We returned safe and sound from our annual epic road trip on Monday. Here is how the trip unfolded, by the numbers…. Miles driven: 5390.7. We thought about driving around for 10 more miles, but that would have been cheating. States/provinces traversed: 8. In case you’re wondering which ones: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova…
Fogo Island
Sunrise and Ferries
On Thursday morning, we were up before the sun to catch an early morning ferry from Fogo Island back over to “mainland” Newfoundland. Even though getting in line for the ferry at 5:15AM wasn’t the most fun thing we did all week, it did give us the chance to see this gorgeous sunrise: After a 45…
Newfoundland Names
We are using a large, old-fashioned fold-out map to make our way from place to place here in Newfoundland (I’m anti-GPS). Long hours in the car means plenty of time to study the map. One fun thing up here is noticing the unique and quirky place names. Here are some of the more interesting ones…