We drove this route past year in the spring from Quebec to Goose bay then the ferry over to NF. Over 800 + miles of gravel road. Pure hell if you are not use to it. Carry your own fuel. No petrol on the long stretch. A lot of heavy 18 wheelers. We got a loner satellite phone from the government for safety. No cell service! This time of year a lot f snow etc. A 4 wheel drive vehicle I suspect would be required. I would not do this in the winter IMHO. Our 1988 GL Westy made it ok. That was in May .

Laters,

Dennis Jowell
Scotch Hollow Farm
Newbury, Vermont 

> On Feb 21, 2015, at 12:20 PM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
> 
>                Stephen
> 
>        If it were Me planning this I would want to get AsFar North as I could AsQuickly AsPossible ~ So ~ From Virginia I might head for
> 
> LabradorCity, NL ~ Then maybe on East to GooseBay & NorthWestRiver just for the experience as long as I was up there ~ But I would
> 
> not be going without MyWesty & @Least a PortableHeater ~ It appears as though there are VeryLongStretches of WildernessDriving up
> 
> there & I'd SureWant to have MyWesty in case I ChoseTo or HadTo spend the Night SomeWhere InTheMiddleOfNoWhere ~ & I'm Not @
> 
> all fond of Motels&Hotels ~
> 
>                                                                                                                ORR ~ DeanB
> 
>> On 20 Feb , 2015, at 10:42 PM, OlRivrRat wrote:
>> 
>>               Big Oooops Correction
>> 
>>      To name a couple more ~
>> 
>> http://www.spaceweather.com/
>> 
>> http://rossellet.com/aurora_tracker.htm
>> 
>>      & have a look here for some recent examples ~
>> 
>> http://spaceweathergallery.com/index.php?&title=aurora&title2=lights&starting_point=0&PHPSESSID=gl0qn92kuid6mppdljvnki7t32
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 20 Feb , 2015, at 10:32 AM, Mark McCulley wrote:
>>> 
>>> Trying to see the aurora within a prescribed time window is an iffy
>>> proposition right now. The current solar cycle is very weak.
>>> 
>>> http://www.space.com/23934-weak-solar-cycle-space-weather.html
>>> 
>>> My wife and I just travelled (in January) to Iceland to see the aurora and
>>> did not see anything (other than a beautiful landscape).
>>> 
>>> I suggest keeping an eye on the space weather forecast and be prepared to
>>> head out on short notice if we enter a period of heightened activity. There
>>> are a number of sites on the internet with space weather information.
>>> Here's one:
>>> 
>>> http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/30-minute-aurora-forecast
>>> 
>>> -Mark
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 4:53 AM, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Asking for input from those who've seen it and can recommend a viewing
>>>> location.  We'd like to drive from Virginia in late March to a spot where
>>>> we'd have a good chance to see the Aurora Borealis.  Research indicates
>>>> that fun, remote places like Iceland, Churchill MB, Ft. McMurray AB and
>>>> Fairbanks AK are prime viewing spots but if we drive it means we could
>>>> afford to stay longer if we need to wait out a sighting.  So let us know if
>>>> you know a good place likely to make it worth the drive.  Thanks!
>>>> By the way, we are not planning to drive the Westy and camp out on this
>>>> trip.  We're tough but we're Propexless.
>>>> Stephen
>>>>