Canada Maritime Provinces Summer 2009
Depart date: 6/29/2009 Return date: 9/3/2009
It was an absolutely epic trip and I saw some of the most beautiful things I have ever seen in my life. Before I left I was afraid I couldn’t do a 12,000 mile trip by motorcycle, but I kept telling myself it’s like an elephant and you have to eat it one bite at a time. Not to say I didn’t have a couple meltdowns along the way. I did. But I kept going and had a great time.
Canadian provinces: Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island. We tried to get to Isle de la Madeleine and couldn’t coordinate ferry transportation. We planned to go to St. Pierre but Hurricane Bill caused us to leave Newfoundland early to get on mainland Nova Scotia.
US: We rode the Blue Ridge Parkway and Skyline Drive going north and part of the coast of Maine coming back. It’s going to take a return trip to thoroughly explore Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. We’d been gone for almost 2 months and it was time to get back.
Trip Stats
| Miles traveled | 11,625 |
| Tennessee |
| North Carolina |
| Virginia |
| West Virginia |
| Maryland |
| Pennsylvania |
| New York |
| Vermont |
| New Hampshire |
| Quebec |
| New Brunswick |
| Prince Edward Island |
| Nova Scotia |
| Newfoundland/Labrador |
| Maine |
| Massachusetts |
| Connecticut |
| New Jersey |
|
Where
|
Days
|
%
|
| US |
13
|
19%
|
| QC |
26
|
39%
|
| NB |
4
|
6%
|
| NS |
8
|
12%
|
| NL |
14
|
21%
|
| PEI |
2
|
3%
|
|
Lodging
|
Days
|
%
|
| camping |
32
|
48%
|
| ferry |
2
|
3%
|
| hotel/B&B |
11
|
16%
|
| visiting |
16
|
24%
|
| home |
1
|
1%
|
| rained out |
5
|
7%
|
| Trip Days | 67 |
| Traveling | 51 |
| Stopped | 16 |
The Trip Report/Feedback link at the top of the page will have detail posts of the trip.
