Prince Edward Island -- Nova Scotia -- New Brunswick
A very fun and enjoyable six days. Took the morning ferry from PEI to Nova Scotia, attended the Bible Hill Bluegrass and Old-time Music Festival, found geocaches along the way including the oldest geocache in Canada (GCBBA, Geocache--Canada's 1st geocache) located west of Halifax, camped and canoed in Kejimkujik National Park, enjoyed a night's camping along the ocean at Cap-Pele and met a stranger at a gas station in Fredericton who showed us memorabilia from Canada's 1967 Centennial canoe race.
Maine -- New Hampshire -- Vermont
Checking the map, the route through Baxter State Park looked like a good way to go...off the Interstate, remote, should be beautiful scenery…the kind of route we like to take. It was definitely off the main roads. Over 40 miles at a maximum speed of 20 mph…and that was not a conservative number. It did take us through beautiful country with minimum traffic away from the camp/lake sites. Once through the park, we headed to New Hampshire and drove through the White Mountains. Slow here too, but not because of the road...traffic was the culprit in this stretch.
We planned to canoe Vermont’s Lamoille River, but weather and river access issues prevented us from doing so. On to Plan B. Continuing west, we scouted the Missisquoi River near the Vermont/New York border. The next day we canoed eight miles from Louie’s Landing to Lake Champlain and back before continuing our drive home. A fun three and a half days of beautiful scenery, geocaching and canoeing
New York -- Ontario -- Michigan -- Wisconsin
When planning our trip, this was going to be a section with a minimum of stops...the oldest geocaching in Ontario, visit the site of the 1955 Boy Scout World Jamboree at Niagara-on-the-Lake and stop at a few points of interest and for a few geocaches.
We did not expect to see history from two different perspectives. While traveling in eastern Canada, we saw many sites related to the War of 1812 giving the Canadian/British perspective and even got a chance to participate in the changing of the guard ceremony honoring the New Brunswick 104th Regiment in Fredericton. And now traveling on the southern shore of the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario, we saw the US perspective. Fascinating! A fitting finale to our trip.
