Tag Archives: Trans-Canada Highway

Home, sweet home

October 14, 2016Home, plein air, Road Trip, travelapple tree, Carol L. Douglas, farm, Kari Ganoung Ruiz, New Brunswick, old car, plein air painting, trans-Canada adventure, Trans-Canada Highway, wrap up

By Carol Douglas

9887.9 miles. Would I do it again? Absolutely.

Racing back west

October 13, 2016HomeCape Breton Highlands, Carol L. Douglas, Cobequid Bay, Mary Perot, Newfoundland ferry, Nova Scotia, plein air painting, Targa Newfoundland, trans-Canada adventure, Trans-Canada Highway

By Carol Douglas

There are times when haring off to new places makes lots of sense, and times when it’s a stupid choice. This was one of those latter times.

Detour to Vinland

October 12, 2016Home, plein air painting, Road Trip, travelCarol L. Douglas, Gros Morne, Hurricane Matthew, L'Anse aux Meadows, Labrador, Newfoundland, Norse, Norsemen, plein air painting, trans-Canada adventure, Trans-Canada Highway, Vikings

By Carol Douglas

What in this bleak and cold landscape, with its buffeting winds and lack of topsoil, seemed attractive to the Vikings?

White knuckle travel

October 11, 2016HomeCanada, Carol L. Douglas, Hurricane Matthew, L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, Thanksgiving, Trans-Canada Highway, Vikings

By Carol Douglas

Shipwreck? It’ was all too believable on a day like yesterday.

The night ferry

October 10, 2016Home, plein air painting, Road TripCanada, Cape Spear, Carol L. Douglas, Hare Bay, hunting, Marine Atlantic Ferry, moose, Newfoundland, plein air painting, Trans-Canada Highway

By Carol Douglas

Why does the moose cross the road? Sometimes the answer is not pretty.

Île d’Orléans autumn day

October 7, 2016art, culture, Home, plein air painting, traveladventure, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Canada, Carol L. Douglas, Île d'Orléans, New Brunswick, plein air painting, Quebec, Quebec City, road trip, St. John River Valley, Trans-Canada Highway

By Carol Douglas

As much of a sucker’s game as feudalism is, it persisted in New France for centuries. Go figure.

Ces vaches-les sont mes vaches

October 7, 2016Home, plein air painting, Road Trip, traveladventure, Carol L. Douglas, learning French, plein air painting, Quebec, Trans-Canada Highway

By Carol Douglas

Note: although this was posted yesterday, it failed to show up in the BDN queue or send to subscribers. I’m sorry if you’ve already read it from its link on FB. Today’s post will (hopefully) go out in an hour.

Heart of the Continent

October 3, 2016Home, plein air painting, Road Trip, travel49th Parallel, Canada, Carol L. Douglas, Lake of the Woods, Lake Superior, Manitoba, Northwest Angle, plein air painting, Sandilands National Forest, Souris, Thunder Bay, Trans-Canada Highway

By Carol Douglas

Virtually everyone on our continent is a southerner. Furthermore, most have not ventured north of the true Mason-Dixon Line, which is the 49th Parallel.