Atlantic Canada 2016

Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Day 29 - Sun August 28, 2016

Gananoque, ON to

Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON

Home stretch - Last Day on the road and our last vacation day, but for me everyday is a vacation day.

Before leaving Gananoque Karen and I tour some of the historic homes in the town, some are now country inns and some are still private homes.

Gananoque is also the home of Canada's first diesel locomotive, on display on the original right of way.

Yes at one time this shoreline was the Thousand Islands Railway, running from Gananoque Jct to Gananoque (City Centre).

Gananoque Jct, ON - VIA has two trains that stop here each day and this is a flag stop.

Chester and Morley like Algonquin Chairs, this is the parting shot of the trip.

The Albertross is just about home, just have to travers Toronto on HWY#401 and we are done!

TRIP STATS:

Total Distance: 7,856km

Time on the Road: 29 days

Motorcycle ridden in the following provinces:

- Quebec

- New Brunswick

- Nova Scotia

- Prince Edward Island

- Newfoundland and Labrador

Trailer survived as did the Mercedes GLK, except for some kind of noise in the front differental?, had to replace the Auxiliary Battery in Halifax. Karen graduated from "Trailer School", and our marriage survived as well. Karen got to ride on the motorcycle in every Provence except in Newfoundland, and experienced what is like to ride in the rain, she also found out that a white leather jacket might not be the best for motorcycling or for use in the rain.

A more detail summery will be issued in about 10 days, lots of data to download and process.

One EPIC trip!

Day 28 - Sat August 27, 2016

Gananoque, ON

Today we will tour the Thousand Islands by boat, stopping at Hart Island the the famous Boldt Castle, which I last visited with my Farther and Brother in 1958. It was a ruin back then, now it is being fully restored,

Rotunda- not the original

Main entrance hall and central stair

The Power House

The master bathroom

Restored Billiard room

We took Gananoque Boat Lines to get to the castle, had to clear US Customs and our return clear Canadian Customs as well.

Cormorants on an island in the St. Lawrence River

The significance of this basement shot, I have the same photo from 1958, with 2ft of water on the floor and a crashed elevator.

Karen and Ken at Boldt Castle on Hart Island (NY)

Day 27 - Fri, August 26, 2016

Day 27 - Fri August 26, 2016

Kamouraska, QU to

Gananoque, ON

We are going to take another two stopover in Gananoque, Ontation in the Thousand Islands before we resume our our process of heading for home.

We will also celebrate our 22nd wedding anniversary at the Watermark Restaurant.

Ken and Karen at the Waterark Restaurant in Gananoque, ON

Nice bottle of Baco Noir from Sandbanks Winery which we have been to in Price Edward County.

Day 26 - Thr August 25, 2016

Fredericton, NB to

Kamouraska, QU

Continuing our process of heading for home, via New Brunswick, Quebec.

Today we will continue North along the St. John River Valley with some interesting stops along the way.

Including the world longest coveted bridges in the world at Hartland, NB

Karen and Ken

Morley and Chester in Hartland. Morley was disappointed as he never saw another moose on the trip and Chester never found another penguin either, but there is always another trip.

Grand Falls, NB

Old CN Station Grand Falls, NB now on the Trans Canada Trail

After a lunch stop in Edmonston, NB we will take the back road along "frontier", and of course there is a reason for this diversion, But first a stop at CN Rivière-Bleue station on the active main line from Montreal to Halifax, now a restaurant.

Next stop is at the shortest International Bridges between Canada and the United States at Eastcourt, QU

Looking into the US.

Looking from Canada into the US.

International Boundry Monuments between Maine and Quebec

Another view with the CN bridge in the foreground

The overnight stop will be a romantic country inn in Kamouraska, QU

Sunset on the St. Lawrence River

Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Day 25 - Wed August 24, 2016

St. Andrews, NB to

Fredericton, NB

Sorry to bid goodby to St. Andrews, and the Algonquin Resort but we now start the process of heading for home, via New Brunswick, Quebec and the 1,000 Islands of Ontario.

We want to visit Fredericton before leaving New Brunswick.

old CPR Station in McAdam, NB

The lunch counter in the McAdam station, very preserved.

Ken at the McAdam Station

City Hall - Fredericton, NB

Historic section of downtown Fredericton

The Legislature Building in Fredericton

The old CPR station in Fredericton, which is now the major NB Liquor Store, this was a stub end line station as the CPR line branched from Fredericton Jct.

Day 24 - Tue August 23, 2016

St. Andrews, NB (Local)

I lived in St. Andrews,NB back in 1975, so it was interesting to return after 41 years, lots have changed to my old home town. Not sure I would want to live here, it has become a "tourist" town, with lots of stuff for sell that a local would not buy or need.

St. Andrews at low tide - Algonquin Hotel in the background up on the hill.

Water Street

Algonquin Resort

Later in the afternoon we headed to St. Stephen's on the US Border.

Old CPR Station in St. Stephen's

Old Cotton Mill Power Plant on the St. Croix River - Milltown, NB

The Chocolate Museum which was the original Gagnon Chocolate Factory

Day 23 - Mon August 22, 2016

Digby, NS to

St. Andrews, NB

Via Ferry from Digby to Saint John

On the move again from Digby across the Bay of Fundy to Saint John and onto St. Andrews, NB. On arrival in New Brunswick we face a monsoon rain storm for about an hour, made for some tense time driving. We arrived at the famous Algonquin Hotel in St. Andrews.

Morning in Digby, some lighthouse repairs are underway

Wall mural in Digby

Bay Ferry - Digby to Saint John

On Board the Bay Ferry

Algonquin Resort - St. Andrews, NB

Chester at the Algonquin Hotel Lobby, he has an interest in the fish behind him.