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 Road Trip to Newfoundland
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Part 1 - Quebec and Nova Scotia

Part 1 of the photos of our trip to Newfoundland in June & July 2016
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Ready to go on the trip:  Iplehouse JIDs Owen & Leona, KIDs Milo & Lonnie, and BIDs Coco and Holly

Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies

It's a long drive to North Sydney, in Nova Scotia, to catch the ferry to Newfoundland. After almost 450 kms through Ontario, come over 600 kms through Quebec, then around 500 kms through New Brunswick, and another 400 or so through Nova Scotia. We like to take a break from the highway driving now and then, and in Quebec we usually take the coastal drive along the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, through the quaint old towns east of Quebec City.

One of our favourites is Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies. There's a small park out on a promontory out in the river, with views back to town...
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Every town has a big old church in the middle.....
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It was very warm, but we had a little look around in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies. 
​With it being a cloudless, sunny day, I only took two dolls out - Coco and Holly.
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A gorgeous old stone house...
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View along the banks of the St. Lawrence River.....
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Lunenburg

The next day, after driving through all of New Brunswick into Nova Scotia, we decided to make our usual detour towards
Halifax, to visit Peggy's Cove and Lunenburg along the Atlantic coast. They are a couple of hours off the TransCanada Hwy,
​but are our favourite places in all of Nova Scotia, so when we are this close, we just have to go visit.


We arrived in Lunenburg late in the day, and everyone was ready for some snacks, and a rest...
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Historic Lunenburg waterfront
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Milo was glued to his laptop, but the puppies wanted to play.

"Woof, woof, bark, woof....woof"    
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translation: Close that thing and come play with us. We are supposed to be on vacation!"
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Group shot of the kids and the puppies
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We went into town...
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...to check out the boats along the wharves....
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Coco clung tightly to his new wooden boat...
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Peggy's Cove

Next morning we visited Peggy's Cove, the scenic little fishing village along the Atlantic coast, about an hour south of Halifax.
The place was quietly shrouded in fog, still way too early for the inevitable busloads of tourists that would soon arrive. 
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I took these photos on the rocks at the end of a small parking spot overlooking the harbour
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View down to the harbour in Peggy's Cove....
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Piles of lobster traps on the wharf....
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Looks like a good place for another photo shoot....
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A few more pictures down in the village.  Coco and his bike.....
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Peggy's Cove is a tiny fishing village, with a population of about 40, but it's one of the top tourist destinations in all of the Maritimes. There's two huge parking lots - one with a Visitor Centre just as the road enters the village, and another beside the Gift Shop and restaurant up at the lighthouse. 

After having walked through the entire village, and taken lots of photos in the fog, we moved the RV to the Visitor Centre parking lot and made breakfast. During breakfast, the sun burned through the fog, and the busloads of tourists started to arrive. Most people go inside the gift shop and restaurant, some go to the lighthouse, and a handful walk through the village. I wasn't going to retake all my photos, since I don't like to take photos of my dolls in full sun unless I can avoid it, but I did want some with the lighthouse, since I'd not taken any earlier, because, being white, it's more or less invisible in the fog. So, I chose a couple of dolls - Leona and the two little ones - took off their sweaters, as it had gotten considerably warmer, and out we went again.....
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The bay, with the entrance to the Cove....
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It's amazing how different the place looks on a bright sunny day, so I took a few more scenic shots.
In the harbour, at low tide....
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Piles of lobster traps, each one with it's own colourful float....
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Row of fishing boats....
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And, the classic shot with the red fishing shed....
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Burntcoat Head

After leaving Peggy's Cove, we headed north, across the province to the Fundy shore. At Burncoat Head there's a small park along
​the Bay with stairs down the cliff where one can get a good view of the tides and the huge 'flowerpot' island just offshore....
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The tide was going out, and it was amazing just how fast the water level was going down. It was almost like watching a bathtub drain! The water recedes hundreds of metres from shore, making it possible to walk on the floor of the bay around the island. But we weren't going to wait that long, plus my feet were sore from all the walking earlier that morning, so we just stayed at the overlook.

​Milo was restless after all the driving, and tried climbing the base of a cliff....
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But he couldn't stay still, so wandered off....
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..leaving Lonnie alone, to enjoy the view...
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Cape George

The next day, we did a little exploring along the Northumberland Strait shore,
​and stopped at Cape George to take photos with the lighthouse.
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​* Next: Part 2 - Going to Newfoundland

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