Category: Camping

This morning we’re off to explore more of the area. Although we love this campground, we felt we should see some of the nearby Provincial Park. But first, we wanted to find “La Petit Cochonne”, a tiny bakery we learned about from the campground. Directions said to drive to the airport. Plenty of parking is…

9-8-17 Friday Rising with the sun, we wandered around the campground and found the perfect spot, then walked up to the office to sign up for two more nights. They wanted to see the van to insure we wouldn’t block anyone’s view, so we drove around to the office where the owner said we were…

Officially heading north to find whales, we were up with the cows at six, and on the road at seven. In just a few minutes we were crossing the border into Quebec. We had no trouble once the customs guard understood why we stayed on a farm last night.  Wound our way through little towns…

Rouses Point is where northeastern New York meets Quebec. Customs meets trains here for clearance in and out of both countries. I peaked in the windows of the station, then decided to move on since it is only open when trains are expected. Surprised by a pick-up truck rolling into the parking lot I was…

So it turned out that Fern Lake is a good place to test out our new lens. Two of the three days over the holiday weekend presented perfect weather with all sorts of winged visitors.  Whiteface mountain is the peak with rock slides on the left. Downhill skiing competitions were held here during the both…

 Coming back to the van after a day on the mountain, we noticed drips from the holding tank again. We cleaned it out in Vermont yesterday at a municipal waste facility and thought the problem was solved. From Mt Washington we drove to three places hoping to find a new valve. The third place had…