by ronmitchelladventure | Aug 27, 2017 | Canada, North America, Nova Scotia
Welcome to the highest ocean tides in the world. Folks around Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia adapt to tides from 47 to 54 feet. We start to set up camp in Advocate Harbour, when a woman calls us over to her car, which contains seven small yapping terriers. “I know a...
by ronmitchelladventure | Aug 24, 2017 | Canada, North America, Prince Edward Island
While hordes of folks in the US flock to the diagonal line of the total eclipse across the country, Marilynn and I take a road/camping trip in the opposite direction towards Nova Scotia (New Scotland) Canada. We’ll sleep under the cap of our truck for the next two...
by ronmitchelladventure | Nov 14, 2016 | Canada, Manitoba, North America
The terrain changes from farmland to tundra during our two-night train ride from Winnipeg to Churchill. This small town on the Hudson Bay greets us with 30 degree Fahrenheit temperatures. “Welcome to balmy Churchill,” says Shannon, executive director of the Great Bear...
by ronmitchelladventure | Aug 11, 2011 | Canada, North America, Yukon
“I don’t think we need the sleeping bags,” Mare says. She had just lined our truck bed with foam, covered in blankets. “Nah, we don’t need them,” I respond. “Maybe we’ll camp one night and motel it for another.” We...
by ronmitchelladventure | Jul 18, 2011 | British Columbia, Canada, North America
Young boys gather around a picnic table. Two large plastic bottles of Vodka on the tabletop hold their gaze…until they spot Mare and Jack and I backing-up the pickup truck about three feet away from their tent. A sign with an arrow pointing south reads,...
by ronmitchelladventure | Jul 23, 2010 | Canada, North America, Yukon
After clearing Canadian customs from Hyder, we get to drive through the fjords again, and up the Stewart-Cassiar Highway. This rustic, part-gravel route runs through thick woods, and has hardly any traffic. We spot a red fox and a couple of moose, but are not quick...
