Getting Ready for a New Adventure
It was late November, 2017 when we arrived home from our adventure in Greece, Norway and, briefly, Sweden. And, except for one weekend when we ventured across the border to Detroit, Michigan, we have been home ever since.
We discovered some interesting activities (concerts, plays, lectures, exhibits) to pass the time in winter in Waterloo. It was fun to receive emails and other messages from friends who were in warmer climes. We tried to keep our envy at bay as we enjoyed the comfort of our own home. There were a few days on the very cold days in February though when our furnace drew its final breath and we felt the house temperature begin to challenge the exterior temperature ... or so it felt.
We had our share of winter illnesses and have, more or less, recovered from them all. We both celebrated birthdays that caused us to become a year older. And, as is pretty typical, we both found paid employment that kept us out of mischief through the months of April, May and early June. But, that is all behind us now! And we are ready to break out of Waterloo.
But, the travel bug has remained within us and we are eager to get on the road again. We created a travel list and prioritized destinations for the next several years. You will hopefully be able to read about them as we move forward with our plans. First and foremost, though, is a road trip in Canada. It has been a long time since we have travelled in our own fair land and, although we have been to every province and territory, there is still a lot of Canada to see.
So, off we go in four more days. Have you ever noticed as we travel that Jim does most of the planning and I do most of the driving? Jim is excellent at finding great things to do and see and also finding interesting ways of getting there. This trip will be no different. We are heading to Newfoundland and Labrador with great excitement. We were last on that fair island in 1973! Time for a return trip, don't you think?
But this time, we are going to Labrador first!! Rather than driving to Nova Scotia and taking a traditional ferry, we are going to drive along the north shore of the St. Lawrence all the way to Baie Comeau. From Baie Comeau, we will head northwest ... yes northwest ... along a 600 kilometre gravel road which will take us to Labrador City. We have never been on this 'highway' as it is relatively new, mostly used by truck traffic for the communities and industries in northeast Quebec and Labrador. From there we will travel to Churchill Falls, Goose Bay and finally to Blanc Sablon, Quebec (we will have travelled south again along another trucking highway) where we will take a ferry across the Labrador Straits to St. Barbe, Newfoundland. St. Barbe is located north of Gros Morne National Park on the west coast of the Great Northern Peninsula. This is certainly an unorthodox route to take to Newfoundland. But it does meet our criterion of going somewhere we have never been before.
We are very excited about the day we leave. We are stopping for the night in Toronto, staying at the home of our son and daughter-in-law, Iain and Elaine. And they have given us tickets to see Come from Away!!! What a great way to launch our trip to an most amazing part of Canada!
Lots more to come if you care to travel with us. We would love to have you along.
We discovered some interesting activities (concerts, plays, lectures, exhibits) to pass the time in winter in Waterloo. It was fun to receive emails and other messages from friends who were in warmer climes. We tried to keep our envy at bay as we enjoyed the comfort of our own home. There were a few days on the very cold days in February though when our furnace drew its final breath and we felt the house temperature begin to challenge the exterior temperature ... or so it felt.
We had our share of winter illnesses and have, more or less, recovered from them all. We both celebrated birthdays that caused us to become a year older. And, as is pretty typical, we both found paid employment that kept us out of mischief through the months of April, May and early June. But, that is all behind us now! And we are ready to break out of Waterloo.
But, the travel bug has remained within us and we are eager to get on the road again. We created a travel list and prioritized destinations for the next several years. You will hopefully be able to read about them as we move forward with our plans. First and foremost, though, is a road trip in Canada. It has been a long time since we have travelled in our own fair land and, although we have been to every province and territory, there is still a lot of Canada to see.
So, off we go in four more days. Have you ever noticed as we travel that Jim does most of the planning and I do most of the driving? Jim is excellent at finding great things to do and see and also finding interesting ways of getting there. This trip will be no different. We are heading to Newfoundland and Labrador with great excitement. We were last on that fair island in 1973! Time for a return trip, don't you think?
But this time, we are going to Labrador first!! Rather than driving to Nova Scotia and taking a traditional ferry, we are going to drive along the north shore of the St. Lawrence all the way to Baie Comeau. From Baie Comeau, we will head northwest ... yes northwest ... along a 600 kilometre gravel road which will take us to Labrador City. We have never been on this 'highway' as it is relatively new, mostly used by truck traffic for the communities and industries in northeast Quebec and Labrador. From there we will travel to Churchill Falls, Goose Bay and finally to Blanc Sablon, Quebec (we will have travelled south again along another trucking highway) where we will take a ferry across the Labrador Straits to St. Barbe, Newfoundland. St. Barbe is located north of Gros Morne National Park on the west coast of the Great Northern Peninsula. This is certainly an unorthodox route to take to Newfoundland. But it does meet our criterion of going somewhere we have never been before.
We are very excited about the day we leave. We are stopping for the night in Toronto, staying at the home of our son and daughter-in-law, Iain and Elaine. And they have given us tickets to see Come from Away!!! What a great way to launch our trip to an most amazing part of Canada!
Lots more to come if you care to travel with us. We would love to have you along.
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