Trip across North America and back
The scenery here is fabulous. The first order of business in the morning was a walk with Lila near the parking lot of our hotel. I tried a selfie with her which was not real successful, but also shot some of the mountains here. Aafter breakfast, we headed up to Lake Louise and hiked around. Continue Reading
We are in the Canadian Rockies. Once we left Calgary, they were in front of us and gorgeous. We are staying in the Lake Louise Inn and will be here for three nights. We expect to explore and hike over the next few days. I stopped and took a couple of pictures on the way.
We had a long drive from Moosomin, SK to Medicine Hat, AB with snow coming down for whole drive. We stopped for lunch in Moose Jaw, SK at Boston Pizza, a nice chain restaurant. We arrived at a lovely little Home Inn hotel in late afternoon and went to Thanksgiving dinner (Canadian Thanksgiving happens on Continue Reading
O pictures today. We went all the way through Manitoba and into Moosomin Saskatchewan. We are just relaxing this afternoon and will probably just boringly eat in the room. The Motel 6 in Moosomin is brand new and beautifully engineered. Places for everything with plenty of space for people. Impressive! Lila has ceased using the Continue Reading
The Birchville Motel in Nipigon was lovely. The room was very clean and spacious, despite having two beds and it had a fridge and microwave. There was no breakfast included so we ate in the room and headed out early. The drive was easy and we stopped a few times along the way at a Continue Reading
We stayed in the Howard Johnson Hotel in Sault Ste Marie had breakfast in the hotel, loaded up and headed out. The hotel was very old and in need of a major renovation, but a nice couple and their extended family were running it and there were signs that they had started. The biggest problem Continue Reading
We had a relaxing morning in Hotel Champlain, walking Lila and having breakfast. The place was so dog-friendly that she stayed with us while we had breakfast. We left before 10 and would have sailed smoothly through Montreal except that our Magellan said “Comtinue on the current road”, when it meant “get off route 20and Continue Reading
When we crossed in to Canada there was very little traffic, so the Canadian border agent had lots of time. He asked if we had Lila’s papers with us and luckily we did. I dug the rabies certificate out and showed him what he requested. I don’t know what would have happened if we had Continue Reading
We arrived around 4 PM with a couple of short scenic stops. We took US 201 which follows the trail of Benedict Arnold on his way to Quebec early in the Revolution. (Before his later turn). The Penobscot River is gorgeous and when you get to Jackman, ME, you have moved from a watershed which Continue Reading
The rental Rogue is packed and we should be off shortly.