Aug 5 - 7 Rose Blanche & Codroy Valley

After spending the night at the Visitors Information Centre we headed out to  the Grand Codroy Campsite in Doyles Newfoundland.The next day we backtracked and toured out to the Rose Blanche Lighthouse. A lighthouse made of granite.

The following day we toured around the Codroy valley. The owner of the campsite had published a handy guide to doing both these trips.

Aug 2 - 4 Fort Louisbourg, Louisbourg & Ferry to Newfoundland at Last

We enjoyed our visit to Fort Louisbourg (Acadian - French)

Our campsite in Louisbourg. Right beside the waterfront and next door to their Crab Fest celebrations. We were able to purchase a huge plate of crab with potato salad and coleslaw each and in the evening were entertained by some very good Cape Breton Bands.

Site of Canada's First Light House. This is the third one although you can see remnants of the earlier ones.

This was our ferry to Newfoundland. Takes about 2 hours to load her up.

Our crossing time was about 6 1/2 hours

July 30 - Aug 1 Kouchibougual National Park, Baddeck & the Cabot Trail

We paid a visit to Kouchibougual National Park and stayed in their campsite. A very nice park with forested campsites and lots of walking and bike trails. We walked to a boardwalk over the dunes to a lovely beach.

The next day we made it to stayed along the Nova Scotia Coast and then moved on to Baddeck in Cape Breton Island where we visited the Alexander Graham Bell Museum and took in a Ceilidh in a small church hall.

Alexander was known for a lot more than telephones

 At this point we found out our ferry to Newfoundland had been cancelled and we were re-booked on another one 2 days later and to a different port so we had to adjust our plans.

We spend a day touring the Cabot trail and came across a woodshop which made eastern larch cutting boards in many designs and styles. All put together with small pieces laminated together.

 Hooking is a popular old time craft

We saw 2 moose just off the Cabot Trail

July 27 -29 Gaspe, Forillon National Park & Perce

On our trip around the Gaspe we stayed at Camp Annie which although about a block from the beach was connected to a restaurant and motel which was on the beach.

This lighthouse at Cap-des-Rosiers is apparently the tallest lighthouse in Canada

We toured Forillon National Park, The park seems to be divided into a few different sections. This is from the North section.

On several rock faces there were lots of birds in their nests

At the South section we hiked to Cap-Gaspe (the farthest point east). On the hike we came across this porcupine munching on the leaves.

This is the view at lands end

The next day after leaving Gaspe we travelled to Perce where you find Perce Rock. A very picturesque community even with the rain fog.

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July 23 - 25 Quebec City

Had a great 2 days in Quebec City.

The first day we made a trip to the Ile dOrleans as we had heard about this from several people. The Island a short distance from Quebec City is as it was years ago all strip farms and today has many many venders selling items made on the island from wine to chocolate to arts and crafts to fruits and vegetables.

Following that we went to Montmercy Falls, which are higher than Niagara Falls and you can either hide up to the top in a gondola or climb the many stairs up the right side. As it was late in the day we took the ride up and walked down.

 View towards Quebec City

 The next day was spent in Quebec City, we had camped over on the Levis side so it was natural to take the ferry across as a pedestrian for our day.

 Chateau Frontenac taken on our return ferry ride.

July 21 - 22 Montreal

We camped at Longueuil, right across from Montreal. This was our view the first night.

Inside Notre Dame Cathedral

The art area in Old Montreal

The view from the top of the clock tower looking down at the piers in Old Montreal

July 17 - 20 Ottawa

We spent 4 very enjoyable days in Ottawa staying at my cousin Gerry's.

The parliment buildings and the Rideau Canal

While were were there in addition to the changing of the guard there was also the changing of the Army commander.

We toured the Museum of Civilization in Gatineau which recently added this reconstruction of the Wildcat Cafe from Yellowknife. 

Of course we had to stay in town to watch the light show on the Parliament Buildings

We rode our bikes up the Rideau River, across to Gatineau, the back across to Ottawa and down the Rideau Canal. During the ride we stopped at Rideau Hall for a lunch break on the grounds.