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 Hopewell Rocks, though the effect here was to create a …
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 camping, driving, and hiking on the most Northeastern tip of Nova Scotia, I …
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 were in full swing. Nowhere was this more evident than in the first place we stopped after crossing the …
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 a Lowes. Moncton does serve as an excellent stop over towards Prince Edward Island …
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) so we were hopeful that this drive would provide. As we drove through …
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’ve found several that we would be okay living …
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 (could eat?) before we got sick. We knew that Montreal would treat us …
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 buildings was a no-brainier, especially since we were going to try to catch a glimpse of the …
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 find a nice-looking campsite. Did we ever. We pulled into Sharbot Lake, …
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 we could relax and that would put us closer to …