In Nova Scotia, Blomodin Provincial Park is a great camping site.
SamC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Benny boy" <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 4:47 PM
Subject: Re: BusFusion Bound Trip Report #03

> He he he, nice story... now, get the heck out of there and cross the
> St-Laurent river, go around the Gaspe peninsula, chill out there for a few
> days, go around and srive into NB, est of it, go into Shediac, have some
> Lobsters, keep driving on the coast, nice free camping spot... and why
> not,
> go into Nova Scotia, a fre list member that live in NS should show you
> around.
>
> He din't tell you but i was the judge at Busfusion, he bribe me! :-)
>
> Ben
>
> On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:50:29 -0700, Phil W. Zimmerman
> <philzimm1@OBERON.ARK.COM> wrote:
>
>>Hi Folks,
>>Day-26
>>
>>BusFusion was a blast, slice, cool, way-too cool... you get the picture.
>>Hah! The piece of crap I call my Van (especially when it "acts-up")
>>received
>>Best Innovative Camper Award. Now I'm confused, which those whom know me
> well will not at-all be surprised, who got the award...... me or the Van?
>>Guess for now perhaps, I will call it a draw. I did my part the Van did
>>hers.
>>I'm deeply touched, in a good sort of way. The BusFusion judges bestowed
>>this honor on her and I was the proud innovative father of her many
> accoutrements.
>>
>>A great thank-you to the whole BusFusion Organizational crowd. Well
>>Done.....
>>closest one will see to darn near perfect; weather, place, surroundings
>>and
>>the great VW Folks in attendance. So good, a few of us hung for Sunday
>>night
>>before departing....
>>
>>Monday June 11th (day 17 of my trip) found Kim and me heading towards
> Montreal to join with Joy & her friend P-N. I use brevity here to protect
> our anonymity, autonomy or maybe our anatomy..... who cares, two Vanagons
> were traveling the same road at the same time on the same day... a friggen
> miracle!
>>
>>Benny-boy and Hans welcomed us to their great city of Montreal. The third
>>Van of the infamous Labrador Caravan joined with us and we were now three
> Vans and four souls. Next came Quebec (Quebec City to us
> anglophone-silly-westerners). Two nights spent camped on the South Shore
> of
> the mighty Saint Lawrence River in two of Canada's finest cities. Wow, saw
> Skunk, Wood-Chucks and a pile of unidentifiable critters living within
> these
> two cities on the river.
>>
>>Ok, serious Labrador travel about to happen.
>>Sheeze, crossing over to the North Shore was fabulous.
>>The Villages were like the picture post-cards one buys to
>>send home... showing the folks back-home what the trip
>>looked like. But no lie here, the villages really looked
>>this picturesque. With names like 'Tadoussac' and camping
>>at Domaine des Dunes for the night heck, I thought I was
>>in France.... but nope, Quebec and the call to Labrador
>>remained strong. We left the North Shore and headed
>>towards Manic-5. Yikes, anything called "Manic" I avoid.
>>Big lump of concrete blocking the river was the Manic-5 Dam.
>>Off up the gravel now, to a place called Labrador. Camped
>>with a bazillion bugs on a pretty lake. The following day at
>>the first fuel-stop..... the Labrador Caravan was to be
>>dealt a fatal-blow.
>>
>>Word passed down the road from Happy-Valley Goose Bay
>>(who needs WiFi with a jungle telegraph like this)
>>the Ferries were not running yet, due to late lingering
>>Sea-Ice. Whadda-yah mean here: Sea-Ice in mid-June and this aint
>>the Titanic Caravan it's the Labrador Caravan? Seems the Newfoundland
>>Ferries have lost their courage to navigate at night with bergie-bits
>>still in the region. Not to be overly tough on the Newfoundland Ferry
>>System, they are probably just cautious cuz recall: BC Ferries
>>(my home province) put one of our Ferries on the bottom in 1,200 feet
>>of water a year ago with around a hundred cars onboard! Not any
>>Sea-Ice in the area either... just stupid operators. So, who wouldda
>>thunk the Labrador Caravan would be sunk by sea-ice? Well, not sunk
>>but skunked by an indeterminate Ferry Schedule and determinate time
>>schedules of the caravaners. No Labrador Caravan this year for this
>>group of Vanaganauts! Sad, sad moment in time for all.
>>
>>Day 26 for me now (June 20th)  finds us on the North
>>Shore again, just allot further East than before. Slowly wandering
>>from village to village. Some with fantastic free camping opportunities.
>>Very few tourists (like us) around. Locals seem and act friendly,
>>especially
>>since two of our group speak fluent French.  Soon, I the lone
> anglophone-only, will be continuing solo to the end of the road. This will
> be a hoot, I hope for the locals attempting to interpret my crazy attempts
> at French.
>>
>>Weather near perfect, scenic sights galore, fridge (Dometic) still working
>>so, life is beautiful..... wish you-all were here.
>>
>>regards from the road,
>>
>>Phil Z.
>>Campbell River, BC
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