Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 09:50:47 -0400
Reply-To: Harold Teer <teer.vanagon@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Harold Teer <teer.vanagon@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Labrador Trip photos...
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Paul,
Great pictures!
When you posted pictures of one of your trips to B.C., it convinced my wife
and I to spend three months during the summer of 2005 traveling through B.C.
and we absolutely loved Vancouver Island, Victoria, Atlin, Yoho, etc. In
fact, there is so much to see that we had planned to return and see the
parts of B.C. we missed.
Now you go and post these great pics and the unconventional way (at least
from Virginia) to get to Newfoundland. Geez, you really know how to get a
guy thinking about a next trip. One year, we explored parts of New Brunswick
and Nova Scotia and wanted to take the ferry to Newfoundland and then to
Labrodor, but just ran out of time and decided to wait until another year.
Now you have me planning for a 2007 trip and how to pull it off.
Thanks,
Harold
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Harold & Faye Teer
1991 Westy
Harrisonburg, VA
On 8/31/06, Paul Guzyk <paullist@guzyk.com> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
> Dot and I have spent the last month or so traveling in "Betty," our
> first ever Syncro Westfalia. Betty is an '86 model with under 100k
> miles that we bought from the original owners back in June. (and
> yes, I installed the round headlights.)
>
> Trip photos are here: http://www.pauldottrip.com/2006_atlantic_canada/
>
> We decided to visit Newfoundland again this year but took the more
> challenging route through Labrador in order to get there. (The easy
> way to Newfoundland is a 6-14 hour ferry trip from Nova Scotia).
>
> --
>
> While the Syncro was nice to have, pretty much everywhere we went was
> driveable in a 2WD Vanagon. In fact, we saw a couple 2WD Vanagons on
> the Labrador highway along with all kinds of regular vehicles.
>
> Route:
> from New England take I95 into New Brunswick, drive north to
> Campbelltown NB, then Matane, Quebec. From Matane take the ferry
> across the St. Lawrence to Baie Comeau, QC. Take route 389 north.
>
> Drive 1100km or so to Happy Valley/Goose Bay (center of Labrador),
> then take another ferry to Cartwright on the east coast of Labrador.
> From Cartwright drive south to Blanc Sablon (on the Labrador/Quebec
> coastal border) then a short ferry to St. Barbe near the northern tip
> of Western Newfoundland.
>
> --
>
> Hope you enjoy our photos!
>
> Camp on,
> Paul & Dot
>
--
Harold & Faye Teer
1991 Westy
Harrisonburg, VA
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