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Date:         Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:06:30 -0400
Reply-To:     Sam Conant <samcvt@COMCAST.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Sam Conant <samcvt@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: BusFusion Bound Trip Report #03
Comments: To: Benny boy <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA>
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In Nova Scotia, Blomodin Provincial Park is a great camping site. SamC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Benny boy" <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 4:47 PM Subject: Re: BusFusion Bound Trip Report #03

> He he he, nice story... now, get the heck out of there and cross the > St-Laurent river, go around the Gaspe peninsula, chill out there for a few > days, go around and srive into NB, est of it, go into Shediac, have some > Lobsters, keep driving on the coast, nice free camping spot... and why > not, > go into Nova Scotia, a fre list member that live in NS should show you > around. > > He din't tell you but i was the judge at Busfusion, he bribe me! :-) > > Ben > > On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:50:29 -0700, Phil W. Zimmerman > <philzimm1@OBERON.ARK.COM> wrote: > >>Hi Folks, >>Day-26 >> >>BusFusion was a blast, slice, cool, way-too cool... you get the picture. >>Hah! The piece of crap I call my Van (especially when it "acts-up") >>received >>Best Innovative Camper Award. Now I'm confused, which those whom know me > well will not at-all be surprised, who got the award...... me or the Van? >>Guess for now perhaps, I will call it a draw. I did my part the Van did >>hers. >>I'm deeply touched, in a good sort of way. The BusFusion judges bestowed >>this honor on her and I was the proud innovative father of her many > accoutrements. >> >>A great thank-you to the whole BusFusion Organizational crowd. Well >>Done..... >>closest one will see to darn near perfect; weather, place, surroundings >>and >>the great VW Folks in attendance. So good, a few of us hung for Sunday >>night >>before departing.... >> >>Monday June 11th (day 17 of my trip) found Kim and me heading towards > Montreal to join with Joy & her friend P-N. I use brevity here to protect > our anonymity, autonomy or maybe our anatomy..... who cares, two Vanagons > were traveling the same road at the same time on the same day... a friggen > miracle! >> >>Benny-boy and Hans welcomed us to their great city of Montreal. The third >>Van of the infamous Labrador Caravan joined with us and we were now three > Vans and four souls. Next came Quebec (Quebec City to us > anglophone-silly-westerners). Two nights spent camped on the South Shore > of > the mighty Saint Lawrence River in two of Canada's finest cities. Wow, saw > Skunk, Wood-Chucks and a pile of unidentifiable critters living within > these > two cities on the river. >> >>Ok, serious Labrador travel about to happen. >>Sheeze, crossing over to the North Shore was fabulous. >>The Villages were like the picture post-cards one buys to >>send home... showing the folks back-home what the trip >>looked like. But no lie here, the villages really looked >>this picturesque. With names like 'Tadoussac' and camping >>at Domaine des Dunes for the night heck, I thought I was >>in France.... but nope, Quebec and the call to Labrador >>remained strong. We left the North Shore and headed >>towards Manic-5. Yikes, anything called "Manic" I avoid. >>Big lump of concrete blocking the river was the Manic-5 Dam. >>Off up the gravel now, to a place called Labrador. Camped >>with a bazillion bugs on a pretty lake. The following day at >>the first fuel-stop..... the Labrador Caravan was to be >>dealt a fatal-blow. >> >>Word passed down the road from Happy-Valley Goose Bay >>(who needs WiFi with a jungle telegraph like this) >>the Ferries were not running yet, due to late lingering >>Sea-Ice. Whadda-yah mean here: Sea-Ice in mid-June and this aint >>the Titanic Caravan it's the Labrador Caravan? Seems the Newfoundland >>Ferries have lost their courage to navigate at night with bergie-bits >>still in the region. Not to be overly tough on the Newfoundland Ferry >>System, they are probably just cautious cuz recall: BC Ferries >>(my home province) put one of our Ferries on the bottom in 1,200 feet >>of water a year ago with around a hundred cars onboard! Not any >>Sea-Ice in the area either... just stupid operators. So, who wouldda >>thunk the Labrador Caravan would be sunk by sea-ice? Well, not sunk >>but skunked by an indeterminate Ferry Schedule and determinate time >>schedules of the caravaners. No Labrador Caravan this year for this >>group of Vanaganauts! Sad, sad moment in time for all. >> >>Day 26 for me now (June 20th) finds us on the North >>Shore again, just allot further East than before. Slowly wandering >>from village to village. Some with fantastic free camping opportunities. >>Very few tourists (like us) around. Locals seem and act friendly, >>especially >>since two of our group speak fluent French. Soon, I the lone > anglophone-only, will be continuing solo to the end of the road. This will > be a hoot, I hope for the locals attempting to interpret my crazy attempts > at French. >> >>Weather near perfect, scenic sights galore, fridge (Dometic) still working >>so, life is beautiful..... wish you-all were here. >> >>regards from the road, >> >>Phil Z. >>Campbell River, BC >>--------------------------


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