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20 years ago, I dropped my $21.50 and attended the SARS concert at Downsview Park, Toronto. Recent story of this concert in the Toronto Star. I was working close to here at the time, so I just walked over. Half-million… Continue Reading →
After Sydney, we started heading west, towards home. We spent a few days in PEI, which I’m starting to think is our most beautiful province. 2 nights stay just outside Charlottetown so we could spend most of the day in… Continue Reading →
The Whitney Pier neighbourhood of Sydney, where my father’s family lived, had a steel making facility since 1901. Coke ovens, used to distill coal down to coke, an essential ingredient for steel, have many toxic by-products, such as PCB’s. These… Continue Reading →
After the cow thoughts in Montmagny, QC, we headed east along the south shore of the St. Lawrence River into the area called Bas-Saint-Laurent, which is where Chantal’s from. A quick visit with her brother in LapocatiĂ©re, then to Riviere-du-Loup… Continue Reading →
We’re on the road again. This time to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. We stayed a few days in the Thousand Islands with friends Alain and Claire from Levis, Quebec, then headed east through Quebec and down to New Brunswick. This… Continue Reading →
Leaving Trois Pistoles area, we drove through Rimouski and Mont-Joli, then south-east across the GaspĂ© Peninsula to the Baie des Chaleurs, which connects directly to the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence. Arriving at Carleton-Sur-Mer in the very dull light of… Continue Reading →
After leaving our campsite at the Eglise Ste. Famille on Isle d’Orleans, we had to drive back to Quebec City to cross the St. Lawrence River and over to LĂ©vis. Then we drove on HWY 132 to Montmagny where we… Continue Reading →
Not exactly the movie “Nomadland”, but our version. We started off with a week in Sauble Beach at the provincial park. This time we had quality beach time on the Canadian Riviera. Then a few days to prepare for part… Continue Reading →
They plodded all the way from the state of Mississippi; hidden, terrified, constantly searching for a helping, sympathetic hand. Through swamps, cornfields and forests, they trudged, avoiding dirt roads and towns. They knew they were being hunted for bounty. Isabel… Continue Reading →
Last October, we bought a Roadtrek camper van. It was already winterized so we immediately put it into storage. Over the winter I made some modifications, including converting all the lighting over to LED, adding 12 volt outlets (cigarette lighter… Continue Reading →