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Prince Edward county: Wine and sand… Oh my!

By tony.barb.fisher September 14, 2022Travel

For our second trip to Prince Edward County this year, we teamed up with our friends Dean & Cathy to spend a week relaxing at Sandbanks River Country Campground. We chose to take the week immediately after the Labour Day weekend in the hopes that it would be quiet, we…

Mid-week excursion to Charleston Lake

By tony.barb.fisher August 26, 2022Travel

Our grand-daughter, Elena, is staying with us for the week and so we thought a quick two day camping get away would be a nice break. However, Mother Nature decided to make the start of our journey a little challenging by delivering a deluge of rain just before we were…

A short trip away…

By tony.barb.fisher August 4, 2022Travel

Late July and we’re off again, this time for a short two-night stay at Farran Campground on the St. Lawrence Seaway. The campgrounds along the St. Lawrence river are fairly close to home being less than an hours drive door to site. As this was a mid-week get away, we…

July 21, 2022 – Recap and Statistics

By tony.barb.fisher July 21, 20222022 Cross-continent tour

Three weeks, yes it’s been that long since we arrived home after our 42 day cross-continent tour. A few friends have asked for some specifics about the trip and so we provide the following for your consideration. The first question tends to be about where we stayed each night. Did…

Day 42: June 30 – Deep River, ON to Home

By tony.barb.fisher June 30, 20222022 Cross-continent tour

Good morning. Slept in today as it will be a short drive home from Driftwood Provincial Park. Had time to cook eggs, bacon & hash-browns and enjoy them outside…. Yes, the weather has finally cooperated to allow us to do this. Last breakfast on the road for this trip This…

Day 41: June 29 – Timmins, ON to Deep River, ON

By tony.barb.fisher June 29, 20222022 Cross-continent tour

Today we shall complete our Hwy-11 journey and join Hwy-17 at North Bay for the journey down the Ottawa Valley. We pass through Earlton and wave at ‘Earl’ the bison on the way past. We stop for lunch at a quiet rest area a little North of North Bay and…

Day 40: June 28 – Geraldton, ON to Timmins, ON

By tony.barb.fisher June 28, 20222022 Cross-continent tour

Although last nights weather forecast was only for light showers, we actually had an all out thunderstorm for about an hours or so around midnight followed by light rain the remainder of the night. By this morning the rain had ended. Yay. We traveled East for a few hours through…

Day 39: June 27 – Dryden, ON to Geraldton, ON

By tony.barb.fisher June 27, 20222022 Cross-continent tour

Aaron Provincial Park was wonderful. Quiet and quite large sites. If you’re driving past it’s worth a stop for the night. We highly recommend. Slow start to the day it seems as we didn’t get rolling until about 10:00am. Today we are targeting Geraldton, ON along Hwy-11 from Thunder Bay.…

Day 38: June 26 – Portage la Prairie, MB to Dryden, ON

By tony.barb.fisher June 26, 20222022 Cross-continent tour

After a great nights sleep at the Walmart, we headed to Tim Horton’s for breakfast. Disappointment awaited. Barb’s breakfast sandwich had eggshells in it and my Bagel BELT arrived without L or T. 😒 We made a quick stop at the White Horse monument just West of Winnipeg as we…

Day 5: May 24 – Exeter, ON

By tony.barb.fisher May 24, 20222022 Cross-continent tour

A sunny and cool start accompanied me on a 5km walk about the town of Exeter today. The Victoria Day weekend over, the town returns to its normal routines and the streets are quiet as I walk while enjoying the flowerbeds so carefully prepared in the recents days. Peaceful solitude…

Day 4: May 23 – Goderich to Exeter, ON

By tony.barb.fisher May 23, 20222022 Cross-continent tour

A cool morning greeted us today, so cool that the furnace was fired up in the campervan. My early morning walk was enjoyable as it was sunny, but the wind off of Lake Huron reminded us that it was till May and to not forget that the weather in these…

Day 3: May 22 – Goderich, ON

By tony.barb.fisher May 22, 20222022 Cross-continent tour

After enjoying a wonderful breakfast prepared by our hosts, Barb took a walk through the campground to the beach on Lake Huron. Looking West across Lake Huron Looking North along the beach After a relaxing day (it was a little chilly) burgers and salads were enjoyed for dinner. Thanks Al…

Day 2: May 21 – Woodstock to Goderich, ON

By tony.barb.fisher May 21, 20222022 Cross-continent tour

Today would be a short drive across the arable farmlands of Southern Ontario. After finally attaching the skid wheel to the trailer hitch of the campervan, we were ready to set off at about Noon. Mother nature had other ideas. Looking at the sky the thunder storm watch had turned…

Day 1: May 20th – On the road to Woodstock, ON

By tony.barb.fisher May 20, 20222022 Cross-continent tour

9:15am and we’re pulling out of our laneway on the first leg of the trip. Destination today is Woodstock, ON to visit my brother and family. After a quick stop in Kemptville to fill up with gas ($2.046/l) we’re off down Hwy 416. Time to go! The van is driving…

T-minus 1 day: Final Prep

By tony.barb.fisher May 19, 20222022 Cross-continent tour

It’s almost time to head out on our cross-continent road trip. A few final preparations to complete ahead of tomorrows departure, we’re in good shape… we think. We’ve been wanting to get a Class-B campervan for a few years and in 2020 we ordered from PleasureWay Industries of Saskatoon, Canada…

Prince Edward County: The shakedown trip

By tony.barb.fisher May 12, 2022Travel

Ok, so it’s time to check out actually camping in our campervan. We’ve had the van since last November but immediately put it away for the Winter. As such we have had several months to stock the van with all of the supplies and amenities we believe are needed. Time…