AUGUST 10
MONTREAL 0 KM 5.
6.KM 5
230 KM
700 KM
920 KM
PRINCE EDWARD 15 .
1100KM
1200 KM
CAVENDISH
11 - AGO .
ANGIE IN FRONT OF " ANNE OF GREEN GABLES " HOUSE .
EATING MUSSELS IN A RUSTIC HARBOR
CHARLOTTE TOWN
ANGIE LEE AND ME DRAWING THIS ON A BEACH IN CAVENDISH .
12 AGO
1500 KMS
LUNCH IN SOURIS .
TO WOOD ISLANDS
THE FERRY OPENS ITS MOUTH LIKE A SHARK .
TO PICTOU , NOVA SCOTIA
PICTOU
SEE HOW WELL SIGN - POSTED EVERYTHING IS? IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO GET LOST .
5 MINUTES LATER .
OOPS . WE'RE LOST .
1760 KMS
THAT EVENING WE ARRIVED IN SYDNEY ON CAPE BRETON ISLAND .
JUST AS A FIREWORKS STARTED
WE AWOKE AT 5:30 AM TO CATCH THE 7:30 FERRY ,
2000 KMS
BUT WHEN WE ARRIVED THEY TOLD US IT WAS DELAYED UNTIL NOON .
THIS WOULDN'T HAPPEN IN ARGENTINA !
BREAKFAST AT TIM HORTON'S
A LONG WAIT TO BOARD THE FERRY .
BORED .
TO PASS TIME I PLAYED A VIDEOGAME IN THE TERMINAL .
I KILLED LIKE FORTY 20MBIES .
AND THE BOAT SET SAIL .
WE WATCHED SPIDER MAN 3.
WE SLEPT .
AUG . 14TH ARRIVING IN NEWFOUNDLAND.
THE ISLAND LIGHTS LOOK LIKE THE STARS CAME DOWN FROM THE SKY , AND QUEUED UP .
FOURTEEN HOURS DRIVING TO ARGENTIA .
5:30 AM
A VERY ORANGE SUN .
2200 KMS .
TRINITY
I SAT ON A ROCK FOR A WHILE TO DRAW WHAT I SAW .
WE GOT BACK ON THE ROAD AUG . 15TH .
THE CROWS STAND BY THE ROADSIDE .
TO TWILLINGATE
THE TWILLINGATE LIGHTHOUSE .
A MIRACLE ! WI - FI !!!!
AUG.16TH .
2900 KMS .
GROS MORNE
A NATIONAL PARK WITH PINE TREES AS FAR AS THEY EYE COULD SEE .
EXCEPT ON SOME MOUNTAINS TABLE - LANDS .
THEY LOOK LIKE THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE PART OF THE EARTH'S MANTLE THAT FOR SOME REASON EMERGED THROUGH THE EARTH'S CRUST . AN EXPOSED FRACTURE , FASCINATING GEOLOGISTS .
OF WE WALKED MANY KILOMETERS .
ON DIFFERENT PATHS .
THROUGH THE FOREST .
WE ATE HEARTILY .
I WAS A LITTLE MUDDY .
TO THE HOTEL IN ROCKY HARBOUR .
AUG 17TH . BREAKFAST .
MORE NATURE WALKS .
PHOTO
ROADSIDE HAMBURGER .
WALKING TO WESTERN BROOK POND .
FJORDS . TO SEE THE
FROM A FEW SMALL BOATS .
ONWARD , LIKE LEONARDO DI CAPRIO
US .
ON THE WAY BACK THEY PLAYED MUSIC FROM NEWFOUNDLAND .
THE SUN SET WHILE WE DINED IN THE HOTEL .
Aug.18 3400 KMS
SUDDENLY , A MOOSE ON THE ROAD .
3660 KMS .
TO FLOWERS COVE , WHERE THERE ARE SOME FOSSILS CALLED " THROMBOLITES "
WHICH ARE THE REMAINS OF THE OLDEST FORM OF LIFE ON THE PLANET .
33 YEARS
650.000.000 YEARS
WE SAW TWO MORE MOOSE . OF THE 150,000 LIVING ON THE ISLAND , WE HAD ALREADY SEEN THREE .
WE ARRIVED AT ST ANTHONY .
IN THE RESTAURANT ANGIE SAID " DRAW THE SALT SHAKER . "
SALT.
PEPPER.
IT WAS A MINIATURE LIGHTHOUSE .
AUG 19TH. MORE MOOSE WATCH US DRIVE BY .
TO L'ANSE AUX MEADOWS .
WHERE THERE ARE RUINS OF A VIKING SETTLEMENT FROM AROUND 1000 AD.
A MAN DRESSED LIKE A VIKING WORKING AS A BLACKSMITH , TELLING THE TOURISTS FACTS .
" THE LIFE EXPECTANCY WAS 45 YEARS FOR A MAN AND 35 YEARS FOR A WOMAN . "
WHEN HE CHECKS INTO A HOTEL , I WONDER IF HE LISTS " VIKING BLACKSMITH " AS HIS PROFESSION .
GOING TO QUIRPON ISLAND IN A TINY BOAT .
IT RAINED
ON THE BOAT THERE WERE TWO OTHER FAMILIES TRAVELING TO QUIRPON .
SOME DOLPHINS SWIMMING ALONGSIDE THE BOAT .
AN ICEBERG .
THE TRIP WAS A LITTLE ROUGH AND DAMP , BUT IT WAS WORTH IT .
WE HAD TO WALK A FEW KILOMETERS UPON REACHING THE ISLAND .
TO THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER'S COTTAGE .
OUR ROOM .
WE ATE NEWFOUNDLAND FARE AND CHATTED WITH THE OTHER GUESTS .
AUG 20TH BREAKFAST .
I EXPLORED THE WHOLE ISLAND WITH ANGIE
LABRADOR
WE GATHERED OUR BELONG INGS .
BACK TO THE BOAT .
A WHALE BREACHED NEARBY .
4400 kms
ANGIE MADE ME CRY WITH LAUGHTER AND IT WAS DIFFICULT TO DRIVE .
ROADSIDE MOTEL IN CORNERBROOK . '
4780 Kms
ON TO PORT AUX BASQUES
TO EAT IN A HORRIBLE RESTAURANT .
RESTAURANT . FEVERY SINGLE DISH COMES WITH FRENCH FRIES . "
FERRY TO SYDNEY , NOVA SCOTIA
I READ ANNIE PROULK .
& WATCHMEN
4900 KMS .
MOTEL IN ANTIGONISH
22 - AGO 5000 KMS
LUNENBURG
5150 KMS
PEGGY'S COVE
LOTS OF TOURISTS AT THE LIGHTHOUSE .
5220S
5400 KMS .
AT THE HOTEL WE WATCHED SOUTHPARK .
AUG 23RD
WE HAD BREAKFAST NEXT TO A FISH TANK .
5600 KMS
DEER!
6000 KMS
6150 KMS .
6320 KMS
6563 KMS .
6570 KMS .
WE WERE HOME .
