Rob-n-Hild, Eastward Ho!
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The day came: We decided to go for another Canadian roadtrip. This time we went "Eastward Ho!" - starting in May and returning in July.
Got to do the remaining provinces. Time will tell if - one day - we can visit the three territories too.
Back home: At home again. After 63 days, we arrived back home in Ottawa on Thursday 6th July at 3:13 pm.
By 11 pm we had unpacked, eaten, done most of the laundry, and updated some of the web pages.
We had so much fun and could have kept going. What a grand couple of months!
Hope we haven't bored you too much -
this is really just for us to remember what we did because if we aren't careful
we forget what happened. Just as Hild's motto is "If you don't count, you don't count",
Rob goes by "If you didn't write it down, it didn't happen." OK, he is referring
to inspecting field trials, but it sort of works.....
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Hild's Favourite Experiences
- with Hopewell Rocks possibly the best:
- High Seas: Ferry battling drift ice
- Labrador: Snowshoeing
- Newfoundland: Puffins
- Cape Breton: Little Narrows Ferry
- Nova Scotia: Making time-lapse video of tidalbore in Truro
- New Brunswick: Making time-lapse video at Hopewell Rocks
- PEI: COWS Creamery
- Quebec: Forillon hike
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Rob's Favourite Experiences.
Some the same as Hild - and some different!
- High Seas: Yeah, waking up to drift ice is hard to beat
- Labrador: Growlers in Forteau Bay, especially the dog-shaped one
- Newfoundland: Terra Nova Oasis - waking up to all the stars
- Cape Breton: Hild nailed it - the Little Narrows Ferry
- Nova Scotia: The tidal bore was cool
- New Brunswick: Same as Hild - making the video was great
- PEI: The potato museum - come on, no contest
- Quebec: Quebec City - "I love it when a plan comes together"
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Here is a group photo:
- Carl and Dave the Minions to add some fun and colour to our photos
- Max to record where we have been (Mapping GPS)
- Pelle the Lobster to remind us of New Brunswick
- Mr. Potato Head to remind us of Prince Edward Island
- Laban the miniature garbage bin to remind us of Labrador
- Bonhomme Carnaval to remind us of Quebec
- Gulliver the seagull to remind us of Nova Scotia
- Tøfflus who films it all (Norwegian children's TV reference: "Stol på tøffe Tøfflus, snurr film")
- Tammy the Puffin to remind us of Newfoundland
- Snus to keep us connected to the internet (Wifi Hotspot)
- Yogi to keep everyone in line because he has been with us since 2001!
- Mary Jane the Toyota Corolla to carry us around everywhere
- Rob and Hild - making the most of life
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| May |
Shawinigan, Saguenay, Sept-Iles
05 | 06 | 07 | 08 |
Natashquan, Kegashka
09 | 10 | 11 |
Kegashka to Blanc Sablon
11 | 12 | 13 |
Blanc Sablon to Port Hope Simpson
13 | 14 | 15 |
Port Hope Simpson to Forteau, Red Bay
15 | 16 | 17 |
Forteau to L'anse aux Meadows, St. Anthony
18 | 19 | 20 |
L'anse aux Meadows to Gros Morne
20 | 21 | 22 |
Gros Morne to Twillingate
23 | 24 |
Twillingate to Terra Nova
24 | 25 | 26 |
Terra Nova, Harbour Grace, Brigus
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St. John's
27 | 28 | 29 |
St. John's to Gander, Puffins, Gander
30 | 31 |
| June |
Corner Brook, Channel-Port aux Basques
01 | 02 | 03 |
Ferry, Sydney, Cabot Trail, Louisbourg
04 | 05 | 06 |
Sydney, Truro, Tidal bore time-lapse
07 | 08 | 09 |
Truro to Hopewell Rocks, Tidal time-lapse
09 | 10 | 11 |
Moncton, Magnetic Hill
11 | 12 | 13 |
Shediac, Cavendish, Green Gables, Potato Museum, COWS
13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
PEI, Ferry to Nova Scotia, Dartmouth, Lunenburg, Peggy's Cove, Halifax
17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
Liverpool, Barrington, Wool museum, Yamouth
21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
Yarmouth to Saint John, Bluenose II in Pictou, Reversing Falls, St Martins
25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
Saint John to Grand Falls, Hartland, Plaster Rock
29 | 30 |
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| July |
Grand Falls to Forillon, Mont Saint-Joseph, Percé
01 | 02 | 03 |
Forillon, Gaspe Peninsula, Rimouski, Quebec City
04 | 05 |
Montreal, Cornwall, Morrisburg, Ottawa
05 | 06 |
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