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Assuming it was Tours – St. Martins Sea Caves
We took the trip from Cape Breton to the US border in stages, most notably stopping in Saint John to rest and see the St. Martin Sea Caves. Part of the Bay of Fundy, these caves were formed from the same process that produced the Hopewe... -
Gaelic Bayou Country on the Radio – Cape Breton
Over the month that we traveled around Northeastern Canada, several people recommended Cape Breton. We hesitated as doing so would add a lot of time and miles, but in the end said why not and set a destination. After spending a weekend... -
Land Cradled in the Waves – Prince Edward Island
With Northeastern Canada surrounding us, there was no way that we could be so close to Prince Edward Island without visiting. Though we came after tourist season, meaning many things were closed, Halloween and Thanksgiving preparations ... -
Withsanding, the Test of Tide – Hopewell Rocks
There's really not a whole lot going on in Moncton itself. Moncton seems to exist because the surrounding area has very little in the way of box stores and some universal logic dictates that after a couple hundred kilometers people need... -
World’s Longest Tunnel Bridge – New Brunswick
With heavy hearts we left Quebec and drove North towards Nova Scotia and Price Edward Island. We had yet to see some truly impressive fall foliage (we had seen some nice sights here and there, but no sweeping landscapes of pretty colors... -
The One With the Accent – Québec
I want to live in Quebec. The above sentence pretty much sums up the entirety of my feelings for the city: this post is mainly the why. During this trip, Shiz and I have stayed open to cities that we might someday live in and while we'v... -
The City of Mary – Montreal
With a little more verve in our step than normal, we drove the more scenic route 50 East towards Montreal, Canada's second largest city. Our ride over consisted mainly of tactical French bakery planning and bets on how many we would eat... -
Beavertails and Giant Plants – Ottawa
We pulled into Ottawa with little knowledge of the place, except that we had to visit MosaiCanada - a giant botanical sculpture park in honor of the 150th anniversary of Canada's founding. Spending an afternoon seeing the government bui... -
When All Camping is Family Camping – Sharbot Lake
With the weekend ahead of us, we had 2 days to find a campsite between Kingston and Ottawa, our next stop. After some quick research and map-checking we figured that we would drive up tho the area around Sharbot Lake Provincial Park and... -
Lawrence of Ontario – Kingston
My knee was still hurting, but I could at least walk and not wince in pan every hour (thank you, icing and elevation), so Shiz packed up the van and drove us all out to Kingston. We wanted someplace in between Toronto and Ottawa where w... -
A Beaver, An Eagle, and A Bear Walk into a Bar – Toronto
Seeing Niagara instilled natural joy into our hearts, but we still had to find a place to sleep. As a massive tourist destination, all hotels in or around the city were out. It was the night before our AirBnb in Toronto and we didn't h... -
The Playground of Annie Edson Taylor – Niagara Falls
We finally received Knut back in driving condition and promptly made haste North. Three weeks of schedule had thrown a lot of our trip off, especially as we were planning on seeing fall colors in Maine or thereabouts and still needed to...
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