Harold, if you’re coming to Ottawa you're welcome to come by my place here in Almonte, just a mere 35 km west of downtown Ottawa. I have two acres of country property you can stay on or even better you can stay at the Almonte Fairgrounds where we hold BusFusion. No charge either place ! Almonte with the Mississippi River and surrounding area have great attractions I can send you to.
On Aug 19, 2014, at 11:23 PM, Automatic digest processor <LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> wrote: > My wife and I have traveled in our van from Virginia to Alberta, BC, Yukon, > Northwest Territories, and the Atlantic Provinces (except Labrador) several > times each, but have never traveled in Ontario or Quebec. We hope to > remedy that starting later next week with a 3 to 4 week trip. > > While we normally shun big cities and spend all of our van time in remote > places we will spend some of our time in Ottawa, Montreal and the city of > Quebec. > > When traveling in the van, we tend to spend one night at a campsite and > then move on to the next one down the road in order to see new small towns > or scenic areas. The exception is that we sometime will spend several days > if there are several nice day hikes in an area. Our bodies are > "experienced" but we are in good shape and still love hiking, the outdoors, > and camping in parks (we avoid commercial campgrounds if possible). > > I would love to receive some advice on roads to travel, parks to visit, > camping areas and hiking areas or suggested trails. We have been told we > have to visit Forilon National Park, but other than that we are wide open > to suggestions as to roads, towns, camping areas in provincial parks and > county/city/regional parks. Both ones to try and ones to avoid. > > I believe we have missed all the van events in that area this year, but if > I am wrong, please let me know. > > Either public or private responses will be welcomed.
Cheers, Frank Condelli Almonte, Ontario, Canada '87 VW Westy, '00 Kawasaki 250 Sherpa, "98 Ducati 750 Monster & Lionel Trains (Collection for sale) Frank Condelli & Associates - Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley BusFusion a VW Camper camping event, Almonte, ON, June 05 ~ 08, 2014 |
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