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E – Last couple days and some final musings on an epic trip
Well here we are…just finished the last trek home to end this great first trip. Our last couple days in Cavendish the weather turned and it was really windy and cold. We got our last golf game in at Glen Eagles, really good Graham Cooke design but holy cow did the wind blow and it…
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Diane: Rivière-du-Loup to Home
I enjoy a warm, gentle breeze, listening to water lapping the beach. Less so, did I enjoy our last 48 hours in Cavendish, with single-digit temperatures, 70 km/hr, tree-bending wind gusts, and big whitecaps crashing into the shoreline. Troopers that we are, we golfed the first day, but declared the next one “an indoor day”.…
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Diane: Cavendish and Charlottetown
This is a beautiful area, with lots of activities to offer. I’ve been biking along the beautiful Gulf Shore Parkway, enjoying time on the beach, and visiting Charlottetown. Here are some pics: Here’s a bonus sight when we were wandering around Charlottetown before our own pre-dinner cocktail. We played the challenging Green Gables on Monday,…
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E – Cavendish charms
Well we are in the last stretch of our inaugural trip and we have hit Cavendish beach in PEI. After a great visit with friends Kim and Jeff in Saint John we got to Cavendish around 3 in the afternoon. Di has already regailed you with the great stay in Saint John so I wont…
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Diane: An Inside Tour
We’re busy biking, beaching, and golfing in Cavendish. E posted some outside pics of our RV a few blogs ago. Here is a tour inside.
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Diane: Saint John
On Saturday morning, we left Bar Harbor, crossed back into Canada and headed for Saint John. We had a great visit with friends Kim and Jeff (who recently published his first novel, The Long Train Home). They gave us a tour of the downtown waterfront and nearby beach, and we were lucky to have a…
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Diane: Sand Beach
I started the morning with a bike ride along the backroads in our area. Even off official bike routes, the roads are really well-maintained and drivers are respectful of cyclists. When we were cycling on Wednesday through Acadia National Park, E spied a beautiful beach. We headed there on Friday for a little down time.…
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Diane: Bar Harbor
Wednesday afternoon, we headed into Bar Harbor. We took advantage of the Island Explorer, which is a free shuttle service sponsored by L.L. Bean that covers Bar Harbor, Ellsworth, and Acadia National Park. We popped our bikes on for our ride in the park on Tuesday. Bar Harbor is a great little town for boutique…
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Diane: Acadia National Park
We headed out on Wednesday morning to bike in the park. We did the complete Park Loop Road of 44 kms, covering the beautiful shoreline and mountain cliffs, as well as the interior forest. We could have made better time, but photo opps of the scenic views were too spectacular to pass up. Here’s one,…
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E – A really nice day in Bar Harbor and Spectacular ride in Acadia National Park but….
I am going to get a new f*@*##$& bike. As some of you know I am not entirely fond of the current hybrid I have..to put it mildly. I am kinda wishing it got completely totalled when it fell of the rack before we left. The frame is too heavy and the tires are great…
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Diane: Arrived in Bar Harbor
After two days of biking, and enjoying the beaches (and seals) along the Cape Cod National Seashore, we set out for Bar Harbor on Monday morning. The day started out with a success. Until this morning, we had been eyeballing the RV pin and the truck hitch to align them using the RV controls. This…
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E – Another lesson learned
Well you should never leave Cape Cod on a holiday Monday. Yesterday was a rather long travel day. It started out fine enough, we targeted a 9 o’clock departure and we’re out the gate by 9:15…within 20 minutes we realized “holy smokes, this is like coming down from the Muskokas on a Sunday or holiday…
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E – A big event and other tidbits
So…as many of you know there was a specific incident on the test trip a bunch of years ago that had a significant impact on the trip…and not in a positive way and it put me in a position where, strategically, I didn’t think it wise to talk about integrating RV’ing of any sort into…
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Diane: Hyannis
This morning, we headed out to Hyannis. It’s a pretty port town, although there’s a surprising lack of coffee shops open before 11:00 a.m. Once properly caffeinated, we went to the John F. Kennedy Museum. This is a very small museum that took about 30 minutes to tour, but was well worth the visit. We…
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Diane: Provincetown
So, three days in, we’re ready to head out and see some sights. We went to Provincetown on Thursday morning. It’s a nice place to meander and check out the shops and waterfront. ….or maybe enjoy a hot lobster roll (E). Personally, I’m on a tuna sashimi roll. 😂 Next, we checked out Race Point…
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E – The Cape and first couple days
The drive from our first overnight to Cape Cod was much nicer than the first leg. Being on a major highway like I-90 rather than smaller and or hillier secondary highways makes a difference in the whole driving experience . All went well and we got into Cape Cod and to our destination – Atlantic…
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E – Getting going and Day 1
Well day one is in the books and what a start. First let’s rewind a little…Di and I had volunteered at the CP Womens Open held at our golf club the week leading up to our departure and that was a little more tiring than we had expected. We essentially left straight from the golf…
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E – Beginnings
So big day…picked up the 5th wheel! We bought this one year old rig off a fantastic couple who have been extremely helpful with providing insights and training. The day went very smoothly as we went through hook up and unhooking before I drove it up to the lake where we will keep it between…
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Diane: Arrived in Cape Cod
We arrived in Cape Cod on Tuesday at the Atlantic Oaks Campground in Eastham, MA. After a few days on long drives, I was really looking forward to heading out on my bike on Wednesday. The easiest place to get started was on the Cape Code Rail Trail that passes behind the campground. I took…
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Diane: And We’re Off
August 29, 2022 Good news. E did a great job driving, and we successfully arrived at our first stop—Arrowhead Marina & RV Park in Glenville, New York—late in the afternoon. Unhitching the RV went smoothly, and all appliances, air conditioning and water heating systems started as expected. We were toasting our first day quickly. We…
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Diane: The Backstory
I thought it would be useful to recap what brought us to our 5th Wheel Adventure. A few years into our relationship, probably over a nice glass of wine, E suggested hitting the road on an extended vacation, pulling some kind of mobile-living accommodation. At the time, I assumed it was just fanciful musing on…
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Wheelin' and Rockin' with DIanE 