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May 24, 2019
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Chattanooga
May 23, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Our first stop was Chattanooga to visit family and join the Rao's Landcruiser Rally. It was nice to spend time with my sister Pat and to be with her whole family Thursday night. We had lots of fun and laughs sightseeing with our RV friends (Rao's, Basile's, and Orchard's). We even got Dick to ride the Incline to the top of Lookout Mountain!Read more
TravelerLove the family photo.
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Traveler What a great family photo! Wish we were there!
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Rocky Top
May 24, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Today we traveled to Blountville, TN for an overnight stop at Rocky Top Campground. Easy drive and the campground is quiet and lovely.
TravelerSurprised at light pre- holiday traffic on I-81. Nice Campground and site.
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TravelerHope you made a good wish! I wish for safe travels and good health for you all on your journey. Miss you already!!!
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Monticello
May 26, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
We spent Memorial Day weekend at Waynesboro, VA 340 North Campground. BBQ and live country music! Today we toured Monticello in Charlottesville. Beautiful setting and so much history.
TravelerMonticello on Memorial Day weekend helps remind us of the legacy of our Founding Fathers and those who serve to keep us free.
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Lancaster/Hershey
May 28, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Nice morning in Amish country around Lancaster. After a filling Amish lunch, we went Hershey for the chocolate tour. We raced home to close up the coach and take Zoey with us to Petsmart to sit out a tornado warning for our area. We drove through golf ball hail and high winds to get there. All is well. We did see a couple of trees down on the way home. One was on top of a truck!Read more
TravelerGlad u survived. Bring us home some chocolate
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Corning Glass
May 30, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Yesterday we drove through more torrential rain and more tornado warnings but arrived safely but exhausted at the KOA Campground in Watkins Glen in the Finger Lakes in NY. Today more rain so we visited the Corning Glass Museum. Interesting exhibit of modern glass design.Read more
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Watkins Glen
May 31, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Finally a beautiful sunny day. Nice lunch outside by a fire pit on Seneca Lake at the Blue Point Grill. Good food and a surprise of chocolate covered cherries on a bed of whipped cream complimentary dessert! Afterward we hiked the Gorge Trail in Watkins Glen State Park which has 19 waterfalls along the trail. Spectacular! Afterward we drove the road along Seneca Lake for a wine tasting at Hazlitt 1852 Vineyard.Read more
TravelerCan’t believe it is cold!
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TravelerGlad you are finally getting a sunny day
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TravelerGlad you've left the bad weather behind. Hope you have sunny skies the rest of the trip.
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Lake George, NY
June 4, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
We arrived in Lake George Sunday evening after driving once again in pouring rain. On Monday we drove among the mansions in Saratoga Springs and saw the historic race track. Then we drove along the western shore to the Sagamore Resort and walked the beautiful grounds along the lake. Today we took a boat ride to the north part of the lake. The lake nestled among the Adirondack mountains is absolutely beautiful. We were surprised, however, at how cold and drizzly it has been here in June.Read more
TravelerWe have to agree with Thomas Jefferson 's statement that Lake George is the most beautiful lake in the country.
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Shelburne, VT
June 6, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Yesterday we drove to Colchester, VT to visit our friends Hugh and Diane Williams. We enjoyed catching up with each other while eating a delicious dinner that night at the Blue Paddle Bistro located on Lake Champlain Isle.
Today we met for breakfast at the Inn at Shelburne Farms. Afterwards we toured the farm and beautiful grounds and gardens. We spent the afternoon at the Shelburne Museum, an amazing collection of Americana art.
It was nice to see Hugh and Diane's new home and community.Read more
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TravelerMore rain Wednesday, but today was crystal clear
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TravelerVery wet Wednesday, but today was crystal clear. Great day to visit Hugh and Diane and the unique Shelburne Farm and fabulous Shelburne Museum.
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Stops in Maine
June 8, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Yesterday we drove from Colchester, VT to Wells Beach on the coast of Maine. It was nice to be on the coast again. We ate our first lobster dinner of this trip at the Fisherman's Catch in Wells Harbor. Yummy. Today we traveled north to Palmyra, ME just west of Bangor, our last stop before Canada.Read more
Traveler Heading North the most common road sign is Moose Crossing!
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TravelerHeading North the most common road sign is Moose Crossing! Still hoping to see one along the way.
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TravelerLobster looks yummy
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TravelerWonder if the Bangor airport still has a lobster pot/pool in the middle of the concourse - sure does look delish.
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Welcome to Canada!
June 9, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
We finally arrived in Canada -- St. Andrews by the Sea. The campground is beautiful and we are directly facing the ocean in our RV. It is a great place to walk the beach with Zoey at low tide. We have joined 24 other RV's to begin our Canadian Maritime Adventure.Read more
TravelerBeautiful day walking along Passamaquoddy Bay at low tide to the Pendleton Lighthouse. Zoey loves being free!
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TravelerIt is 88 in Fort Lauderdale today. No jackets needed 😁
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Kingsbrae Gardens St. Andrews
June 10, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Beautiful sunny day exploring St. Andrews. After walking the beach, we stopped by the historic Algonquin Hotel. The highlight of the day was Kingsbrae Gardens with its many themed garden areas and sculptures. Afterward we enjoyed a delicious dinner at the garden cafe with our group.Read more
Traveler How is Zoe? Looks cold
6/12/19Reply
TravelerThis place looks like fun. I want a baby goat
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Ministers Island
June 11, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
We drove across the bottom of the ocean floor at low tide to reach Ministers Island, the estate of Sir William Van Horne. It is only accessible at low tide and a strange feeling to know that the path will be covered by 20 feet of water when the tide comes in. The island houses his 50 room estate and the country's largest wooden barn. The weather turned blustery and chilly while we were there so we ate our picnic lunch in the car! Tonight we had heavy rain.Read more
TravelerThe Van Horne Cottage is very interesting. 50 rooms filled with his furnishings and own paintings which were well crafted. The barn was built by unemployed ship wrights so the structure is like an inverted sailing vessel.
6/11/19Reply
TravelerThat's amazing - New Brunswick?
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Traveler Wow!
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Fredericton New Brunswick
June 12, 2019 in Canada ⋅ 🌫 17 °C
Today we traveled north to Fredericton, the capital of New Brunswick. On one turn on the highway we suddenly faced a railroad underpass of 4 meters (13 ft.)! We came to screeching halt since we are a little taller. Some nice Canadian trucker stopped and told us that it actually was a little higher than posted and that we would fit underneath. Whew!
After arriving we went on a walking tour of the historic city center.Read more
TravelerWhat're those white things in the water behind Dick & the big anchor?
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TravelerThey are the remains of the railroad bridge which was washed away by a flood and ice flow 1935.
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TravelerLots of history as Fredericton was a British Garrison town in which every building burned multiple times until they rebuilt in brick and stone!
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Fredericton
June 13, 2019 in Canada ⋅ 🌫 23 °C
We enjoyed relaxing this morning in our campground , Hartt Island Resort on the St. John River. It is a lovely site and we were surprised to discover that it contains a large palm tree lined pool and water park! Even though the palms are fake, it made us feel like home.
We returned to town to visit Christ Church a beautiful cathedral built in 1845. Afterward we went across the river to eat lunch at Wolastoq Wharf , a seafood restaurant owned by native Americans. Delicious.Read more
TravelerPretty cathedral
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Caraquet
June 14, 2019 in Canada ⋅ 🌧 10 °C
Today was a long driving day in rain and fog. We arrived this afternoon in Caraquet, the capital of Acadia in north New Brunswick. We explored the quaint harbor. Everything here is in French so it feels quite foreign, but we always feel at home by the water.Read more
TravelerLove the boots
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Acadia
June 15, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
We spent the day at the Village Historique Acadien. It is a huge collection of historic homes and shops from earlier times. Each house and shop had a docent reenacting life as it was in the eighteenth century. They did a great job and gave us many samples of Acadian food to taste. Fun day and beautiful weather.Read more
TravelerHow has the food been in Canada? Do you get to eat a lot of crepes?
6/16/19Reply
TravelerGood. No crepes, but lots of seafood.
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Traveler My friend the bar keep made me cough,feigning illness so he could serve me his fine gin.The priest scolded Judy for being in a house of I'll repute!
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TravelerMy friend the bar keep made me cough feigning illness before he would serve me his fine gin. He said the priest would scold Judy for being in an establishment of ill repute!
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Happy Father's Day in Caraquet
June 16, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
A nice relaxing day in Caraquet. We ended the day with a lobster feast in the campground with our caravan group. Tomorrow we head to Prince Edward Island.
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Prince Edward Island
June 17, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
We drove south and crossed the Confederation Bridge to reach Prince Edward Island today. The drive across the island to our campground was spectacular with verdant rolling hills and lush farmlands. We saw many red sand potato fields that reminded us of Georgia and Alabama red clay. Tonight we visited Avonlea Village which consisted of antique buildings that are now shops and restaurants.Read more
TravelerArriving at Cavendish, PEI we left behind the swarms of mosquitoes which plagued us in Caraquet. Zoey has large fields to run in and is content to just lay in the lush grass
6/18/19Reply
TravelerGreen Gables?
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Anne of Green Gables
June 18, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
We started our day by visiting the house and barn of Anne of Green Gables fame. It is now part of a National Park with lovely walking trails as well. Afterward we drove to the wharf at North Rustico for lunch at the Blue Mussel Cafe-- yummy seafood chowder and fresh halibut. After lunch we drove along the north shore which has also been preserved as a National Park with its beautiful red rock formations. Offshore were thousands of lobster pots and working lobster boats.Read more
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North Shore/Ross Family Ceilidh
June 19, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Today we first drove to Brackley Beach where we saw various local artists' works. After a nice lunch in the studio cafe and gardens, we drove along another area of the north shore which is also part of the National Park system. We found wide sandy beaches with surprisingly warm water pools. Tonight we had quite a treat. We went to the Ross Family Ceilidh nearby and were amazed at their talent both in music and traditional step dancing. They put on quite a show!Read more
TravelerSome of the locals were brave enough to try the water at the beach. The Ceilidh was a special treat of traditional Scottish/Acadian music which is very much like our Bluegrass music. The roots all stem from Scotland and Ireland. Excellent!
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TravelerBeautiful scenery
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North Rustico Wharf
June 20, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
We spent our final day on Prince Edward Island back at the wharf in North Rustico. (We had to have another taste of the delicious seafood chowder at the Blue Mussel Cafe!) We loved seeing the lobstermen on the wharf bringing in their huge catch for the day. Tonight we had a group dinner at the Fisherman's Wharf--more lobster!Read more
TravelerToday we were joking about being on the Chowder Trail since we have tried it in virtually every town. Come to find out that PEI actually has one! So far Blue Mussel Cafe wins out.
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Traveler Aww
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Cabot Trail/Chiticamp
June 22, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Yesterday we drove seven hours in solid rain to get to Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia. We are staying in Baddeck on the Bras d' Or Lake.
Today we drove up the west side of the Cabot Trail to the fishing village of Chiticamp. It was still raining and cold and the wind was gale force at over forty knots. The waves on the coast were crashing on the rocks but the locals said this was a mild summer day!
After we returned to Baddeck, we visited the Alexander Graham Bell Museum. He had an estate in Baddeck where he did much research and some of his inventions.Read more
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Cabot Trail/Neil's Harbour
June 23, 2019 in Canada ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
Today was a nicer day with the sun breaking out of the clouds. We drove up the east side of the Cabot Trail loop to Neil's Harbour. The views along the Atlantic side of the island were spectacular.
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Stuck in the Mud
June 24, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
We got early today to drive to Halifax. As soon as we tried to leave our site, we discovered that we were mired in mud and unable to move. After two hours of dumping gravel and wedging boards under the wheels, we realized that we needed help. We had to call a local tow truck to get us out! We were again delayed for a half hour for the swing bridge opening at the Canso Causeway while leaving the island. We finally arrived in Halifax late in the day and were exhausted.
Hope tomorrow will be a better day!Read more
TravelerWe had lots of help from our traveling friends. Tom tried to pull us out with his Jeep, but was no match for 43,000 pounds. Paul and I poured gravel and used the Jack's to place boards under the wheels. Finally realizing we needed more, we called the tow and were out in 10 minutes!
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Traveler"You need the right tools for the job." ? Must have been frustrating.
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Peggy's Cove
June 25, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Beautiful sunny day!
We drove to Peggy's Cove just outside of Halifax-- a quaint and picturesque fishing village. The terrain is very different with huge granite boulders lining the coast. We ate our best lobster roll of the trip at Tom's Lobster Shack alongside the harbor. Afterward we drove to the Halifax harbor and walked along the boardwalk.Read more
TravelerVery nice day. You can see why Peggy's Cove is one of the most photographed spots in Canada.
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TravelerBeautiful view
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