cruiser. It’s like my…
The weather was beautiful when we woke up this morning. Over breakfast we decided on a change of plans, and booked a reservation on the boat tour of Western Brook Pond. We had intended to go tomorrow, but we were a little afraid if something happened we’d miss our chance,…
Happily the weather today was great, blue skies and sunshine all around. We started the day by treating ourselves to breakfast in town, at the same place we had dinner last night. Yummy. We decided to hike Green Gardens, which is back on the southern side of the park. We…
Today ended up being another long day of driving, to end up basically at the end of the world. We left Norris Point where we’d been staying in Gros Morne, and set out north, with the Gulf of St. Lawrence on our right. We stopped in Cow Head (which is…
Icebergs and Vikings on the Northern Peninsula today. The weather was nasty today, a little rainy and a lot foggy. We decided to head over to Saint Anthony in the morning – that’s the biggest town out here – in the hopes the weather would clear up some in the…
We bid a fond farewell this morning to our innkeepers Wayne and Sheryl, and hit the road again. We had to backtrack our way down the Northern Peninsula, as there is only one road. We ran into a small family of caribou, who were totally unimpressed with us: Not long…
We left Deer Lake in more dismal weather, and continued east on the Trans Canada highway. Small side note here – we’ve now traveled something like 99% of the Trans-Canada, we’ve only missed the sections on Vancouver Island, between Montreal and Ottawa, and from here down to St. John. Not…
Today was all about dramatic scenery and icebergs. We started the morning with a boat tour to get up close to some icebergs. Fortunately, there are two in the bay so we didn’t have to venture too far into the North Atlantic. It was awesome! Remember, what they say about…
We said farewell to Twillingate this morning, and set off to backtrack our way across Newfoundland. We did see some beautiful scenery and a couple of last icebergs on our way: Then there was this: Just to put the icing on the cake, they’re right next to each other. I’d…
The ferry was quite a bit rougher going home than going to Newfoundland. Or maybe it just seemed that way because it was night and we were trying to sleep. Either way, we were both pretty relieved to disembark early this morning. No more boats for awhile, I think. The…
We left Saint John early this morning and headed home. We had originally intended to stop overnight in New Hampshire, but in the end decided we’d rather spend the night in our own bed. Fortunately it was bright sunshine and blue skies all the way. We stopped in Portland for…