We stayed at the campground for two nights. During our day in the park, we relaxed in the morning, then explored Port aux Basques and surrounding area. We stopped at a grocery store to get more food and jugs of water. Everyone was so nice. We noticed that all the houses had wooden containers at the end of the driveways, painted all different colors. We couldn’t figure out what they were for, perhaps Amazon deliveries? The slats on one of them was wide enough for us to see garbage bags on the inside and it dawned on us that these were their garbage cans. They look a lot better than the ugly plastic ones we have. They must not have to worry as much about raccoons and bears getting into them.
There are lots of beautiful views of the water and mountains in the distance. We stopped at one place and took lots of photos. When we got back to the campground, we drove the road that continued on to the beach and found a huge sandy beach with huge waves coming in to shore. After walking around and soaking in the sun a bit, we relaxed at the campsite the rest of the night. Carson and I also explored the campground a bit and found the waterfall and also the building with the wifi, LOL.
View from the small bridge in the park. Canadian burnetFireweed This little guy was a continuous visitor to our campsite.A small waterfall in the park. Cute little birdUnfortunately we were not near enough to walk to the beach in the time we had there.A bigger waterfall farther up the creek. Lesser Purple Fringed Orchid (Bog Orchid)We explored the town and stopped at an overlook to go down to the ocean. Meadow Buttercup (Ranunculus)Grass-like Starwort (Chickweed)An example of the garbage bins at the end of every driveway.Waves were huge at the beach near the campground. Not too worried about bears. Each campsite had a recycle bin and garbage without lids. When near the ocean, one must try fishy things. There is still lots of room left in the back of the truck. Here is our organizing bins.
We left Kennebunkport and had a long day of driving. We made a quick stop at Bowdoin College where Joshua Chamberlain, a famous civil war soldier was buried. Then we drove through the rest of Maine, easily crossed the border thanks to the ArriveCan app, and then continued on through New Brunswick and into Nova Scotia. We stopped for the night at a hotel in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. The drive was very pretty and the roads were great. This part of the world is gorgeous!
The next morning, we drove for a couple more hours until we got to the Car Ferry to Newfoundland. It took a couple hours to get the truck loaded up, but then we were on the way. We had 4 seats on deck 9 which was just below the top of the boat (the sun deck). During the 7 hour trip, there was some snoozing, some Nintendo Switch game playing, lots of reading and even some cross stitching. We bought a whole pizza for our lunch and got ice cream. Plus Carson and I saw some dolphins, and we all saw a whale! It was actually a pretty relaxing way to travel.
After we got back to the truck and drove off, we got to our campsite at J.T. Cheeseman Provincial Park in Port aux Basques which was just a few miles down the road from the ferry.
Canada uses the Metric System, so we needed a cheat sheet!The name of this chicken restaurant cracked me up.Waiting in line to load the truck into the ferry.The boys played Mario Cart on the Nintendo SwitchThere are lifeboats and we had to watch a video.There is a helipad, but we don’t think it got used on our trip.Carson loves ice cream.See those little splashes? Dolphins!We crossed from Sydney to Channel-Port aux Basques.Seating is so much roomier than an airplane.Newfoundland is 2.5 hours ahead of Green Bay.We made it!
Our epic roadtrip is wrapped around the yearly Kline vacation with Jeff’s family. This year, to celebrate Jeff’s parents’ 50th anniversary, they rented a beautiful house in Kennebunkport, Maine. We have been staying here the last 5 days and enjoying a laid back type of vacation style.
The house is on a small cove and there is a small beach at the end of the street, that is perfect for beachcombing, racing the RC boats, and reading on the patio. One afternoon, I was looking for cool rocks, sea shells and sea glass (off topic: when does “broken beer bottle” become “sea glass”?), and struck up a conversation about seashells with a really nice lady that lives down the street. She stopped by a little later and brought me a basket of really neat shells and taught me about the different kinds of shells. That was so kind of her and I wish we had traded names so I could properly thank her!
On Wednesday, the four of us and Grandpa went to the Seashore Trolley Museum where we saw many restored trollies from towns across the world. We took a Trolley ride to a “Trolley Park”, which were parks outside of the city that trolley companies built in order to entice people to ride on Sundays when they were off work. Many of these parks later developed into the Amusement Parks we know today.
Spencer’s glasses broke late Wednesday, so we also headed up to Portland on Thursday to get him new glasses and have lunch. The workers at Eyemart Express were awesome and super quick, and we had a great lunch in the heart of Portland’s tourist area.
Our week in Maine came to an end and we went on our way towards Newfoundland. I blogged from my phone this time, so will add Jeff’s photos at a future time.
Our beautiful home for the week!Jeff was in charge of doing the cooking for everyone. There was a deck over the garage that was perfect for reading a book and watching the tide come in.Carson was the best RC boat driver.A double decker trolleyCarson ate avacado fries and wants to make them (a little less spicy) at home.Gotta get clam chowder when in New England!A shell not usually found on this beach anymore. I can wait to use this gift of shells during storytime this year! Lots of cool rocks and shells on this sandy beach. Carson played Cloud City board game with Jeff and Grandpa.The water in this cove was so clearRummikub, Bananagrams, puzzles and more were played.There was a big building at the trolley museum where they fixed up the old trolleys.There were old cars from Chicago’s “EL”What is a wife to do? One must “twin” with the train enthusiast at a train (or trolley) museum!The view outside our bedroom window. A local told me these were all Airbnbs.
Kline Road Trips 