Category Archives: Canada

Year end, Decade end 2019 Summary

The years and now decades seem to just fly by.  Here we are at the end of another year and another decade. This year we traveled to 15 states in the US  and 1 Province in Canada.  We put 10811 … Continue reading

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Olympic Peninsula

Washington’s Olympic Peninsula is a world all its own.  “Discovered” by Spaniard Juan de Fuca in the 16th century it is the northwestern most place in the continental United States.  It has hundreds of miles of coastline from Puget Sound … Continue reading

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New Brunswick

We really did not plan to see much of New Brunswick on this trip.  While we stayed at a campground near Calais Maine it was so close and such an easy border crossing (think no lines, relaxed border guards) we … Continue reading

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Campobello and Eastern Maine

Our Northernmost goal this year was Campobello Island International Park off the extreme east coast of Maine.  Campobello is actually located in the Canadian Province of New Brunswick.  In Roosevelts time the nearest ferry was from Lubec Maine.  Now the … Continue reading

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Seattle Cruise

As former vendors to Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines we have always loved traveling by ship. Going into 2016 we had travel points on RCCL that we had to use or lose.  We had enough for a 4 or 5 night … Continue reading

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Trains of the Canadian Rockies

While not our prime reason to go north to the Canadian Rockies, trains turned out to be a big part of the story.  Canadian National and Canadian Pacific operate transcontinental lines thru the rockies.  The Rocky Mountaineer luxury passenger train … Continue reading

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Canadian Rockies Tour – Jasper

Our Canadian Rockies tour continued from Banff up the Icefields Parkway to Jasper National Park.  The parkway way was beautiful although our visibility was limited due to low clouds and blowing snow!  Yes, in late June we had snow flurries … Continue reading

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Canadian Rockies Tour – Kootenay and Banff National Parks

The Canadian Rockies have been on our bucket list for some time.  Many RVers include Banff and Jasper on their Alaska itinerary but we chose to make it a separate trip to give us more time in this beautiful area. … Continue reading

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Canadian Rockies Tour – Wildlife

Wildlife in the Canadian Rockies deserves its own post.  We saw more wildlife in 3 weeks than we saw in 2 months in Alaska.  It all started on our way to Canada when we stayed a few days near Newport … Continue reading

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Food for the Plant Based

You probably know we are fairly food obsessed.  For the past several years we have followed a plant based diet also known as a vegan lifestyle so we also have a huge focus on plants.  We have had some success … Continue reading

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