Kingston Titanium Reunion.

Kingston Titanium (trailer) Reunion. was held over the May long weekend in Rideau Acres RV park, Kingston. The weather was cool, the friendships were budding and the park was peaceful and uncrowded. It was quite a sight to watch the various models of "Titanium RVs" being pulled in by heavy duty trucks. The owners, the trailers and their classy dogs could be compared to cruise nights at the A & W. Hose reels, tire brakes and fancy Bar B Ques were the order of the day for discussion.

From a full pancake breakfast, through a communal pot-luck dinner to evening (chilly/cold) gatherings around the campfires , friendships were forged and renewed.

Jannich met a couple from New York state. A stogie smoking inventor holding 2 patents in the field of mechanical engineering and her editor husband left on Sunday for their trek home.

A new friendship was developed with Russ and Lesley from Orillia as we talked about the city we still miss. However the city we remember is not the one that exixts now. You can never go back.

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Home again

The next day we arrived back in Durham, Ontario. Due to the need for some medical tests we decided to purchase a house in the area. Note the early snowstorm in October. This is our new temporary home.

The trailer had a winter's rest and Winston got a coat for Christmas! Over the long weekend in May we will be travelling to Kingston, On to attend a Titanium Rally. Will keep you posted.

Alma NB

The beauty of fall in New Brunswick is magnificent. The scent of crunchy maple leaves in our park near Hartland reminded us of walks in Algonquin Provincial Park. St. George N.B. on the shore of the Bay of Fundy was our original destination. There the B&B in which we were interested proved to be a disappointment. Between Alma (just north of Fundy National Park) and St. George we viewed about fifteen properties. Between appointments we enjoyed clam chowder in bay side cafes and many orders of fried clams from roadside take outs. Everywhere was set up for the crush of tourists who visit the Fundy National Park area each summer. Our offer on a B&B in Alma was accepted, however in less than twelve hours “ buyer's remorse” set in. That day we packed up our RV and travelled to west of Montreal (approximately 1100 km.) Conditional offers are always wise.
This is a picture overlooking Alma and the Bay of Fundy.


We did take time to tour St. John. This is the oldest established market in Canada.

Scenic New Brunswick

Pulling a 39 foot trailer through the multi lanes of heavy traffic across the city of Montreal, Quebec sets one's teeth on edge almost as much as travelling the Pack Trail out of Dawson City, Yukon. At least in the Yukon we would have only ourselves or an animal to blame while in Montreal the aggressive Quebecois drivers are another story.

As we drove through scenic New Brunswick we started looking for property to purchase. A home and grounds that overlooked this historic covered bridge were snatched up before our offer could be entertained.

Crossing Canada

Travelling at a steady pace across Alberta, Saskatchwan and Manitoba, we skirted across Northern Ontario while enjoying a continously emerging fall season. Note the photograph of the flocking pelicans that were spotted just west of Winnipeg. Yes, pelicans! Apparently the Foam/Quill Lakes area is a summer destination for them.

Alaska: We will be back!

After saying good-bye to the bears near Hyder, Alaska and to the many glaciers along the Hyder-Steward access road we travelled East through isolated Northern British Columbia. A day was spent in the resort town of Jasper, AB as we became tourists. On our way to Edmonton, Alberta wildlife could be spotted from the highway.

Unfortunately the buffalo were in protected farms and the small herd of Mountain Sheep were not afraid of people trucks and cars. They are a common sight in the area of Jasper.
(They are extremely well adapted to the elevations of the Rockies. They are almost as agile as the mountain goats in steep terrain but they can move much faster because or their characteristic leaping and bounding, reminiscent of a deer). Guess we are edging back into common civilization.

The two weeks spent with family south of Edmonton were enjoyable. In the just over three months since we had been there previously the construction growth in the greater Edmonton area was remarkable. We wondered when the prices of the homes would hit the ceiling.

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