Boston We have been a bit busy since our last blog entry so this entry relates to a trip we had on 29th August 2011. So we will try to catch up with subsequent trips soon. Along with other Aussie travellers and friends, Patsy and Len from Bendigo, Donna and I rent a car and head toward the New England area of the USA. We head south toward the Canadian/USA border crossing at the Ivy Lea Bridge near the Thousand Islands area on the St Lawrence River. As we pass...

August 16th, 6.00 am, and waiting outside East side Marios again, waiting for a Queensway Tours bus, same as the start of our first New York trip back in March. At least it wasn't dark and freezing cold this time. We are off to Moosonee on the shores of Moose River, which empties into James Bay at the southern end of Hudson Bay. We will be staying on the Island of Moose Factory the site of the second Hudson Bay Company settlement established in 1673. No, the...

"Start spreading the news..I'm leaving today...I want to be a part of it...New York New York..." Ol' blue eyes, he was really on to something all those years ago. You cannot help yourself getting excited about visiting New York. After being there in March 2011 it was with much less trepidation and great excitement that Donna, Rowena and I headed back to New York in July 2011, summer time. This time though the excitement was heightened further by the prospect ...

Mozying through the Marvellous Maritimes- Land of a hundred thousand welcomes. Wahoo, summer holidays at last. The long break here begins with a 6.30 am taxi to YOW(Ottawa airport) for our long awaited Maritime trip. I have been to Halifax before so we hope to touch new ground. We leave Ottawa on a hot steamy day and arrive at Halifax Airport on a sensational day. 21C low humidity and sunny. We pick up our VW Jetta and set Karen (the indispensable GPS) for...

Camping in Algonquin Park After a week in New York it was time for a change of pace. So with Bridget, Martin and Rowie, Donna and I set the GPS for Algonquin Park and Algonquin Outfitters for a two day canoeing and camping trip. But first we would spend the day, and most of the night, with friends Bill and Jeanette at the Blue Skies Festival, held annually near their place, and then leave for the park from there. The Blue Skies Festival is a nearly 40 year ol...