October 2006. Misadventure #3 The longest night ever I remember slowly driving over a cattle grate across the road. It struck me as being an odd item - What is that for? Further in I found the administration building but it was closed for the season. Just an honour box, where you flip the lid... Continue Reading →
Lepreau Falls Provincial Park, New Brunswick
Misadventure #2: Past meets present I was 19 when I set out driving from Toronto to Nova Scotia. My dad had passed away the previous year, but my mom was still alive and I was going to spend a week with my sister and mother and see friends. My vehicle was a robin-egg-blue 1982 Dodge... Continue Reading →
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Gaspesie, Quebec, Canada
48.6667° N, 65.8333° W Gaspe driving map. google.com I have been wanting to go to the Gaspesie area as long as I can remember. I tried twice; once in early 90's. It was late in the fall, maybe even early December. I remember it was cold, snow was collecting on the road and my inner... Continue Reading →
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Causapscal, QC
Looking up at the sky, the clouds hang low, and I anticipate it will rain before long. The parking lot is empty and I walk around to the back garden of the historic Matamajaw Lodge. A short path leads off towards the river and of course I follow it. Here I find an inviting old-style... Continue Reading →
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Matane, QC
Coming out of the isolation of Parc-National-de-la-Gaspesie, my re-entry into an urban setting makes me tense. I have a death-grip on the steering wheel as I navigate roads that seem to pin-wheel in every direction. "Can't you people all go home?" I said aloud to myself, annoyed by the unpredictability of other drivers, and pedestrians... Continue Reading →
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Forillon National Park QC.#3
After the moose encounter (in Forillon-national-park-QC-2), the rest of the afternoon was uneventful. Some washing up, snacking, followed by some cursing, and flinging things about, looking for my camera charger. Where the heck did that go? When I finally found it, I was out of sorts and totally committed to staying another night. Having by-passed... Continue Reading →
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Dunhams Run Winery.
Dunhams Run Estate Winery, 35 Gorhams Bluff Rd, Kingston, NB E5N 1A8 When the first thing you see is oak barrels and rows of leafy grapevines, chances are your first impressions are good. Dunhams Run is described in the New Brunswick winery route brochure as a winery and meadery. I hadn't heard of mead since... Continue Reading →
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Bonaventure Island, QC
It is so bright out, I think I must have missed it. I jolt upright, pulling on my glasses and reaching for my phone. It is 4:02 am. "Yes!" I say aloud, throwing back the top of my sleeping bag and crawling out the back window of my truck cap. The campground is quiet as... Continue Reading →
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Perce, QC
My first glimpse of the iconic rock, is at a rest stop about five kilometers outside the town. I lean up against the guard rail and stretch and shift around flipping my camera from landscape to portrait, to get a decent photo without a piece of the information building, or too many trees blocking it.... Continue Reading →
