Category: Journal
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A bit about Newfoundland
Read more: A bit about Newfoundland45 km, 3 hours St. Lunaire-Griquet to Triple Falls Campground and St. Anthony In the NE corner of Newfoundland, we discovered many interesting things. Perhaps not profound, but small things are interesting too. There are many bogs, the trees are short and therefore provide no shade on a long hot sunny day, and the fresh…
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Murray’s Mom
Read more: Murray’s Mom21 km, 2 hours As you can see by our distance and ride time, we certain didn’t go anywhere fast today. We started off slow in the morning, finishing up some photo updates while we had Internet. We wanted to leave such that we could head up to the Northern Delights restaurant for after noon,…
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The end of the road .. and some sad news
Read more: The end of the road .. and some sad newsWe were saddened to learn of the shootings at the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church on Sunday morning. It is hard for us to believe that anyone would object to a UU congregation and its “liberal” stands enough to go on a shooting rampage. Our hearts go out to the victims and the families and…
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20080727 Going North
Read more: 20080727 Going North80 km, 4 h 10 min ride time We got off to a very late start today, but made good use of the time. We got most of our photo backlog uploaded and tagged, and had a chance to chat more with Rosie and Colby, and get to know them a bit better. We got…
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20080726 On the rock
Read more: 20080726 On the rockThe day started rather wet, so we opted for a short ride. We started out making our way to the ferry terminal from the beach where we camped with Thomas and Isabel. This was our first “free camping” on the trip, and it worked out well, despite the rain. Our arrival at the ferry was…
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20080725 One last day in Quebec
Read more: 20080725 One last day in QuebecWe made it to Sablon-Blanc and we are camping on the beach in the fog with Isabel, Thomas, and Sebastian. Thomas and Isabel met Sebastian on the ferry. He is visiting his mother in St. Pierre et Michelon, but rather than go there directly he came to Canada via Calgary and took the bus to…
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20080724 A day of stops
Read more: 20080724 A day of stopsThe boat totally changed this morning. Becky awoke at 5:45am to an onrush of people. We docked at Natashquan at 5:30 am, and a large influx of people joined the boat. There are more than double the number of people now, and many of them do not have cabins. Last night, there were only a…
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20080723 Anticosti Island
Read more: 20080723 Anticosti IslandScott slept very well in the cabin last night. I slept OK. In the morning, I found it very difficult not knowing what the weather was like outside and whether or not I should be getting up. Eventually I gave up, got out of bed and walked upstairs. The sun was shining and the temperature…