CanadianGuy
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The grandeur of this trip is not great compared to some of the adventures on this site. It was our first foray into the world of car-based-long-distance exploration. I want to preface this by saying the eastern coast of Canada is absolutely incredible and I highly suggest anyone with a spark for adventure and natural beauty to explore what it has to offer.
The route was vaguely Montreal, QC --> Rimouski, QC --> Moncton, NB --> Halifax, NS ---> Cabot Trail/Cape Breton, NS --> PEI ---> Montreal. The plan was to camp out every night as various semi-preplanned sites.
The vehicle: My 2004 Jeep Wrangler with almost 200 000km (120k miles).
We left Montreal in early May, it was around 10 degrees Celsius.
Kamouraska Quebec; super cool fishing village
To locals Quebec is known for its construction, trips like this remind me what an incredibly beautiful place it is when you leave cities.
Error #1: Almost all of the 'cool' camping spots we had planned to stay at were closed because of a very late spring. It also went down to below 0, we ended up at an ugly campsite; with awful pouring rain that unexpectedly soaked us.
After a horrible night realizing none of the camping stuff we brought was even vaguely up to the task of subzero temperatures spirits were high as we rolled into a new province. Temperatures were around -3 at this point.
We tried to find dirt roads to go adventuring, but all we could find was awful crater infested asphalt.
We stopped to buy warmer things, because the forecast called for an equally cold and crappy night. In the meantime, we tried to dry our gear in the midday sun.
The night in Moncton was equally cold. Luckily we got a great fire going and made a drying rack, we powered through into NS.
NS had beautiful blue water and sandy beaches aplenty
The rubber duck that lives in the Jeep was lovin it
Cape Breton!
We had no firewood, stopped on a beach to collect driftwood as the sunset for another long cold night. (LUCKILY A DRY NIGHT!) The driftwood provided warm, unfortunately we were in a national park and couldn't cut down any good wood for fear of being shot by an overzealous park ranger.
The next morning I work up, slightly beer-grogey from the night before I heard trotting coming down the road. When I looked up a moose was standing 3' from me. I watched enough National Geographic to move away slowly and it went on it's way- amazingly memorable experience!
The route was vaguely Montreal, QC --> Rimouski, QC --> Moncton, NB --> Halifax, NS ---> Cabot Trail/Cape Breton, NS --> PEI ---> Montreal. The plan was to camp out every night as various semi-preplanned sites.
The vehicle: My 2004 Jeep Wrangler with almost 200 000km (120k miles).
We left Montreal in early May, it was around 10 degrees Celsius.
Kamouraska Quebec; super cool fishing village
To locals Quebec is known for its construction, trips like this remind me what an incredibly beautiful place it is when you leave cities.
Error #1: Almost all of the 'cool' camping spots we had planned to stay at were closed because of a very late spring. It also went down to below 0, we ended up at an ugly campsite; with awful pouring rain that unexpectedly soaked us.
After a horrible night realizing none of the camping stuff we brought was even vaguely up to the task of subzero temperatures spirits were high as we rolled into a new province. Temperatures were around -3 at this point.
We tried to find dirt roads to go adventuring, but all we could find was awful crater infested asphalt.
We stopped to buy warmer things, because the forecast called for an equally cold and crappy night. In the meantime, we tried to dry our gear in the midday sun.
The night in Moncton was equally cold. Luckily we got a great fire going and made a drying rack, we powered through into NS.
NS had beautiful blue water and sandy beaches aplenty
The rubber duck that lives in the Jeep was lovin it
Cape Breton!
We had no firewood, stopped on a beach to collect driftwood as the sunset for another long cold night. (LUCKILY A DRY NIGHT!) The driftwood provided warm, unfortunately we were in a national park and couldn't cut down any good wood for fear of being shot by an overzealous park ranger.
The next morning I work up, slightly beer-grogey from the night before I heard trotting coming down the road. When I looked up a moose was standing 3' from me. I watched enough National Geographic to move away slowly and it went on it's way- amazingly memorable experience!
But with any luck, I'll be doing something similar to your trip. I'll be driving my 00 cherokee towing my expo trailer! The last pic you have posted is an awesome shot! Again, thanks for sharing:coffeedrink:
