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Leaving Acadia
50℉ and raining at 4:00 Friday, October 21, 2016 With the campground closing, we packed up and headed out to Naples in the southwest corner of Maine. Our Airstream neighbor said he always checks the wheel lugs before starting out, a great suggestion. I checked the trailer wheels last night and they were fine, but the…
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Rain, Rain, Rain
In the middle of the night I thought I was back in Banff for the 2013 flooding. It rained hard all night and continued all day with the winds picking up in the middle of the day to 45 km/hr. We took the opportunity to relax a bit, do some laundry and go to the…
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Kayaking Black River and Hiking Claire Fontaine Trail
42℉ at 5:00 and 75 at 3:00 Saturday, October 8, 2016 Kayaking the Black River was the goal of the day. Since we just have one kayak, I went first to test the waters while Martha hiked the Claire Fontaine Trail. They haven’t had much rain, so the river was low. The tide was out,…
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Percé and on to New Richmond
42℉ at 5:00 with high of 55 Monday, October 3, 2016 We packed up and headed south. I had a relapse with my cold, so I wasn’t feeling too spunky, but it was a pretty drive on a very windy day. When we got to Percé the winds were blowing up a gale, but the sky was…
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Haircut and a Great Waterfall
39℉ at 6:00, a rainy morning, Tuesday, September 27, 2016 It rained hard all morning, so we read our books and made cranberry muffins from the Trappist Monks. By 11:00 we were stir-crazy and the rain was letting up, so we drove east to Rimouski so Martha could get a haircut. The ladies at the…
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Biking Le Portage and La Grève
34℉ at 6:00 with a high of 60 Monday, September 26th We rode the bike trails across the valley of Parc National du Bic. It’s not a big park, so the ride was about 12.5 miles through beautiful forrest and along fields lined with rail fences. The park is along a series of bays defined…
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Parc National du Bic
We drove north to Parc National du Bic on the St. Lawrence River. The mountains are very old, worn down to steep hills, but still very pretty. The bays are home to seals, called phoques in French. The pronunciation of this word makes interesting conversation in English. Driving around the park to get the big…
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Laura and Willie
A very special thank you to these two amazing ladies. Friends of Gayle Wooten’s, they have taken such wonderful care of her in her time of need. Gayle’s incredible group of friends continue to support her in so many ways. A card, a note or a phone call mean so much. We spent a great…
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Dropping Back Toward Quebec City
59℉ at 5:00, 68 high Tuesday, September 20,2016 I fly to Baltimore Thursday, so Martha was anxious to move today to get laundry done, get a propane tank filled and get some groceries. She has decided to stay in a campground along the St. Lawrence. It will be her first time alone in the trailer,…
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Parc national du Lac-Témiscouata
60℉ at 6:00 and a high of 75 Sunday, September 18, 2016 After a good night’s sleep, I felt a bit better. We went up to the very cool Visitor’s Center where we met Brigette, who had waited for us until 8:00 last night! Geez, I am so sorry! Like many Quebec people, she said…