On the road

Left home on June 12th heading to The tip on the Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland. I'll try and post as we go. I have my laptop and internet stick with me and the idea was to post as we go, but we are already behind, so we'll see how it goes.

This trip is our 30th Anniversary road trip and we have very few plans - only mid-point destination and a vague return date...

Excuse typos - it is bumpy to type while the car is going and the font is a little small for these old eyes...


First and second day. driving through Ontario and Quebec as quickly as possible. Quebec is full of saints, the province smells like cigarettes, coffee is expensive and once you turn onto the 132 and start heading towards New Brunswick there are lots of beaver lodges.
Leaving Montreal through the tunnel was creepy: entering in daylight and emerging on the other side to darkness in a few seconds.



We stopped at a motel just outside of Quebec City.

Today heading towards the Bay of Fundy. Made a quick stop to look at the ocean-meet-St. Lawrence River, where we 'bonjoured' several cyclists.


















As I am typing this we are passing a place called Ha! Ha!.

New Brunswick is scenic and moose conscious at the same time. Most of the highway is fenced on both sides and has special one way moose gates such as the one in the picture below.



It looks like moose are a big problem judging by the size of the signs and the expense that the NB government went into to protect the moose and the drivers.



We were driving along the Trans Canada Highway somewhere in New-Brunswick when I realized I saw pony on the side of the road. Tony thought it was a statue, but I was pretty sure that it moved...we actually turned around to see if this horse was loose -we have some lead ropes with us just in case - it was a real horse grazing on the front lawn of this house on about a square metre of grass. I think it was tied. The second picture is a better perspective of the proximity to the road.



We spoil our animals...



Stopped briefly in Grand Falls for lunch and a peak at the falls.

The Falls were grand, but minus water and we escaped without eating lunch before the "Fire Fighters Parade" started.




Lupines everywhere. Love it.