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    Day 27

    July 6, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

    Got up to another sunny day (which we brought with us!) Had really good continental breakfast with motel owners including 99 y.o. mother!
    Decision made to re-enter Canada ASAP to avoid anymore US holiday lodging issues.
    Traveled west on hwy 2 to Duluth MN. Hwy 53 north to border. Smoke gradually got worse the further north we went. Decided to stay in USA one more night because of better hotel choices.    Read more

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    Day 26

    July 5, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

    Got up to a hot muggy day (by our standards) in Sudbury. Served blueberry bagels & gallons of coffee by Claire. Two women discussed life and distilled it down to the fact that it could be much easier if everyone just listened to them!Started out at 1:00 PM. Late even by our standards!
    Traveled west to Sault Ste Marie & crossed the bridgge into Michigan. Border guard was impressed with LFL's comprehensive list of potential items to declare, but decided to ask us instead!
    Started west on route 28 hoping to stop in Marquette, Mi for the night. Didn't realize every hotel/motel on south shore booked up solid for July 4th weekend! Kept heading west stopping at every blink town, but no vacancies until found a Ma & Pa motel in Ironwood Mi. They took pity on us and we got the last room at 1:00 AM!

    906 kms (a new record!)    Read more

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    Day 25

    July 4, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C

    Hot & muggy in Vaudreuil, 31 deg C already in AM. Left for Sudbury, On via hwy 40 & 17. Lots of road construction! Kind of embarrassing having a two lane highway with stoplights in the middle of nowhere as the Trans-Canada highway! Shows that if you don't live in the lower (golden) triangle, you don't count!
    Stopped at Claire's house with her, Paulette & Andre. BBQ'd burgers, beer and a swimming pool! Sweet!

    1. Sani sewer sucker truck on the highway to Sudbury. Tried photographing the printed message on the back of the tank (sun was against us) which says, "Caution. May contain political promises!"
    2. Claire's backyard pool,
    3. Backyard gazebo
    4. Marie International Bridge between the two Sault Ste. Marie's.
    5. Taking a breather between gossips!

    607 kms    Read more

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    Day 24

    July 3, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C

    Got up to a hot sunny day in Bidderford Maine. Had a seniors breakfast and wasted an entire hour finding Starbucks and a Walmart for supplies. Set out running against the July 4 traffic coming in for the US holiday!
    Came back up to Canada following the old nostalgia route 302 that the Heaney, Jones and Rose families followed for decades. Stopped at a metal museum in Bethlehem, New Hampshire. Museum was closed but the exhibits that were outside (photos below) were stunning! Made from pieces of mostly scrap cars, they were meticulously welded together, then laquered.
    Stopped in Eastman, QC and had supper in a biker bar. I had traditional Quebec meal: Smoked meat sandwich & greasy fries with a deep fried pickle! My dietician will having blood pressure issues of her own!
    Made it to Vaudreuil, QC for the night.
    582 kms.    Read more

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    Day 23

    July 2, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

    Got up in downtown Portland, Me this morning with sunshine and 27 deg C! Finally, summer has arrived. Everyone here says that there was no spring this year in the east. It went from snow & miserable to wet & miserable.
    Toured south down to Biddeford Pool. Had lunch at outdoor restaurant overlooking 'The Pool'. Met a couple from Massachusetts and struck up a coversation. Their son plays hockey, and has a premonition that he has some Canadian blood in him somewhere! He celebrated Canada Day yesterday (in Maine). We gave him a Toonie to take home.

    1. Panoramic photo of Biddeford Pool basin during receding tide.
    2. 'Air mail' bird house in front of cottage there.
    3. Cottage that we rented in Biddeford Pool +/- 20 years ago for our family vacation with Mom & Dad, Bronwyne & the boys.
    4. Back of restaurant in Biddeford Pool.
    5. Local boat running agaist ebb tide exiting 'The Pool'
    6. Theatre seats in local movie theatre where we watched latest Spiderman movie. Full meals and drinks delivered to your seats!

    92 kms.    Read more

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    Day 22

    July 1, 2019 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

    Got up to rainy cold morning in Quispamsis, NB. 14 deg C! Windy as hell! Spring hasn't started yet in the maritimes according to all the locals there!
    Traveled from St. John NB to Scarborough Me. Toured around Higgins Beach where we (I) used to vacation as kids. Mom went to Old Orchard beach when young.
    Stayed at the 'Press' hotel in downtown Portland. Used to be the local newspaper press building.
    516 kms.

    1. Small town custom body shop somewhere in a blinktown in northern Maine. Willys car dressed up.
    2. Blues Brothers caricatures on front of body shop.
    3. Typewriter cases decorating lobby of 'The Press' hotel downtown Portland, Me.
    4. Carpet with letters sewn into it in the hotel halls.
    5. Who da thunk that silver objet d'art is actually the toilet flush controls!    Read more

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    Day 21

    June 30, 2019 in Canada ⋅ 🌧 18 °C

    Hell night on the ferry! Somebody didn't sleep because of snoring, and the other because he kept getting woken up by somebody else yelling at him! Had shower and searched ferry kitchens for coffee...lots of coffee!
    Disembarked in Sidney NS in pouring rain. Had a few false starts getting out of Syney going south. Ears must have still been ringing from the night abuse!
    Rained hard and softly the whole day. Nothing to see with dense fog and low cloud deck. Started south & west on hwy #4.
    Stopped in Truro NS to visit old high school & college buddy & his wife. Pete & Ann Havard. Both looked great after 45 years!
    Continued on and stopped for night just outside St. John NB.
    641 kms.

    No pictures taken today because nothing visible worth taking!    Read more

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    Day 20

    June 29, 2019, North Atlantic Ocean ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C

    Got up this morning to the best breakfast on the trip so far at the B&B we stayed at. A nourishing bowl of Fruit Loops & 4 hr old coffee stewing in the urn....Perfect! Girl working the front desk is named 'Paxton'! Grandma struck up a conversation with the staff lady whose daughter was having a baby soon. Proudly told her about all her grandchildren, and the she fell in love with 'Fenix's' name. She said if it happens to be a girl, she was going to pass on the name Fenix. Might be worth a return trip in a couple of years to see if there's a namesake in Angel's Cove, NL! Lady staying across the hall from us was born in Grande Prairie. Travelling across the country she has spent a month and half in Newfoundland alone
    Another early start to the day...11:00 AM....Sigh!
    Drove back up the coast to Placentia. Would be perfect for a motorcycle except for the potholes that could swallow a semi!
    Walked the boardwalk in Placentia Bay and watched Grandma shop!
    Loaded aboard the ferry 'Atlantic Vision'. This time we weren't loaded into the bowels of the ship, but actually drove up & parked above the waterline!
    Success!! The wait list paid off for a stateroom cabin! Expensive, but worth it! I have a chance of living a longer life! As Brent put it, "A happy Grandma = A happy ferry!"
    40 kms

    1. Painted rock beside boardwalk in Placentia.
    2. Placentia Bay looking across the 'Gut'.
    3. Real 'Mater' tow truck side view in Placentia
    4. Front view.
    5. Construction of the concrete base on the Husky White Rose drilling platform just beside Argentia.
    6. The 'Newfie Bullet'. Sign painted on a handicap trike
    7. Roadside figurines on side of road between Placentia and St. Bride's    Read more

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    Day 19

    June 28, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

    Last full day on the `The Rock'! Had brunch with Derrick & Sharon Cove at their house in Maddox Bay. Cozy house he has retired to. Big project finishing the basement, but he has nothing but time now.
    Made a side trip to Cape Spear. The farthest eastern piece of land in north america. Weather was cold, rainy & foggy. Next stop going east is England!
    Traveled across the width of the Avalon Peninsula from St. John's to next ferry stop in Argentia. Weather turned warmer and sunny. No rooms available in Placentia or surroundings. Sounds like big projects from oil giants including Husky Oil going on. Continued down the3 bay to St. Brides and got the last room in a bed & breakfast inn (CapeWay Inn). Spotlessly clean & comfortable with laundry so my wife can provide her husband with clean clothes!
    244 kms

    1. Weather against us at Cape Spear national park. There's a lighthouse in the background if you look closely through the fog.
    2. View due east from the park
    3. View northeast from farthest landpoint
    4. Same as above
    5. Actual tow truck in Placentia Bay!
    6. Sitting around the campfire on the bay has new meaning!

    7. Derrick, Sharon & me on the deck of his house overlooking Maddox Bay.
    8. Iceburg floating past Maddox Bay in front of Derricks house. Wonder why it's cold wet & foggy!
    9. CapeWay Inn B&B in St. Bride's NL
    10. "Da Birds Eye" restaurant in St. Bride    Read more

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    Day 18

    June 27, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

    This is being recorded after one ceasar, two 22 oz ales & a 12 y.o. old scotch! Thank you for spell check! Traveled from Grand Falls-Windsor to St. John's. Stopped at the Air museum in Gander NL. Very interesting displays. Enjoyed the displays of the 9-11 landings of the civilian and military aircraft that had to land there. Found the displays of WW2 items especially poignant because of Dad's service there during the war.
    430 kms

    1. Actual V-12 Merlin engine that powered so many allied aircraft during WW2. Same engine in the Hawker Hurricane that Dad flew on his missions on coastal patrol.
    2. Description plaque (they forgot the DeHavlland Mosquito!)
    3. Actual DeHavilland Tiger Moth trainer. Same airplane that Dad learned to fly in.
    4. Piece of one of the twin towers donated to the museum by the Gander city of New York for thank you for their service.
    5. Plaque description of the tower piece.
    6. Picture of the 38 aircraft landed in Gander NL 9-11.
    7. 'Mo' the Moose in Goobies NL.
    8. I think he's a male!
    9. LFL needs more wine!    Read more

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    Day 17

    June 26, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    Got up late at Pointe aux Basque. Made tour around the town. Stopped at local railway museum. Saw brass astrolobes on display. Liked the look of the cast replica outside! Fueled up at Timmy Ho's & gas. Not bad at $1.26/L for high test. Drove from Pointe aux Basques to GrandFalls-Windsor. Looking for rugged natural architecture that is in all the brochures when viewing Newfoundland. Didn't see much! Good #1 highway with a few potholes. Saw one young moose probably just turned loose from mama. Found we're wait-listed for a cabin for our return ferry trip. Could be a long 16 hour night sitting in recliner seats with a hundred other tourists!
    496 kms. Stayed in Grand Falls-Windsor. Mediocre pizza, but good beer!

    1. Giant replica of astrolobe outside local museum
    2. Description plaque below replica
    3. Actual astrolobe brought up from a Portugese wreck in museum
    4. Hard hat diving suit
    5. More museum pieces in front of local artist's rendition of railway station of Pointe aux Basques
    6. Really good coffee bistro in Corner Brook NL. Roast &brew their own beans.
    7. Anglican church in Pointe aux Basque. Looks are deceiving. Huge building    Read more

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    Day 16

    June 25, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C

    Got up far too early this morning! Fueled at Timmy Ho's. Lined up in ferry parking lot for 2-1/2 hours. Loading was interesting driving down ramps into the bowls of the ship.
    Landed on the Rock at 7:00 PM local time. Lost another 1/2 hour of time with zone change. 3-1/2 hrs out of sync with home.
    Air was crystal clear. Could see rocky detail for miles (hence the nickname!) Snow on the hills on the horizon. To say it was brisk weather was understatement!
    14 whole kilometres today including searching for Timmy Ho's this morning in Nova Scotia, and driving from ferry terminal to hotel in Newfoundland!

    1. Families of Cormorants nesting on anchor bollards. Some of them don't plant the landing too well!
    2. Wife with favourite beverage.
    3. Helicopter landing pad on deck of ferry
    4. Transports on upper deck. They get unload before any passenger cars!
    5. Entering the lower deck of the ferry...then driving down!
    6. Leaving Sydney Harbour.
    7. Tourist defense against sea-sickness. Wife pressure testing them! Ocean was a mill pond all the way across!
    8. Very intense tourist watching progress out of harbour.    Read more

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    Day 15

    June 24, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

    Got up to partly sunny day. Fueled up with gourmet Macdonald's coffee & egg mcmuffin. Traveled route #105 to Cabot Trail. Weather turned cooler (9 deg C!) Started up west side of Cabot Trail. Not too much to see initially. Road resembles a bunch of Zs and Ws all strung together! Further up the coast it opens up to cliffs & ocean vistas. Beautiful & rugged.
    Had supper at family restaurant along the trail. Ordered panko coated haddock fish plate. Larry would be proud of me! Discovered even though good intentions, the beef in the atlantic provinces does not live up to Alberta standards.
    391 kms

    1. Lookout +/- halfway across Cabot Trail of rugged coastline & highway.
    2. Suspect high winds are common along route! Hence the trailer tiedowns.
    3. Some lawn decorations along the route.
    4. Mystery nets in tidal inlet.
    5. Beulach Ban Water falls with short person in foeground for scale.
    6. Plaque describing above water fall.
    7. Plaque dedicated to Canada's fallen along the route.
    8. Stop sign in one of the native reserves. No idea what language it is!
    9. Someone discovered how to take selfie's in front of waterfall.    Read more

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    Day 14

    June 23, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

    Slight hangover getting up this morning. Denice appeared completely unaffected even after a bottle & a half of white wine! Left Eastern Passage late (1:00 PM!). Only one coffee this morning. Somehow I functioned. Took highway 7 up east coast of Nova Scotia through piles of small blink towns. Would be a beautiful ride on a bike. Lots of twisting smooth roads.
    Made resolution tonight to stop more often for pictures!
    310 kms.

    Forgot today was #38 wedding anniversary. Good thing Larry reminded us!    Read more

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    Day 13

    June 22, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

    Raining intermittantly all day. 105 kms. Traveled from Truro, NS to Eastern Passage, just outside Dartmouth NS. Arrived at Denice Howell's duplex & stayed overnight. Barb Gibson joined us for evening. Much wine drank. Denice made beef stroganoff (excellent!) Entertained by her stories until 2:00 AM.

    1. Denice at home.
    2. The three Grande Prairie amigos.
    3. Picture of car carrier ship docked and unloading Mercedes and BMW cars from europe.
    4. Shipyard wrecker in Liscombe, NS.    Read more

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    Day 12

    June 21, 2019 in Canada ⋅ 🌧 14 °C

    Raining hard when started day. Went south down route #14 looking for vantage point to watch tidal bore in Bay of Fundy. Note to self: Check local tide tables for actual location! Or...ask locals where and when is best place to observe!
    Had lunch in local restaurant in Hopewell Cape.
    Returned to Moncton, then highway #2 to Truro NS. Hydroplaned the entire distance in hard torrential rain!

    Stopped to take pictures of roadside museum including some old pumpjacks that used to be active in the region.    Read more

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    Day 11

    June 20, 2019 in Canada ⋅ 🌧 18 °C

    Made it from Rivière du Loupe QC to Moncton NB. Rained most of the way. Low cloud ceiling spoiled any view of countryside. Good trip on excellent highway. Watched semi truck burn to ground on side of highway with fuel fire. Stayed in old motel, but clean. Had excellent meal in hotel restaurant. Chef served all across Canada in hotels both CN & CP. Vancouver Harbour front hotel to Queen Elizabeth in Montreal.

    Interesting urinals in mens restaurant wasroom! What it comes out of...it goes back in!    Read more

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    Day 10

    June 19, 2019 in Canada ⋅ 🌧 13 °C

    Traveled from Cornwall ON to Riviere du Loupe. 574 kms. Excellent divided highways all the way. Made great time. Missy's face still swollen from bug bites at lake cottage. Benedryl fixes everything!
    Supper at an Italian restaurant. Best meal of the trip!    Read more

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    Day 8

    June 17, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C

    Laundry finished. Left Sudbury heading south hoping for gas station. Not like Alberta where gas stations are located on the routes in & out of town!
    Back into Sudbury for fuel for vehicle & wife (Timmy Ho's). Finally out of Sudbury at 1:00 PM.
    Traveled +/- 135 kms to Pointe au Baril. Met up with Bruce Barclay on his homebuilt mahogany boat. Toured the islands before finally landing on his own island.
    BBQ steak supper with loads of wine & beer. Great company made for good sleep!    Read more

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    Day 4

    June 13, 2019 in Canada ⋅ 🌫 20 °C

    Traveled from Winnepeg, MB to Dryden, ON. 348 kms only, but 5 hrs on road. Good trip warm weather (24 deg C).
    Supper at Riverfront Lodge. Watched local beach volleyball games (no bikinis!) Excellent supper in lounge, pizza & spinach mandarin & chicken.Read more

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    Day 3

    June 12, 2019 in Canada ⋅ 🌫 16 °C

    Traveled from Ft. Saskatchewan to Winnepeg, MB. 805 kms.
    Supper at Earl's downtown. Watched St. Louis vs Boston 3rd period. Brad Marchant crying on bench!
    Stayed Holiday Inn downtown. Worst hotel experience ever! Over an hour to check in. Walk a mile to park car. Air conditioner not working, Two TV's not working. Shit show in lobby with hotel guests.Read more

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    June 10, 2019
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