Day 1: Head West Young Man

April 3, 2024Posted in2024 Cross-continent tour
We’re off again. This time the plan is to get to California and then head North into the Sierra Nevada mountains before turning West to the Pacific coast and continuing North into Canada. The final leg will bring us back across the continent through the Northern states before again returning…

Winter is coming…

November 23, 2023Posted inTravel
It's been a while since my last post in June. Since that time we enjoyed Summer at home while taking a couple of shorter trips with the van to local camping spots along the St. Lawrence River and Provincial Parks. We also headed to Southern Ontario on a roadtrip in…

Recap and Statistics

July 22, 2023Posted in2023 East Coast Tour
It’s been a month or so since we arrived home after our 18 day East Coast tour and it’s about time I shared some statistics from the trip. The first question tends to be about where we stayed each night. Did we find suitable camping locations? So, here are the…

A Long Day

June 21, 2023Posted in2023 East Coast Tour
It wasn’t supposed to be a long day but it turned out to be the longest of this trip. Here’s how it all came to be. The day started with us enjoying a slow start to the day. We had a light breakfast and then went to the beach expecting…

A Big Day

June 20, 2023Posted in2023 East Coast Tour
Today I celebrate the completion of 60 trips around the sun. I get to spend it near and on the ocean. This day will be epic. We complete our morning routines and prepare the campervan for a day of travel and head out shortly after 10:00am. Our first stop is…

Digby, NS

June 19, 2023Posted in2023 East Coast Tour
We’ve spent that past two days (3 nights) in Digby, NS at the Digby Campground. This is a wonderful place to camp as you can easily walk the trail into town in a matter of a few minutes. On our first full day (Sunday) we wandered into town to look…

Annapolis Royal and Digby

June 17, 2023Posted in2023 East Coast Tour
The brewery was a nice quiet place to spend the night and we awoke refreshed and ready for the day. Our first stop of the day would be Annapolis Royal, but before that, how’s this for a view? Views such as this are commonplace in the Annapolis valley, it’s hard…

Tidal Bore, Wine and Beer

June 16, 2023Posted in2023 East Coast Tour
Although predicted, the overnight rain did not materialize and we had a peaceful sleep. We slept in as our first stop of the day was to watch the tidal bore arrive in Truro, NS. It was scheduled for 11:58am. This gave us time for a shower and relaxing drive to…

Did we stay or did we go?

June 15, 2023Posted in2023 East Coast Tour
We awoke to rain and mosquitoes. The idea of hiding away inside our van for the day was not appealing, so we left Panmure Island Provincial Park even though we had paid for a second night. We figured the weather had to be better elsewhere. We started by driving from…

Panmure Island Provincial Park

June 14, 2023Posted in2023 East Coast Tour
Today we left Twin Shores and travelled East across the island. We started by stopping in Cavendish and Barb did a little souvenir shopping and bought a COWS ice cream cone. It was just 10:30am. We drove East across the center of the island and then out towards East point.…

Twin Shores Campground

June 13, 2023Posted in2023 East Coast Tour
We’ve spent the past two days relaxing at Twin Shores Campground on the North shore of PEI. This is a large campground with hundreds of campsites able to accommodate everything for tents to the largest RV rig. Trees or open sites, electrical, water and sewage available in differing combinations suiting…

Cedar Dunes Provincial Park

June 10, 2023Posted in2023 East Coast Tour
It’s still grey and overcast when we wake, the forecast is for better days ahead, will today be the day we find the sun? Or it finds us? The morning is the typical routine, awaken slowly and too early to be of much use for anything ahead of the morning…

Parlee Provincial Park

June 9, 2023Posted in2023 East Coast Tour
We spent Thursday relaxing and reading in the van whilst the rain showers continued. We did get out for a walk from the campground to the bottom of the ski hills (they don’t allow hiking up them for some reason) and I’ve include a few pictures below. Sugarloaf Provincial Park,…

Sugarloaf Provincial Park

June 7, 2023Posted in2023 East Coast Tour
Good morning. Power at the campground is still out but we have full coach batteries and so are fine. By 10am we have eaten breakfast and organized the van. It is a till raining but we have reservations in PEI for Saturday and so need to move along a little…

Forillon National Park

June 6, 2023Posted in2023 East Coast Tour
It’s OK gang, you didn’t miss anything, I just chose to combine two days into a single post. Grand Vallée, QC. The day starts with a beautiful morning, although not clear, the sky is bright and we awake to the view across the St. Lawrence river. Our drive to Forillon…

Into the Gaspé

June 4, 2023Posted in2023 East Coast Tour
A crisp 6C start to the day. The winds have dropped quite a lot but it’s still breezy coming off of the water. We packed up and prepared to leave, no shorts and tee shirts today. We were about to pull out of our sight when I looked across the…

Notre vue depuis la route

June 3, 2023Posted in2023 East Coast Tour
Bonjour! As you might be able to guess today we set-off on our East coast trip to the Maritimes & we are starting in ‘la belle province de Québec’. (Oh, the title of this post is ‘Our view from the road’ for those of our readers that do not read…

Nothing to declare

May 30, 2023Posted in2023 East Coast Tour
Awake at 6:30am following a nice night in the park. I head off to the shower hoping that I find hot water. I am mostly satisfied as the water is warm and pleasant enough to enjoy. Barb reports from her slightly later shower that the system was now up-to-speed and…

Lake Erie State Park

May 29, 2023Posted in2023 East Coast Tour
Well, the night was warm and the nearby I-65 was at times a bit noisy. Evidently there is also a railroad close to this Cracker Barrel which a few times overnight woke me. So, we are at 7:00am awake and getting ready for breakfast. The restaurant is open and based…