Jun 8, 1983 Neenah to Wakemup Bay, Vermilioin Lake, MN. Lots of tired driving, small but nice campsite, beautiful lake, voracious mosquitos, seaplane.
Jun 9 - Wakemup Bay, MN to Rusing River Prov. Park near Kenora. Got tires fixed in International Falls, MN. Beautiful day, blue sky, sun! Lake Of The Woods - rocky isles, pines, deep blue cold water. Saw 2 white swans (whistling?) 2 moose females, so ugly, they're beautiful. Rushing River PP, 192 sites wit only 10 filled, waterfalls, islands, hiking camping on cliff overlooking Dogtooth Lake. Hardly any bugs. Ran a fast 2 miles with such beautiful scenery. Heather, lab tech from Winnipeg, Rick got a tick.
Jun 10 -Rushing River PP, ON to Birds Hill PP, Manitoba, outside Winnipeg. Hiked Lower Falls Trail. Russing River to Blind Fold Lake, used for logs years ago. Bear, vulture and deer. 44 along West Hawk Lake. Beautful, lots of resorts, played at beach on Coddy Lake. Yellow and black butterflies, then the plains and hot. Stayed at Birds Hill outside Winnipeg. Field with trees, bushes and a lake from a filled in swamp. Went swimming, cold. Lots of "townies". Hot! Fresh walleye.
Jun 11 - Birds Hill PP, Manitoba to LaFleche, Sask. AM Walked around Winnipeg. Old market square, little booth chip vendors. Nobody awake until 10AM. Bought fresh pickerel, fruit, chips. Drove on Hwy 2, Redcoat Trail through plains, hot and windy. Afternoon thunderstorm, panoramic view. Wheat giving way to cattle. Prairie dogs, magpies. Little towns, two grain elevators. Gas expensive. Restaurant. Convoluted hills. Drove until 11:30PM in pouring rain on gravel road. Betsy very crabby. Stayed at LaFleche Hotel $12. Drank beer with Joe (owner) until closing.
Jun 12 - LaFleche Hotel, Sask. to Carseland - Wyndler PP, outside Calgary, AB. Joe Presler - Yugoslavia, Zabreb 1968. Sister-in-law in Limerick, Milw. Sit-down bar, foosball Felt like a guest in somone's house. T-lowered sheets with lace showers! We're clean kids. 8-bed hospital. Off again! Plains - cools and windy. On Bow River, prairie dogs macaroni and cheese - Bronson style. Fresh pickeral for lunch at Gull's Lake
Jun 13 - Carseland - Wyndham PP to Johnston Canyon Campground, Banff National Park, AB. Played in Calgary - Devonian Gardens, lunch in mall. Glenbow -Alberta Museum. Best Indian interpretation. F. Remington display, Cagary statues - Inuit Eskimo, Dancess, two businessmen. Donair for lunch, nimifel bars. Mountains! Too fantastic! Took 1A, horse country. Indian with black cowboy hat with feather, herding horses with German shepard running alongside. Banff had outbreak Geardia lamblio. Beaver fever. Fresh trout.
Jun 14 - Johnston Canyon CG to Castle Junction CG. Eggs for breakfast. Hike Johnston Canyon Trail. 11.6km Beautiful, upper and lower falls. Beautiful blue-green limestone cliffs. Spray room and rainbows, inkpots. Lunch by stream in alpine valley. Hole-in-Wall. Banff Springs Hotel. Bow Falls. Hoodoo's, swim in sulfur pool. Castle Junction CG. Two nurses from Edmontin Univ. Hospital. Very tired. Castle Junction - creek flowing through.
Jun 15 - Castle Junction CG to Wilcox Creek CG, Jasper NP. Pancakes for breakfast, Rick Bronson gormet chef. Elk, male and female. Male with huge rack, all fuzzy yet, right by bathroom. Lake Louise - beautiful cyan hiked along lake to turn off, then north. Through snow, beautiful vistas, Pikas and chipmunks. Mirror Lake and Lake Ages (ice, waterfall), teahouse. Crowfoot Glacier. Bow Lake. Peyto Lake, Mistaya Canyon, Wilcox Creek CG, Jasper NP. Mountains with pouring rain.
Jun 16 - Wilcox Creek CG to Jasper CG. Still raining and cold! Wore long underwear, wool sweater, jeans, hat and mittens on my feet! Columbia Icefields. Toe of glacier and glacial goop. Sunwaptha and Athalosia Falls. Meeting of waters - whirlpool and athebasc. Spent a great evening with Jo and Dave, English on honeymoon with circus tent. Dave and Rick drank beers. Jo and I finished on "awfully expensive for a bad plum, don't you think?" Red wine cheered up with apples and oranges. Good time!
Jun 17 - Jasper CG to Seeley Lake CG Hazelton, BC. Moose and silver fox. Beautiful scenery but rain and clouds almost all day. nice river drive. Mountains spreading out to wide valleys, small farms. Fraser Lake - nice lake but too early to camp. Drive to 9PM to make ferry.
Jun 18 - Seeley Lake CG to Matanuska. Lucked out! Got up and 5AM, drove to Price Rupert, a whirlwind tour of what looked like a nice city. Made the boat, off to Alaska, beautiful boat - big, clean, showers in bathroom, solarium, reclining lounge, cafeteria, observation deck, bar, cabins. Forest Service talks. Saw porpoises, 3 on port, 4 on starboard. Rick saw whale breaching. Slept on floor 11PM - 2:30AM, got up for Wrangell Narrows.
Jun 19 - Petersburg, Alaska. Rain! Slept in car at tent city. Breakfast at Irene's "We don't give a damn what they pay down South". $1.60 for small milk, $16 for prawn dinner. Wide variety of characters. Drove around Island. Golden eagle and three porcupines. Lots of eagles at wharf, just like seagulls. Fish and chips, bought salmon steak for dinner and crab to snack. Excellent! Everyone wears thes clay-colored boots that go up almost to the knee with jeans tucked in. Petersburg pumps. Boat Columbia to Juneau.
Jun 20 - Juneau. Auke Bay CG. Rain and mist all day. Clouds about 30-40 feet up, obscuring mountains. Slept until 11AM. Walking tour of Juneau. Tour boats and boat people. Salmon for lunch, halibut for dinner. Gold creek picnic. Legislative bodies. Bars - Billiken's in Douglas, Lucky Lady - moose man, Red Dog Saloon - sawdust. Open till 2AM weekdays, 5AM weekends.
Jun 21 - Juneau - No rain! Partly cloudy sky which in the southeast translates as sunny! Mendenhall Glacier - neat! Three mile hike - bright blue. Mt. Robert's walk. Downtown for shopping and pizza (good) at Patti's. Back to CG by 7PM - packed with picnicers and people fishing for salmon and biting black flies (they love Rick!). Fun to watch everybody fish for himphies (pink salmon). Will leave at 7AM (hopefully!) on Malaspina to Skagway. Fireworks and parties unleash all night solsice party.
Jun 22 - Juneau Auke Bay CG to Wolk Creek CG. On boat Malaspina from Juneau to Skagway. Took long, lovely shower right off. Beautiful day - blue sky, no clouds, hot. Lots of glaciers, blow spout of whale, seals. Haines and Hazel's Chuckwagon Hamburger $3.20, fries $1.25. Skagway - definately a 1-horse town! Dirt main street - Broadway. Two love boats. Doing a lot of renovating. Drove to Whitehorse. Hwy 2. Chilkoot Pass, Yukon River, lakes and rock. Road bad out of Skagway. Great in Canada - bituminous! Whitehorse, Yukon Terr. pop. 14,000 Yukon-White Pass RR. Daylight still 11:30PM
Jun 23 - Whitehorse YT to Condgon Creek CG. Another beautiful day! Didn't move to 11AM. Saw sternwheeler SS Klondike II - neat and definately worthwhile. Whitehorse, okay town. Log skyscraper, church, train depot. Beautiful scenery road, trees, mountains. Town are really just crossroads with bare essentials ie. Hanes Junction public building is a liquor store, library, bank, city offices, state offices. Horses with bells in road. Kluane NP - Wow! Camped righ on Kluane Lake - largest and highest and coldest in Yukon. Beach. Speghetti for dinner. Muskeg site for tent.
Jun 24 - Condgon Creek CG to Delta Junction, AK. Wide delta with braided glacial stream. Snowcapped mountains, beautiful. Forest fire. Rick and four helpers to put up tent, CG by airfield.
Jun 25 - Delta Junction to Fairbanks, AK. Hot 95 degrees F, farthest North and hotest. Navajo tacos. Alaskaland. Saw Mt. McKinley from campus. Univ. of AK, Fairbanks - nice campus. No ice anywhere in town. Stayed at pub from 8 till closing. 1AM, still light and hot! Pub - beer and M&M's. Skagway teacher band: PF and the fliers, good! Got a little dancing in. Camped at Santa Clause house, rather collapsed at Santa Clause house. Pulled in at 2AM, partially blitzed. Nice warm night.
Jun 26 - Fairbanks to Denali. Did laundry at Santa's Suds at North Pole, AK -Finally! $1.50 wash. Religiously did our laundry. Museum. Drove to Denali - beautiful drive. Camped at Teklanika River Tanana River follows road - bridges, mountains.
Jun 27 - Teklanika River, Denali NP. Caught free shuttle bus at 8:30AM. Saw lots of caribou, one grizzly, grizzly sow with 2 cubs. Caribou on snow to keep bugs off of nose. Grizzlies - powerful bears. Denali was clouded in, get a feeling of it's greatness. Polychrome pass. Continued on to Wonder Lake - only wonderful mosquitos there. Road was impressive. Rain at night - steady downpour - now I know why everyone else has moble homes. Ranger talk on wolves. Japanese neighbors.
Jun 28 - Teklanika River, Denali. Woke up to sunshine! Rain over. Caught bus at 7:50AM. Two girls from MSU. Japanese couple on honeymoon - talked with them alot. Denali - a little cloudy in middle but could see. It's so impressive, it's the only mountain you can look at, it just rises over all of them. Saw blonde grizzly mom with caribou, lots of Dall sheep, two marmots (look like golden badgers), two moose. CG all closed up. English blokes, finally pitched tent.
Jun 29 - Anchorage, AK. Looks like a town of about 80,000 until you drive the roads. Fourth St. derelicts. Walked all over town - Cook Inlet, Knik and Turnagin Arms, Sleeping Native. Saw "Trading Places" good music. Met Rick's friend Brian Hickey, met at hostel in Italy. La Mex, Chillicoot Charlies, etc. Many "grande's" and beers. Staying with Brian at his sisters Colleen and brother Kevin. Originally camped at "Tent City" Lions CG.
Jun 30 - Betsy hung over all morning. Peach margaritas (yuk!). Showers, yeah! Rode bikes all over town, three hours on bike paths, UAA. Sloppy Joes at Valley of Moon Park. Went to the 25 year statehood celebration on the Park Strip. 50 ton bonfire. Frisbee! Met Brian and Kevin at LeMex, Fly-by-Night club with Lulu Small.
Jul 1 - Up by 11AM. Saw "Return of Jedi" with a million kids. Drove downtown for fish and chips in London Bus. Museum running out of things to do. Out to Chugath State Park for picnic dinner. Spent early evening at UAA library reading paper.
Jul 2 - Slept all morning amidst phone and door bell. Bought supplies for hike. Drove up to Johnson Pass with Brian. Hiked in 9.5 miles to Bench Lake. Beautiful - lots of water, birches, snow. Top raman noodles, steaks, fruit, coliflower, lima. Plane lands on lake. Beautiful weather.
Jul 3 - Slept (Rick mostly) morning. Betsy talked to llama. Fishing, moose, porkupine. Hiked back out, last 1/2 hour took forever. Went to Seward for Forth of July fireworks. Yukon bar full of Ancoragites for Mt. Marathon Run - up 3000 feet in 1.5 miles and back. Drove way out past Seward on a "road" and camped in someone's front yard. Very windy. Rained alot.
Jul 4 - Rainy morning for marthoners. Drove to Homer, ate at Sourdough Sal's - good food. Crab and clams at Homer amidst fireworks. Walked on beach. Nite at Salty Dawg Saloon.
Jul 5 - Homer Spit, beautiful day. Bought clams and crab. Betsy fished at Anchor River, cra lunch with Betty. Showers in Ninilchia. Kenai was a nothin' town. Had "breakfast" at Sourdough Sal's. Beautiful reflections along Kenai River. To Portage Glacier CG.
Jul 6 - Portage Glacier. Brian was working so on to Valdez. Rainy. Matanuska Glacier, was huge 27 mile long 6 mile wide. Mexican lunch in Anchorage. Free movies in Valdez.
Jul 7 - Valdez - Museam, looking for fresh fish - none. Nice scenic drive out of Valdez to CG south of Tok. Worthington Glacier. Speghetti lunch in Valdez park strip.
Jul 8 - Drive to Dawson. All gravel road from Tetlin Junction. Slow. Stuck bulldozer as roadblock. Dawson City - free ferry across Yukon to town. Camped on Yukon with about 24 daylight. Dawson City - different but expensive. Everything is shipped via Vancouver through Whitehorse. $1.25 icecream cone. $1.59 loaf of bread. Whole city is historic site. Beer parlour - 11PM beer license. Indians and French Canadians and locals Sourdough Saloon, Klondike Kate's - too sanitary for Rick. Ferry back to CG - Chilkoot trail. Man from Tennoses
Jul 9 - Dawson City to Little Salmon Lake, YT. Saw SS Keno, Gold Room, Robt. Service's cabin, Jack London's cabin. Drove Klondike Hwy to Carmacks. Cambell Hwy to CG. Beautiful clear lake 25 miles long. Spent evening talking to Lloyd and Hermena, son Milan.
Jul 10 - Little Salmon Lake GC to Simpson Lake. Slept till 9:30 AM, beautiful AM - sunshine and wind. Babysat for Keno. Toured Faro. beautiful drive down Campell Hwy - ending 761 miles of gravel. Camped at Simpson Lake - nice spot, ferocious mosquitos!. Typical Yukon day.
Jul 11 - Slept to 9:30 again! Beautiful AM, sunshine. Drove to Watson Lake. Betsy mad over shower girl. Munising signpost in Watson Lake, Betsy autographed. Took showers! Now on the alcan and into northern Rocky Mountains. Camped at Wild Rose CG, Muncho Lake. Beautiful Carribean blue - Copper oxide leached into water. Mosquitoes up the wazoo but okay. Cutters and smoke.
Jul 12 - Muncho Lake to Ft. Liard, NWT. Beautiful AM, mountain reflected in water. Stone sheep all over road. Fort Nelson, ferry! Laird Hwy "unofficially" open. Took off to Ft. Nelson in a hurry in order to get gas at Ft. Liard. Only open 3:30 to 4:30PM. Unaware of time change! Pulled into Ft. Liard late. While Rick checked in at Beaver office, I found flat tire and started to change it. Three good looking guys rushed to help me. Off and on in five minutes! Got gas and went to CG. Bill and Keefer in CG - neat people! Sugarbush, VT ski instructor. Six months at Laburge, SA. Going canoeing in white water down S. Nahani River - Virginia Falls. Truckload of local girls from Ft. Liard and Nelson pulled into party. French people. Bet at 2AM.
Jul 13 - Ft. Liard. Up at 9:30! Went to Forestry Office to fix tire. Betsy sat in sun, talked to people, played with dog awhile. Rick fixed tire. Saw girls from last night. Bicycle patch seemed to work after sanding and lots of glue on tire. Long slow gravel road from Ft. Liard to Hay River - gravel hump in middle of road, sometimes bad since car sits so low to ground. Mosquitos and no-see-ums real bad. Rick sprayed the car door to get into car, killed 1000 mosquitos inside of the car. Nice CG in Hay River with showers at 10:30PM. Stopped at Carol Falls - campfire still smoking with chair.
Jul 14 - Hay River, NWT to Twin Lakes. Showers with Rod. Great Slave Lake - huge boats. Fishing villiage - poor people. Show machines, no fish. Old town - harbor, lots of freight, artic bound. New town - a few rich people, no fish, nice new area with purple school. Louise Falls, Alexandria Falls. Rained steady the rest of the day. Campled at Twin Lakes 8PM, wet and cold. Shared fire in shelter with Juan and ? Too rainy to fish so drank. Rain all night.
Jul 15 - Twin Lakes to Edmonton, SK. Lots of rain. Lunch in Peace River in the in the dog house, licorice, ice cream. Drove, drove, and drove. Met with Ingrid at Casablanca's. Overpriced stuffy place. Stayed in 2nd motel on trip. Ice, soap, Klennex, showers, T.P, French cartoons. Beds are better than sleeping bags for somethings.
Jul 16 - Edmonton to Meadow Lake Park. Betsy slept while Rick did laundry. Walked around Edmonton. Farmers market, museum, Safeway. Drove through intermittent rain, four rainbows, hail, sun. Picked up Joe (Cree) to go to weddings. Camped at Meadow Lake Park (Misothy Lake). Talked with Phil until 2AM while Betsy snored. Phil talked, talked, and talked. Windy night with Northern lights.
Jul 17 - Meadow Lake to border. Left before rain. Drove though heavy clouds to intermittent storms. Rodeo, boat race with hamburgers and 65 cent double cones. Fields of bright yellow canola. Drove through northern Sask. Nicer than the south! Hilly with trees. Last 30 miles of road was a bitch, maintained by no one, neither Sask. or Manitoba! Camped with mosquitos on the border.
Jul 18 - Sask/Man border to Pinegrove Half, Manitoba. Up at 6:15AM with rain to take tent down. On the road at 7AM. Little, little towns. Riding Mountain National Park. Lunch and swam at Moon Lake - great! Sunshine finally after three days! Drove through park to Wasagaming - like a little Banff, no like beautiful park, anomaly in Manitoba. Trees, lakes, hills in middle of prarie. Lake Agassie. Dauphin - Ukrainian. Portoga la Prarie (Pare) in Winnipeg. Dinner at LaBeribere Park south of Winnipeg. Nice park - ground squirrels. Betsy got to run. CG buggy as usual! TCH 1 on both sides but nice bathrooms and showers.
Jul 19 - Pinegrove Half, MB to Thunder Bay, ON. Up late, muggy. Shower time! Drive to Thunder Bay, very rocky and lakey. Fish in Kenora, Kakabekka Falls. Toxic dump CG in TB. Talked to Dr. of Physcology. Betsy and Rick tired of driving.!
Jul 20 - Thunder Bay, ON to NEYS. Goof-off day - excellent weather - hot for Lake Superior. Shower and run for Betsy. Shopping for the car. Salad (Burger King) for Betsy. Drive around town, lunch at "Lookout" park. Very scenic drive by Lake Superior. Great weather. Camp at nice provicial park on Lake Superior. Fog on beach. Early to bed.
Jul 21 - NEYS to Duparquet. Up at 6AM! Shower for Rick, run back in the rain. Third day for early morning rain. Goosed in Wawa, walked around town - cute little town on a big beautiful lake - Lake Wawa. No $1.99 breakfast. Ice cream in Timmins - looked around town. Drove and drove to Duparquet - municipal part - went to Mayor's Dance with Sylvana and Ivan. Drank beers and danced.
Jul 22 - Duparquet, PQ to Lac Chiqoubiche, PQ. Wide awake at 8AM - well, almost. Breakfast at Hotel. Gravel roads to Amos - pretty big town, huge church. Patate frites stands in every little town along road - Rick dying. Lac Parent. French radio. Finally stopped at Chaplais for french fries. Camped in Chibougamau Forest, nice. Store, ice house, shower, etc. Mosquitoes. Big lake, lots of fish. Dark by 9:30PM, what a switch.
Jul 23 - Bochart to Riveire du Loop, PQ. Up at 7AM for best shower of trip! Classic summer day! Quebec is beautiful province, so vaired, French style architecture. Drove through all little towns along Chamouchouawe River and Lac St. Jean - would have liked to stay longer. Windsurfer. Riviere Saguency. Baie des Ha! Ha! Sailoats! St. Simeon for ferry. Beautiful beach - cold water. Walked town, dinner at Litbrizon. Rick - cod, Betsy - cipate (pasty - hash). Ferry to Riviere du Loop, camped at city CG. Field by river.
Jul 24 - Riviere du Loop to Cap Chat, PQ. Drove through neat little farm towns on ridge overlooking the river. Side roads, lunch at Jardin Botannique in Rimouski. Fat ducks. Caose Croutes (Snack bar's). Lots of poisons and patate frites shopes. Rocher de Cap Chat. Camped at Au Bord de la Mer in Cap Chat, right on St. Lawrence beach with view of Cap Chat and church and lighthouse. Scallop newburg. Two couples from Florida, Clarence (Bacon) & Edna, Penny and Schlitz.
Jul 25 - Cap Chat, PQ to Forulon, Gaspe, PQ. Betsy up at 7AM for shower. Waited for two hours in St. Anne de Monts for bank to open. Two dejune - $2.25 each with $5 in our pocket. Neat little towns, come over hill and see a cave with town nestled among church. Lighthouse - neat! Guide with translator selling frais pain and wooden ships from road. Camped at Forillon National Park, Le Harve. So nice! Big beautiful bathroom with shower and kitchen. Nice and clean. Beach with crabs and lots of starfish. Really neat purple, reds and rusts. CG situated right on at Gaspe. A favorite. Met our Airstream friends from Florida.
Jul 26 - Forillon National Park to New Richmond. Showers in AM. nice sunny day, Gaspe sticking out like a sore thumb. Hiked Mont St. Alan trail in AM. Lunch at Gaspe Penin. Checked out beach at Peniuoville. Little tram takes you out on spit. Bought fresh crab at St. Marjouie. Perci roct - Betsy walked out. Reminded of Mackinaw Island. This side peninsula little too touristy, town spread along road. Rain in PM. Camped at Cascapedia River. Crab for dinner - another adventure in eating with vise grips and pliers! Frisbee. Rick got ripped off on beer bottles.
Jul 27 - Cascapedia River, New RIchmond to Richibueto, NB. Up and away early - 8AM. Traveled along Bat des Chaleuos. Fisherman out. Acadia. loved NB! Beautiful, sunny, energetic day. Shrimp sandwiches at Dalhousie. Beaches all over, swam at Grand Anse. Two frozen lobster at $3.25/lb, two fresh lobster at $4.85/lb. Ate all AM, lunch at Tracadies. New park, fresh lobster! Bought blueberries from kids on road. Real bargaining session or communication problem. Koughibougan National Park full, went down to Puigue Park at Richibueto. Ate all day.
Jul 28 - Richibueto, NB to Green Park, PEI. Up and out early. Ferry to PEI at 11:30AM. Lobster salad sandwiches at Sandy Cove, bought fresh baby clams from boy for $.50/lb. Drove to disapidated west end of Isle, camped at Green Park with frisbee golf, tenasious mosquitos and rasberries.
Jul 29 - Green Park, PEI to Wood Island PEI. Showers in morning, National Park with live lobster. Drove through prosperous middle and around all of the neglected east end. Stop and got ice cream and ran into Souris's "Daughter of ill repute" fighting. Brakes were okay i Moneque but sliced tire - Rick doesn't worry. Clams and lobster sandwich at Wood Is. in the rain.
Jul 30 - Wood Is. PEI to Mackintosh Brook, Breton Highlands Park. Wakeup alarm malfunction for ferry but made it when Betsy asked Rick "what time is it?". $1.99 breakfast in New Glasglow. Extended tour of environs. Supplies in Antagonish after bad navigation by Rick. Drove to New Breton Is, stopped for yogurt and tomatoes. Mackeral at UMF in Port Hood. Chowder and fish and chips. Stayed at rainy/windy Breton Highlands National Park. Picked up Marie in rain in Inverness. Tea at her sister's cottage.
Jul 31 - Briton Highlands National Park to Goshen, NS. Beautiful day, mountainous drive and hiking through National Park Beach (Ingonish) for lunch. Frisbee, cold water, big waves. Bought NB lobster at Wreck Cove. Drove to Goshen, talked with family with Dartmouth.
Aug 1 - Goshen, NS to Chester Basin, NS. Woke up with dogs. Toured Sherbrooke Village. Drove through numerous little towns until Dartmouth - Halifax. Dartmouth Natal Day with parades and ships. Bluenose II, breweries closed. St. Pauls church, town clock, citadel. Shopped at historical properties. Dinner at Camilles, super seafood in a bad location. Rain and fog in late PM. Stayed at Audrey's Guest House with Audrey Corkum $20. Three bedrooms and bath, along south shore.
Aug 2 - Chester Basin to Wilmot, NS. Foggy, foggy morning. Foggy day, coastal drive, donuts, Yarmouth tour. Lunch outside of town, swordfish, scallops purchased. Digby - cute fishing town - no scallops. Whites CG - seafood newburg dinner- scallops, swordfish and halibut. Betsy swam in Anapolis River. Rick drank Kieths.
Aug 3 - Wilmot, NS to Five Islands, NS. Corn $0.35/ear! Donuts at Tim Hortons, good. Changed tires to put sliced one on back. Flat tire on back sliced. Hamburgers, corn for lunch at Five Islands, suning and tiding in Bay of Fundys largest tides. Gouda cheese and ice cream at Damned Dutchmans. Nice big front yard at park - Frisbee. Clear night for stars. Up at 2AM to check out low tide but too dark.
Aug 4 - Five Islands, NS to New River Beach, NB. Bathroom in city hall in Amhurst. Betsy's magnetic hill, big rip-off but free. Drove through Morton, trying hard to find side roads but NB map stinks. Donuts in Harry's Bakery. Caves in St. Martins. By the sea lunch at Cantina. Toured market square and city market and loyalists burial ground. Park with people eating lunch next to grave stones. Nice city but Betsy wanted to drink outside. A no-no without food. Got lobster at city market. Lobster/clam dinner at NRB. Walked beach.
Aug 5 - New River Beach, NB to Clifton, ME. St. Andrews - picturesque little town on point. St. Stevens - blueberry pancakes $1.75 breakfast. Lunch at wayside Ambrg's corn on seashore. Bar Harbor - Arkadia National Park. Nice park but fogged in with tourists. Got lobsters again $3.15/lb soft shelled. Dexter shoes - Betsy goes on spree. Drove through Ellsworth to Parks Pond. Run-in with owner about site number.
Aug 6 - Parks Pond, ME to St. Joseph, ME. Up early for drive along Maine's back roads. $2 breakfast, two eggs, bacon, toast, fries in Bangor. Old Town Canoe - unimposing building and showroom with one of best canoes in world. Moosehead Lake - lunch at Greenville. Bought fresh lobster and fresh corn. Betsy ran. Early PM thundershower. Maynards - 30 pound block of ice, river swimming. Seemed like oldest ice machine in the world. Quebec customs- thorough drug search with threatening questions. Lovely Quebec countryside. Private CG with nice sites. Frisbee. Cows across street.
Aug 7 - St. Joseph, PQ to Massueville, PQ. Quebec! Beautiful city. Citadel with changing of guard. Walked all over town - Hotel Chateau-Frontenac, Guv's Promenade, craft fair, sailboats on St. Lawrence, Rue de Petit Champlain, horse carriages. Lunch of quiche and croissants. Drove along banks of St. Lawrence. CG - definite lack of transient sites.
Aug 8 - Massueville, PQ to Bristol, PQ. Rick up at 6AM to take shower and make sure Betsy was awake. Took subway under river to Montreal. Cheapest breakfast ever! Rick even had cherry pie with his! Walked all over town. Lunch at tavern in Youville Square - great place! Thundershowers! Drove to Ottawa and toured city. Byway Market and Parliment building. Two for one while waiting out storm. Drove along Ottawa River on Quebec shore. Camped at Mr. Thompson's Pine Lodge. Nice beach, real resort area (all English).
Aug 9 - Bristol, PQ to Mattawa, ON. Nice slow morning. Beach walk and destroyed frisbee. Drove through English Quebec. Patate frites and long red covered bridge. Lunch at National Institute of Forestry and cassette tape hike. Drive along Ottawa River - scenic walked around Mattowa. Camped at Antoine Provicial Park - free because dismantled, on Ottawa River. Read Montreal Gazette by river. Nice fire on a cool night.
Aug 10 - Mattawa, ON to Munising, MI. Rick pestering Betsy at 6:30AM, up at 7. $1.95 breakfast in Sturgeon Falls. Beer in Sudburg, car tour of town, Betsy style. Patate frites in Narin Center. Lunch near Serpent River. Bought fish in Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Walked the town, spent last canadian $ in brewery. Lunch in park with sea gulls and ducks. Drove to Munising. Post Trip Notes Seafood we ate: Lake trout. Rainbow trout. Mussels (east) Clams (west and east) pickerel whitefish salmon(west) halibut(west and east) crab(west and east) shrimp(west and east) cod(west and east) lobster(east) mackerel red snapper(west) scallops(west and east) walleye swordfish(east) Other foods: Cipate' (meat pie - hash) Rappie pie (chicken) New Zealand lamb. Coloquial "Hey" at end of every sentence. "Go to university" "Kybo" means bathroom out and about Schedule pronounced "Shed-ule" Gas: US US$ 261.65 28% CAN US$ 662.54 72% total US$924.19 Animals we saw: Moose Caribou Grizzly Mt. goats. Mt. sheep. Stone sheep. Marmot Deer Porcupine Llama Bald eagle Golden eagle Seals Porpoises Whale
