St. John's and Beyond

Well, we did the city of St. John's and are now on the Avalon Peninsula in Ferryland.  Back to St. John's.  Found our very good Extended Stay Deluxe hotel - there didn't seem to be any B & B's available.  It worked out great though.  Wandered down to Water St. to Velma's for dinner the first night - So So.  Up the next a.m. for a city tour with Dave -recommended by our hotel desk clerk.  We wanted to get the feel for the city with some good background before doing our own thing.   Well..........it was a whirlwind swing through the sites - Cape Spear in the fog, Petty Harbour - very pretty, Signal Hill, a swing past Danny Williams Mom's house, and then Danny's digs - hmmmmm - not bad - a gorgeous house.  We were dropped off at Dave's recommendation for lunch - it brought new meaning to the phrase "greasy spoon".  Never mind, it was a slice.  We then headed across the street to The Rooms - which was a very informative and impressive display of Newfoundland natural history and history in general.  We enjoyed the hours we spent there.  From The Rooms, we wandered Duckworth and Water Streets, checking out the shops.  Dinner was at Oliver's - the best for value so far on the trip.  We agree, we are done with the city.  Off to the Avalon.

Cape Spear - Still all bundled up - what can we say

Petty Harbour - the sun is coming out - well almost - yea!

We dawdled along the coast, checking out Bay Bulls, Witless Cove.  Joy has told us about a great hike into La Manche - a bridge and remains of a settlement.  The story goes that a rogue wave hit the coast many years ago, wiping out the bridge and settlement.  In 1966 the bridge was rebuilt, a very substantial swing bridge over the river emptying into the cove.

Swing Bridge at La Manche

We did two small parts of the famous East Coast Trail

Wednesday, June 29 dawns with sunny skies and warm winds.........and there is a kayaking outfit in Cape Broyal back up the coast that does trips.  We sign on and are scheduled for the 2:00 p.m. tour.  But before that, we head down to the Avalon Colony archeology dig and an extremely well done presentation.  Our guide takes a full hour to exlain the many dwellings on the site and we see 4 young people actually working on the dig, meticulously scraping dirt away from what is explained as a very large dwelling.  One brings down a very small clay pipe and hands it to our guide - found  just an hour ago.  A backhoe and dumptruck are hauling away the dirt excavated.  The truck driver gives us some stats - he has hauled 14 full loads of dirt and small rocks away from the site since last fall - all scraped and dusted by hand by the excavators.

Stan - kayak guide serving sea urchin - yummy

Kayaking at Cape Broyal

The kayak trip is a dream come true.  Blue skies and the bluest of seas (2nd. day with full sun on the trip).  There are 10 of us in 5 double kayaks - and 3 guides.  Along the way we are treated to the taste of fresh, raw sea urchin hand picked and presented by our guide - many star fish, a waterfall and then a crossing of the bay at the narrows to follow the north shore back.  There we are invited to take our boat - one at a time - up the 'devil's nostrils'.  It is actually 2 very long narrow caves extending in about 70 or 80 feet - side by each - hence the name.  We are instructed to stow our paddles under the bungie cords and use our hands to guide the boat in and back out.  Well......the surge of the sea did it for us .......pushing us at a pretty good speed in and then sucking us out real fast - the 'devil's nostrils sure had a good blow - and Kathy saw the most amazing fossil on the cave wall as she sped past - no time to stop and gaze.

Evenings at Shirley's B & B are a fun, sit around and have a drink and chat - kind of evening - with snacks brought out around 10 - Shirley's generosity and care will be remembered.

Meet Shirley and Sean Maher in Ferryland.  Ark of Avalon B & B.  Sean is a crab fisherman; he has a license to fish crab and is allowed out from April to Aug. At times he goes out 200 miles off shore.  The crab business is good this year - plentiful and good pricing.  There aren't any restaurants in the town that don't do deep fried something so we got our own dinner at Foodland and Shirley treated to ice cream and teabuns for dessert.  Breakfast was huge - bread pudding, 2 slices of toast, scambled egg, ham, yogurt.  "I'm used to feeding fishermen." is Shirley's response to our gasps, holding our stomachs after breakfast.  Lovely, generous Newfoundlander woman.  Shirley and Sean have 2 daughters and a son - one daughter is still close to home in Bay Bulls, their other daughter is in Cold Lake, AL, their son is apprenticing as a millright - wants to go west.  It is a different generation, the young people are migrating away from home - many west - to the lure of good money and more stimulation than they can find in a small fishing village.

Trinity for 3 days

What a lovely, typical quiet little village.  We start to draw our breath in as we navigate the rough, potty road (at the moment not knowing why)  - hard to keep your eyes on the road and the unbelievable scenery.  What are all those big plastic pots doing floating in the bay - lobster traps?  a course of some kind?  Winding our way through the coves and inlets we come round a bend and there below is the picture perfect Newfoundland village we have been seeing in all the ads.  We arrive at the Maidment B & B nestled down in the middle, welcomed by Karen, Eric and baby Benjamin.

  Oh, BTW, the roads have been repaired after Igor roared through last September.  The rains devastated many of the roads and several of the houses in the surrounding villages.  We see the new culverts, the new roadbeds, the new gravelled shoulders.  Trinity, Dunfield and Trouty were especially hit hard in the area.  Stories abound:   Several families lost everything - house, land, all of it.  One fellow found his deck across the bay with the BBQ still on it - he remarked "I tied the BBQ down - forgot to tie down the house".  Neighbour helping neighbour - where there were trees blocking the road a relay system was put in place - you would drive your car to the next downed tree, leave the keys in it for the next person - hop the tree - get in the next car where keys were waiting - and so on down the road - over one downed tree to another.

 "What are the pots in the bay" we ask.  Karen's quick reply "It's a cemetery - the blue ones are boys....."  - just kidding.  It is a mussel farm.

Meet Karen, Eric, Benjamin, Tony (Opa), and Fred:

It is Sept. 12, 2001 - remember that date?  Karen and Eric meet in the village.  But, let me go back a bit.  Karen grew up in London, ON.  Karen is working for a Canadian Airline.  Remember the turmoil in the airline industry - Canadian, Air Canada, etc. etc.  Karen's father has a friend that runs a B & B in Trinity.  Karen has a stopover in St. John's and comes to Trinity for a visit.  She is frustrated with the uncertainty of her career.  She falls in love with the village and dreams of coming here to run a B & B.  Over the next while she opts for St. John's when she has a choice of routes. 

Eric, a tall, quiet spoken, and gentle, intelligent man is running his own business renovating old homes,  building new homes that fit the village design, including the most beautifully designed moldings and framing.  We saw examples of his workmanship in the renovations of their home and B & B.     He has a commercial logging permit and spends his winters, among other things,  harvesting the wood for his sawmill and home building business.  Later, Karen is there working alongside him - before Benjamin. 

Karen has decided to take a leave from the stresses of the airline business for a few months in the summer and return to Trinity to work in her Dad's friend's B & B.  Eric wants to meet this beautiful young woman new to the village.  It is Sept. 12, 2001 and he figures the world as we know it could be ending and what the heck, he has nothing to lose.  He comes aknocking at the door and the rest, as they say........is history.

Karen and Eric have a 5 month old son called Benjamin and run one of the best B & B's we've been to.  If you want to feel completely at home, relax in the living room, linger over delicious breakfast, chitchat with the family, then this is the place for you.  Fred is retired from the mainland to island ferries after 37 years.  His last 18 years on the ferry was in the galley.   With a 5 month old son, Karen needs help for breakfasts and we find Fred here every morning at 7 preparing gourmet breakfasts for the guests.  We are well taken care of.  Fred works efficiently and quickly in the kitchen preparing this morning's breakfast, all the while making me feel at home as I hunt out another cup of tea.  Opa is Karen's Dad Tony- he comes every summer and has a house here.  He spends alot of time with Benjamin - they go for coffee every morning together.  If not out socializing with Opa, Benjamin hangs out in the sling around Mom or doing the 'guy' thing with Dad.  He and Mom went to the opera in Bonaventure yesterday.  Ah, life is good here in the village.   Karen is managing a very successful B & B, retains her affiliation with her career in the airline industry while on maternity leave, and shows a warmth, love and understanding for her family and guests.  Another very remarkable Newfoundland woman.

Fred, Karen, Benjamin, and Eric - Feel the Joy?

Fred - Best B & B Gourmet Breakfast

Maidment B & B, Trinity, Newfoundland

We have had 2 full days here.  Day 1 we head up to Elliston to see the puffins - thousands of puffins right up close - we don't need the binocs.  And the root cellars are dotted all over - it is the root cellar capital of the world.  On to Bonaventure and touring of the Ryan Premises and the Matthew exhibit of the John Cabot landing.  Day 2 and the SUN shines beautifully.  We did the Skerwink Trail - I can't find the words to describe the vistas and lookouts without sounding mellowdramatic.  Blue still seas, capelin in shore, Minke whales surfacing after the capelin, birds singing, lookouts that take you to the brink of the cliffs.  We took 4 hours to do a 2 hour hike - 5.3 km.  Thanks to Joy for suggesting it.

Quote of the day:  The cafe in Bonaventure across from the Visitor Centre - can't remember the name.  When ordering we ask "How's your chowder?"  Response from the waitress, making a face:  "Don't know, I don't like it - ugh - all that milk and fish".  We don't have a warm fussy about the coming chowder - turns out it is delicious - would rate it an 8 (thick with fish not sauce, tasty, filling, homemade) as we continue our chowder rating across the province.  Will publish our chowder ratings later. 

Thanks to Karen for suggesting that day 1 be spent in and out of exhibits north of us and saving the Skerwink for the sunny day.  After the hike, had an excellent wholesome lunch at 2 Whales in Port Rexton and then down south to New Bonaventure for a tour of the Random Passage re-created fishing village where the mini-series was filmed.  The story was brought to life very well by Dora, a woman that lives a few minutes up the road.  Dora is a tour guide in the summer, chainsaws her own wood and snowmobiles in the winter, works a fishing boat and is just an all round capable Newfoundler woman. 

Skerwink Trail - Trinity East



Skerwink Trail - Sunshine - No coats - Yea!



Pink Ladyslippers on Skerwink Trail

 Today, June 26 we are headed to St. John's to see 'the city'.  More later.

Harry's Harbour -

Let's think back a few days - to a place that beckoned Kathy - somewhere between Hawke's Bay and Grand Falls.  Look on the map of Newfoundland almost directly north of Grand Falls and then north again from Springdale.  See Harry's Harbour tucked up there with Nicky's Nose Cove and Beachside.   Kathy has a friend back in Ontario whose family own a house in Harry's Harbour - they come back every year in the summer. 

Meet Harry Upland:  We looked up Harry Upland, who lives next door and keeps watch over the house.  If you go, look up Harry.  He will be in the shop back behind his house inventing and recreating.  Harry was born here, does never want to leave, and nods up toward the village cemetery "that's as far as I'll be goin".  Hikers come through the village all the time in summer and Harry loves to waylay them, invite them into his shop, and teach them the 'old ways' of the village.  He and his wife Ruby have a tidy, shiny comfortable home and are relaxed into the quiet style of the village.  Kathy and I salivate over the quiet coves and inlets - perfect for kayaking and exploring.  I think Kathy is coming back.  One of the Newfoundland inventions is a bucket hoop - Harry has made several and you would be amazed how easy it is to carry full buckets with it.

Kathy, Harry and Ruby

Bucket Hoop - easy carryin'

From Stephenville to Twillingate - it's all about the people

Here we are in Twillingate - and so many stories to tell.  Our route took us up the west coast.  Leaving Rocky Harbour we travelled north, stopping in Port Au Choix at Jeannies B & B....  

Meet Jeannie - She runs a great B & B on a hill overlooking the harbour - her property is beautiful - with sloping lawns; her rooms and common areas are spotless and beautiful.   Breakfast is hearty - from homemade porridge to eggs and bacon, all done with homemade bread and jams.  Jeannie worked 'away' out west for 4 years to be able to afford the property.  She is buying out the fella with the meat market in a trailer across the road between her and the harbour - he spoils her view.  The trailer will go and in it's place a picnic table for harbour and boat watching - "in good weather".

 There are amazing views of the ocean as we swing through small fishing villages hugging the coast - lobster pots piled by the hundreds on the side of the road (winter storage).  Gardens are planted along the roadside  - each one belonging to a family growing mostly potatoes, rhubarb and cold weather veggies.  Scarecrows and plastic bags are placed to keep away birds and moose - there is never a thought of humans stealing the produce.  After all, this is Newfoundland, where a man's honour is true.
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 The kms pass quickly and we arrive in L'Anse aux Meadows, but not before seeing moose, 4 caribou with a young one.  We have heard from people staying at Jeannie's about a local man that works for Parks Canada as a guide - plus the Tickle Inn in Cape Onion - more later.  We were told to try and get him to tour us.  We watch the 20 min. video and there he is opening the door for us - inviting us to tour the site.  We luck out - he is magic and capture our imagination immediately....

Meet Clayton Colborne - see pic below.  He was born in one of the 3 houses seen over there across the site from the Visitor Centre.  It is a harsh place - right by the ocean - flat ground - at the moment screaming winds coming in off the water.  In winter he snowmobiles over the roof of the Parks Canada VC.  He played as a kid on the grassy mounds - long before 1960 when it was authenticated as the first Norse site in North America.  It was that year that archeologists first uncovered artifacts that indicated a Norse settlement was in this area about AD 1000.  As a younger man he worked on the dig as part of the team that meticulously uncovered the many houses and buildings.  He worked with the discoverer and his wife, and now regularly communicates with their daughter in Oslo.  Clayton comes from a heritage of hard working fisherman - he, at the age of 7, his father and grandfather before him, fished for cod.  His father was a strict disciplinarian and there were many jobs to be done to keep the family warm and fed.    He talks about the 'bergs coming in and wrecking the lines' - and the painstaking mending of the nets.  The twinkle in his eye tells us he is very proud of his heritage, his ruddy complexion and rough hands tells of his legacy.... and the magnificent site right there at his doorstep.

Clayton explaining the history of the site

We fell in love with Clayton

Tonight we stay at the Tickle Inn at Cape Onion.  This is the most northern house in Newfoundland.  It is a short drive from the Meadows to the Inn.  We drive along the winding road and down the hill - there is the ocean and then....there is the Tickle Inn.  A typical clapboarded white and blue house with white picket fence all around.  David Adams welcomes us at the door.  We settle in the parlor with a french speaking group - friends from Montreal and France - plus a young couple from Ontario.  Wine flows and dinner is served around the traditional family table.  A table where Wilfred Grenfell (the man who came to Labrador and Newfoundland in the early 1900's and brought the first medical support to all of the outports - now called the Grenfell Hospital Mission - but that's another story) sat, kitchen table talk all round with David's great grandfather.  After dinner, David tells his stories in the parlour - we are mesmerized by his voice.... 

Meet David Adams, a retired teacher - David spent his early years growing up at Cape Onion - the family home.  He has a brother called Grenfell.   His brother didn't cry or move immediately after birth.  Everyone in the delivery room had given up and left the room.  A nurse (who's daughter has written a book about her life and from which this story was read by David) would not give up - she continued resusitation and finally the little boy moved and cried.  The rest of the medical team came running when they heard the cries.  The brother is now a medical doctor - he was named Grenfell - after the Grenville Hospital Mission.  David and his wife now live in St. John's - David opens his family home as a B & B every summer. 

David storytelling in the parlour after dinner

Breakfast time at The Tickle Inn

St. Anthony's is next day.....after an awesome breakfast.  The tour of the Grenfell Hospital Mission takes us over an hour - we read every panel - Sr. Wilfred Grenfell was a visionary who had a deep compassion for the people of Labrador and Newfoundland.  Later we went on an iceberg boat tour - we got our iceberg - maybe not as big as some - but it sure knocked our socks off - now the weather is socking in - we had 2 - 3 meter swells and the rain got real serious.  What an adventure.  BTW, the rain has pretty much kept pace with us all the way to Twillingate and Trinity.

2 -3 metre waves, but we got our iceberg

There she is - not the biggest, but good enough for us

We head south - away from the Northern Peninsula.  The rain pretty much keeps up with us - off and on - but the ocean scenes are dramatic - lots of wind and surf.  Hawkes Bay is our stop for the night at Gloria's B & B.  It is a spur of the moment - call ahead and book - kind of thing.  We arrive and our room is in the basement - sharing the bathroom with our hosts.  The house is lovely and beautifully kept with lots of dolls and stuffed animals here and there.  They have a good view out to the water.  The entire upstairs of the house is turned over to the B & B operation.  It is a 20 min. walk through the wind and rain to a basic restaurant attached to a motel - there are 4 truckers in getting a supper.  We turn in - looking forward to moving on early next day......

Meet Gloria:  She is one of 21 siblings, born to a Mom who is now 88 and still living in her own home alone.  Mom still has a huge, completely full 'stock room' - meaning salmon, cod, vegetables, fruit in jars.  There are many 5 gal. pails of various beans and rice.  It is full to the rafters.  The door to Mom's house is always open and she feeds many people, including friends and family, every single day.  When Gloria was young, there was nothing in the living room but the oil drum for heat.  Nothing at all.  As each turned a teen, they went to work - finding work was the primary focus for everyone.  Gloria's husband worked as a trucker for Bowater for 30 years until it closed.  When that happened, he bought one of their trucks and is hauling for himself now.  Gloria has 2 daughters, and "a son that she took",  we assumed she adopted.  One of her daughters has a hair salon in one end of  the house and the other daughter comes to help with the B & B.  Hard work has been the driver for the family, and it shows.  They have a house that is full of lovely things, soft leather sofas in 2 sitting areas - and 5 B & B rooms that are decorated beautifully, lovely wedding photos on the walls of both her daughters' weddings......a far cry from the growin' up years.

Another thing about Gloria:  she is one of the women that was tested incorrectly for breast cancer here in Newfoundland.  Remember the scandal that broke a few years ago.  She has a breast and many lymph nodes removed.  Later testing, after investigations about faulty diagnosis, it was proven that she didn't have breast cancer after all. 


Now it is time to head East.  It is a long driving day on June 21 - summer solstice - it is raining so we don't feel too bad about the driving.  We stayed in Grand Falls for the night - a very good B & B called The Carriage House. 

June 22 and another driving day to Twillingate.  Everyone we have talked to back home recommended it and we are booked for 2 nights.  We are excited about seeing the place - hmmmmm - seeing the place is difficult with wind, rain, and fog.  We did drive out to the lighthouse - and the scene looking out over the screaming ocean must be awesome - we look down at the crashing surf below and get vertigo - but the fog closes in on us - are there whales out there??  Are there icebergs out there??  We decided to have our first big feast of lobster tonight to sooth our cold bones and fog shrouded brains.  Off to the fish market - we chose 3 (three) and the lady cooked and cracked them for us.  A prepared salad from Foodland and we are set.  Happy hour is in Kathy's room (they didn't have any rooms with 2 beds so we got one each for a change).  The wine flowed and we warmed up - our spirits lifted.  Our camping plates and utensils came out of their snug boxes in the van and we set up shop for our feast in the breakfast room of the B & B.  Up to our elbows in shells, butter, and lobster - the owner walked in and declared "he didn't allow lobster".  Apparently a gang of guys did the same thing a way back and made a huge mess.  We promised to clean up - the remains of the day were dumped into the garbage outside, and the room was clean as a whistle by the time we headed off to bed.  BTW,  Twillingate and it's mystery and magic didn't quite resonate with us - not sure what it is all about.  Maybe the weather.

Fog/Wind - so where are the 'bergs and whales? Twillingate

Feasting on guess what? 

Soooo, here we are in Trinity.  No rooms booked but fell into a great place called the Maidment House B & B.  Karen and Eric are our hosts - and what a story they have...........more later when I get more of the details at breakfast tomorrow.  The winds howls, the waves pound, but the forecast is looking optimistic for the next few days.  So much to see here - Bonavista, the puffins at Elliston, the 2 Whales cafe ----more later.

Thanks to all that gave us hints and tips about the trip.  We are following your footsteps.  Hugs to all,  K & M

Rocky Harbour and Port Au Choix

Lunch at the Sea Loft in Woody Point - good recommendation Kathy & Bruce

This is an amazing place.  Nothing prepares you for the incredible scale of the majesty of it all - and the warm friendliness of the people.  We have heard and shared so many life stories - and it is only day 2 on "The Rock".   First night off the ferry was just a quick stop in Stephenville and the next morning heading into the beginning of the adventure.  Rocky Harbour was wonderful to remember the trek of 3 years ago.  The Western Brook Pond tour was as spectacular as the first time.  Got off the beaten track into Trout River and Woody Point - meet our new friend Robert White (or Rodderick - not sure with the accent - we must listen real fast around here....) with his catch of catelin - the tiny fish that the whales come in for.  You heard it first from him - the lobster catch is way down this year - a very cold spring - but the catelin are the best in 10 years.   A fella can walk into the sea at dawn up to his knees and get buckets of em.  They are salted and laid out to dry for 'bout 3 - 4 days - then are great eatin with a pint o beer.  Got a nice 2 hr.  hike in at the Interrpretive Centre at Woody Point - up to a 360 lookout - see Pink Ladyslippers below. 

We will visit the area tomorrow and then head up to St. Anthony.  We have a great lead on a B & B called The Tickle Inn in Cape Onion near St. Anthony.  We will call David, the owner, tomorrow and see if he has any room. 

No camping as of yet - too cold - although the last 2 days have been dry and the weather is not getting in our way at all.  The B & B's are wonderful - we get to meet the locals and they look after us so well.  

 Robert Wright - catelin and lobster fisherman - Trout River

 Salted Catelin drying

Pink Ladyslippers on hike at Woody Point

More later at the top - the iceberg website tells us there are 2 or 3 hanging around St. Anthony.  Hope to see them tomorrow.

Hugs to all,  more later.    K & M

We're on "The Rock"

Day 6 - Here we are - finally on the island.  You wouldn't believe the Ontario licence plates on the roads in the Maritimes.  Is there anyone home??  Got a nice B & B in North Sydney -  the weather was rather Biblical but we walked a good 25 min. into town salivating for the promised lobster at Rollies - dripping we grinned as we walked into the place - have you ever seen grown girls cry over lobster or the lack of....turns out they were having a private party.  Not to worry, back to a an Italian place for seafood anyway.  Ferry was gorgeous - sea cruise on a relatively happy sea brought us to the our final, final big adventure of this trip.  The people at every stop and port are happy and welcoming.  Have met a couple from NZ, lots of folks on the road from Ontario, and lots of others.  Got as far as Stephenville tonight - happily settled into the - I know - don't groan - Holiday Inn - it was fast, easy and warm and dry.  Actually, the wind is up and the skies are clearing so here's hoping the Rocky Harbour adventure will be fine weather fare.

OK - now for the best lines of the trip - so far!!

Bertierville, Quebec - east of Montreal - Best Western:  on getting to the restaurant for breakfast:  "Do you want a GOOD cup of coffee?"

Truro, NS - after many hours on the road - The Tidal Bore Inn (a mom and pop operation) - as we 2 tall girls walk into the office to get our room:  "Will that be one double bed or two!!".

 Arriving in Port Aux Basques after a fabulous cruise.

Soooooo.....more later as we head to Rocky Harbour area for a few days.  Love and hugs from K & M

Internet Fixed

Yea!!!! Got my access fixed - more to come later.  Hugs,  M

Day 5 and heading to "The Rock"

Chowder in Lunenburg

Kouchibouguac NP - NB Saw a Piping Plover

Bluenose II Restoration in Lunenburg

Here we are in Salmon Bridge on Hwy. 7 East - an hour's drive east of Halifax on our way to North Sydney and our B & B - heading to "The Rock" tomorrow and can hardly wait to get on the ferry.  Have covered lots of km so far - first day we got just under a 1000 km under our wheels - have slowed down now in NB and NS and are taking in great views, parks, towns.   Did a nice slow cruise through to Lunenburg and Mahone Bay yesterday - will save Peggy's Cove for our start home.  Up to yesterday weather has been fine for touring - are into a bit of  "biblical" weather (so said from the clerk in the NSLC - Nova Scotian for LCBO).  Raining good as they say - but forcast to clear for tomorrow, our cruise.

K & M are having a ball - sharing the driving - navigating - chowder - and the odd glass of vino - hmmm!  CAMPING???????........well, we've got the gear  - but it is cosy and dry in the van - motels and B & B's are the game so far........Fell into a fabulous one last night - at the moment looking out over the water (thru the rain), good seafood melt last night with dessert  and good chat till late last night with a couple from San Franciso - good sleep in wonderful beds and breakfast is coming up soon.

The updates to our blog will be spotty till I get my laptop fixed.  Seems I can't access the internet - got a fella from Staples in Halifax to troubleshoot - he did - but today back to the same problem - am using the B & B laptop - so folks, no pics yet - but stay tuned - will try to get back on the web asap.

On the Road Again..........Hugs to all - K & M -

3 days and counting

Time is flying and there are so many things to do.....before Kathy and Marlene (no, not Thelma and Louise - let's just call them K & M)  head east to Newfoundland.  Groceries to stash, camping gear to check, weather forecasts......oh no, not rain.......first campsite somewhere near Montreal.....got to find one, car to pack.....Sat. early a.m. is the target - "On the Road Again".....headin east.

More to follow......not sure when.....K & M