Friday, July 27, 2018
Week #1 - Maine, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Southwest portion of Newfoundland
Week #1 includes: Maine, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, The Ferry, and Southwest Newfoundland
We spent time with friends in Maine, and then decided to avoid weekend coastal Rt 1 traffic and went inland to reach the Canadian border.
We soon learned that Verizon "unlimited" plans don't work so well in Canada, or rather, their small 1/2 GB limits on unmetered throughput make the internet largely unusable. Hence the retreat to Flickr when WiFi can be found.
Weather limited our Bay of Fundy drive in New Brunswick. We had a couple of scenic stops in Nova Scotia, including a nice boondocking site in Louisbourg, and took in some local entertainment.
Then after a 6-hour ferry ride (we recommend also getting a berth for the shower, if nothing else), we reached our destination, and spent a few days exploring the Southwest portion.
We found a lovely and picturesque boondocking spot on Searston Beach. Visited Cape Ray, and walked a wonderful network of boardwalk trails along Grand Bay West. Then we backtracked to the lighthouse at Rose Blanche, and found an impromptu boondocking spot at the beautiful Barachois Falls waterfall trail.
Here is the link to our pictures for Week #1 (7/22-7/29): https://www.flickr.com/photos/crisp_travels/albums/72157669574006217
Enjoy!
Friday, July 20, 2018
Our 2018 Adventure
We decided to take a 2018 summer vacation in Thistle Dew Too. So we're going to head north to Newfoundland and Labrador.
We've driven a car in Newfoundland once before and really enjoyed it, so we thought it might be even more fun in an RV. We have no plan, except to follow our noses and see what interests us. We're giving ourselves up to 3 months to explore.
I had planned to post regularly as we did with last year's adventure, but we learned just before we crossed into Canada, that our Verizon cellular plan, even when increased to Global Unlimited, has very small daily unmetered allowances (1/2 GB) inside Canada. And we found that we typically use that up by mid-day.
So instead we are going to collect our best photos, and hopefully those that show you the places we visit, and post them weekly (if we can find adequate WiFi service somewhere) to my Flickr account. I'll keep this page updated with links to those weekly posts.
Until we figure out a better approach, that will be our plan. On the plus side, perhaps, you'll get less banter and more pictures ;-)
Check back weekly (or subscribe) and you'll find posts with very brief descriptions of where we have been, and a link to photos and videos from that week. I'm also going to include relevant signs and descriptive information to provide some explanation or cultural insights, in lieu of blogging. We'll see how it works.
Until next week!
We've driven a car in Newfoundland once before and really enjoyed it, so we thought it might be even more fun in an RV. We have no plan, except to follow our noses and see what interests us. We're giving ourselves up to 3 months to explore.
I had planned to post regularly as we did with last year's adventure, but we learned just before we crossed into Canada, that our Verizon cellular plan, even when increased to Global Unlimited, has very small daily unmetered allowances (1/2 GB) inside Canada. And we found that we typically use that up by mid-day.
So instead we are going to collect our best photos, and hopefully those that show you the places we visit, and post them weekly (if we can find adequate WiFi service somewhere) to my Flickr account. I'll keep this page updated with links to those weekly posts.
Until we figure out a better approach, that will be our plan. On the plus side, perhaps, you'll get less banter and more pictures ;-)
Check back weekly (or subscribe) and you'll find posts with very brief descriptions of where we have been, and a link to photos and videos from that week. I'm also going to include relevant signs and descriptive information to provide some explanation or cultural insights, in lieu of blogging. We'll see how it works.
Until next week!
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