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- Giorno 104
- domenica 10 settembre 2023
- ☀️ 20 °C
- Altitudine: 450 m
CanadaPrince Albert53°11’46” N 105°45’44” W
Hometown Heroes
10 settembre 2023, Canada ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Yesterday we had breakfast in front of the home donated by John Diefenbaker to his hometown of Prince Albert. The pride of P.A. has a museum, road and bridge named after him. He was also my firstLeggi altro
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- Giorno 103
- sabato 9 settembre 2023 20:48
- 🌙 13 °C
- Altitudine: 562 m
- CanadaWaskesiu Lake53°56’1” N 106°3’52” W
Searching for a Prince
9 settembre 2023, Canada ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
No signs of royalty here in Prince Albert National Park. At least none we saw here at Waskesiu Lake as we cycled around today.
I subscribe to the travel principle that you never know what your day isLeggi altro
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- Giorno 102
- venerdì 8 settembre 2023 20:20
- 🌙 13 °C
- Altitudine: 562 m
- CanadaWaskesiu Lake53°56’1” N 106°3’52” W
Klinger
8 settembre 2023, Canada ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
I’m dating myself, but I was a big fan of the TV series M.A.S.H. One of the characters was a private who went to great lengths to be discharged on the basis of mental fitness — he cross dressed inLeggi altro
ViaggiatoreThe only thing missing was some guy in a sasquatch costume jumping out of a bush.
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- Giorno 101
- giovedì 7 settembre 2023
- ☁️ 17 °C
- Altitudine: 554 m
- CanadaMarean Lake52°29’31” N 103°32’38” W
Iconic Saskatchewan
7 settembre 2023, Canada ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
We had barely passed into Saskatchewan, when our attention turned away from the land of the living skies to just … the land. Vast fields of grain and large round hay bales littering the fields. ALeggi altro
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- Giorno 100
- mercoledì 6 settembre 2023
- ☁️ 21 °C
- Altitudine: 544 m
- CanadaSaline Lake51°49’13” N 103°14’30” W
Turning 100
6 settembre 2023, Canada ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Our society has a thing about celebrating the number 100.
From seniors achieving the century mark, to countries marking their 100 anniversary, to companies boasting 100 years of operation, we make aLeggi altro
ViaggiatoreHappy 100 Days!! Sounds like a good celebration with great food. Nice for the Sun to come out as well.
ViaggiatoreA nice meal with the spouse is always something to be treasured. Congratulations on 100 well spent days on the road.
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- Giorno 99
- martedì 5 settembre 2023 20:30
- 🌙 12 °C
- Altitudine: 633 m
- CanadaWasagaming50°39’34” N 99°57’24” W
Where it All Began
5 settembre 2023, Canada ⋅ 🌙 12 °C
There aren’t too many people whose birth certificate shows them being born in Erickson, Manitoba. I wake up each morning to a woman who claims this sleepy town as her birthplace. It’s locatedLeggi altro
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- Giorno 98
- lunedì 4 settembre 2023
- ☁️ 26 °C
- Altitudine: 378 m
- CanadaAdele Island49°44’22” N 95°9’10” W
Hello Manitoba
4 settembre 2023, Canada ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
We said good night to Ontario and good day to Manitoba, the crossing of the border heralded by a polar bear billboard. The smoke and haze have caught up to us. A grocery clerk in Dryden blamed it onLeggi altro
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- Giorno 97
- domenica 3 settembre 2023 18:53
- ☀️ 25 °C
- Altitudine: 391 m
- CanadaHoffstrom's Bay49°45’34” N 92°38’48” W
Time Travellers
3 settembre 2023, Canada ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Today we gained an hour, crossing into the central standard time zone. Losing time as we traveled to the eastern reaches of Canada we are now recouping those one hour increments (1/2 an hour inLeggi altro
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- Giorno 95
- venerdì 1 settembre 2023 19:30
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Altitudine: 186 m
- CanadaLittle Pic River48°47’31” N 86°37’45” W
Superiority Complex
1 settembre 2023, Canada ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Many businesses in this part of Ontario claim to be superior, including the adjective in their business name. If challenged they can coyly point to Lake Superior, arguing place name not quality. ILeggi altro
ViaggiatoreLake Superior means the upper lake. This may explain the use of superior in reference to location
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- Giorno 94
- giovedì 31 agosto 2023 06:27
- ⛅ 11 °C
- Altitudine: 196 m
- CanadaBlack Creek46°58’1” N 84°42’40” W
See You in September
31 agosto 2023, Canada ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
At Pancake Bay this morning we had a delicious breakfast of French toast topped with Quebec maple syrup and Ontario farm fresh nectarines. A scrumptious start to this last day of August.
Our hikeLeggi altro
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- Giorno 93
- mercoledì 30 agosto 2023
- ☁️ 15 °C
- Altitudine: 182 m
- CanadaInglis Falls44°32’47” N 80°56’14” W
Great
30 agosto 2023, Canada ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
We are truly returning home, highways, place names, and roadside trading posts now familiar and anticipated. Today included reprise trips to a propane filling station in Sault St Marie, and a gasLeggi altro
ViaggiatoreYes travel brings a stepping out of our daily routines , time to see it all a bit different.
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- Giorno 92
- martedì 29 agosto 2023
- ☁️ 18 °C
- Altitudine: 195 m
- CanadaBlack Creek46°58’1” N 84°42’41” W
A Day to Remember
29 agosto 2023, Canada ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Bike fences, gum trees, and a random war memorial … it was a hodgepodge of a day here on Manitoulin Island. We have returned to rural, the traffic bedlam of Toronto mercifully in the rear viewLeggi altro
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- Giorno 91
- lunedì 28 agosto 2023 14:01
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Altitudine: 173 m
- CanadaDunks Point45°15’50” N 81°38’9” W
Skinny Side of August
28 agosto 2023, Canada ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
These golden days of August find us on the Bruce Peninsula. Campers are enjoying the last days of summer as students prepare to go back to school, their parents back to work.
It has been a wee bitLeggi altro
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- Giorno 90
- domenica 27 agosto 2023
- 🌧 18 °C
- Altitudine: 42 m
- CanadaTrout River Small Pond49°26’49” N 58°7’18” W
I’ll Huff …
27 agosto 2023, Canada ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
… and I’ll puff, and I’ll blow your house down. Well the good residents of Owen Sound have nothing to fear. Their brick houses are the best we’ve seen in our travels. Historied buildings oneLeggi altro
ViaggiatoreLooks like there might have been some old Scottish bricklayers at work there.
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- Giorno 89
- sabato 26 agosto 2023
- ☁️ 21 °C
- Altitudine: 291 m
- CanadaJarratt44°35’48” N 79°34’22” W
Farmers’ Market
26 agosto 2023, Canada ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Whenever we can, we search out and attend farmers markets. We’ve had some success, but none like the fantastic Orillia farmers market today.
It was held outside, and there were 50 or so vendors,Leggi altro
ViaggiatoreThere is nothing better than fresh local fruits and vegetables! Enjoy!
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- Giorno 88
- venerdì 25 agosto 2023 16:52
- ☁️ 25 °C
- Altitudine: 178 m
- CanadaSpring Creek43°41’13” N 79°37’18” W
Bonus Time
25 agosto 2023, Canada ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Setting out from Lethbridge three months ago, we vowed to give Toronto and the dreaded Highway 401 a wide berth. Note to self. Resolutions are made to be broken.
When Julilla said she would beLeggi altro
ViaggiatoreIt’s good. Continuous wet weather is not the best for van living but we seemed to have turned a corner and dryer weather is in our future. All good.
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- Giorno 85
- martedì 22 agosto 2023 18:39
- ⛅ 24 °C
- Altitudine: 94 m
- CanadaCity View45°21’32” N 75°44’33” W
Rosie
22 agosto 2023, Canada ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Our bank of travel memories is often filled with a remembrance of a perfect sunset, the joy of a mountain summit hike, a seafood meal on an outdoor patio, chilled wine glass of rose at hand.
On thisLeggi altro
ViaggiatoreAlways surprising to me which pets pull us in with their charm, despite ourselves.
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- Giorno 84
- lunedì 21 agosto 2023 16:43
- ☁️ 20 °C
- Altitudine: 6 m
- CanadaAulds Cove45°39’16” N 61°26’49” W
Facing the Grave
21 agosto 2023, Canada ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Death seems a little closer in the Maritimes and Quebec. Driving through small towns, cemeteries are always near, sometimes bisected by the main road. Cemeteries out west often seem tucked away —Leggi altro
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- Giorno 82
- sabato 19 agosto 2023
- 🌧 19 °C
- Altitudine: 86 m
- CanadaPlage Gagnon46°39’51” N 71°22’38” W
Who Cut the Cheese?
19 agosto 2023, Canada ⋅ 🌧 19 °C
I will remember Newfoundland for its fish and brewis, Nova Scotia for its fiddles, New Brunswick for the mussels, and PEI for their small-hall ceilidhs, and Quebec for ….
In a word … cheese.Leggi altro
ViaggiatoreNow that's a lot of cheese ! What part of Quebec are you in now ?
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- Giorno 80
- giovedì 17 agosto 2023 12:42
- ⛅ 24 °C
- Altitudine: 311 m
- CanadaLac des Îles45°47’22” N 71°10’34” W
Happiest … when?
17 agosto 2023, Canada ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
When are you the happiest? Singing in the shower or perhaps drinking that first coffee of the morning before the day gets hectic?
For me, I’m happiest on the trail, whether it’s my boots trampingLeggi altro
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- Giorno 78
- martedì 15 agosto 2023 20:41
- Altitudine: 10 m
- CanadaRiviere du Sud46°59’36” N 70°32’58” W
Haha
15 agosto 2023, Canada
The joy of traveling is some of those laugh-out moments that arise unexpectedly.
Like this place name we saw on a Quebec highway today. Seriously, how could you not laugh!
ViaggiatoreAt first I thought this was a case for the language police, but it is old French for dead end.
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- Giorno 77
- lunedì 14 agosto 2023 18:26
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Altitudine: 156 m
- CanadaSaint-Jacques47°26’28” N 68°23’42” W
Reunion Tour
14 agosto 2023, Canada ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
As we make our way west, we are returning to some places which were new to us on the way out and are now like old friends on our return trip — familiar and friendly. Today it was Edmunston, NewLeggi altro
ViaggiatoreWell done Scott and Coleen, the time spent planning is certainly paying off. We both enjoy your writings.
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- Giorno 75
- sabato 12 agosto 2023 21:27
- ☁️ 17 °C
- Altitudine: 22 m
- CanadaBathurst47°37’41” N 65°41’13” W
Kid from Acadia
12 agosto 2023, Canada ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
For a good chunk of my youth, I lived in the Calgary community of Acadia. Never thought much about the origin of that name but Acadia’s place in Canadian history and culture is significant in theLeggi altro
ViaggiatoreI remember the expulsion of the Acadians being taught to my grade five class. It was recognized as an injustice. The teacher never said anything about where they went, so now I know that some ended up as far away as Louisiana.
ViaggiatoreLovin the travels. So the Acadian of the family will comment a bit more history. Approx.10-12,000 were seperated put on boats to be deported anywhere along the coast Louisiana , South Carolina. To the English there were all the same , French. But in French occupied Louisiana that was not the case and they weren't well received. Acadians came from the Breton part if what is now France. They would have been considered Bretons , not French. Thus families gradually re-grouped and returned to their land ( which they had settled some 100 years before ) starting on the French Shore in NS and moving North. But by the English had claimed the best land and and they started over.
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- Giorno 74
- venerdì 11 agosto 2023 21:13
- 🌧 16 °C
- Altitudine: 10 m
- CanadaEvangeline47°41’42” N 64°51’9” W
C’est la Vie
11 agosto 2023, Canada ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
Every now and then, a little rain must fall. And today it poured once more in New Brunswick. It forced us to seek out indoor pursuits — first a library and then a small harbour restaurant inLeggi altro
ViaggiatoreWell it seems sooner or later the rain dies come. And that' s when the indoor food and music is even better.
ViaggiatoreYou're certainly making the best of a rainy day. It sounded altogether lovely.
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- Giorno 72
- mercoledì 9 agosto 2023
- ☁️ 21 °C
- Altitudine: Livello del mare
- CanadaAbegweit Passage46°13’45” N 63°43’50” W
A Bridge Too Far
9 agosto 2023, Canada ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
We woke to a downpour of rain and rocking-the-van winds in Charlottetown, and news reports of cancelled ferries and restricted traffic across the Confederation Bridge. Did our van fall into theLeggi altro
ViaggiatoreIt’s a cool bridge to look at from a distance but rather disappointing once on it (IMHO) as you only saw concrete to either side. The views ‘sucked’! And we crossed on a beautiful day, too.
ViaggiatoreI can’t disagree. In our case the wind and rain made the trip memorable.
ViaggiatoreWow! That sounds pretty scary across the bridge. I would not have enjoyed it either. I’m surprised how fast it took to cross it. What speed were you driving and i imagine you had to be all the same speed. I’m glad you both made it safe.
ViaggiatoreWe were trucking along at the posted speed for the day —. 60 km/hr.
ViaggiatoreThe wonderful old Westfalias have a weakness in that they catch the wind and get hard to handle. Anyway, all's well that ends well. I'm sure you and Shakespeare would agree!
ViaggiatoreWelcome home!
ViaggiatoreWelcome home! I really enjoyed your daily pictures and scribes. Canada is incredible with much to offer.
ViaggiatoreThanks for sharing your road trip Scott. I have certainly enjoyed the ride and will miss your updates.