Vagabond's Compass

Our first day in Halifax was largely spent resting and catching up on laundry. We did get out for a few hours to explore. We made our way ...

Just a map to put things in perspective. Here's where we drove: View Directions to Halifax, NS, Canada in a larger map Zoom and pan aro...

July 11 and 12 This morning we awoke to an excellent breakfast of blueberry pancakes. We met several other people staying at Fitzro...

July 10 I woke to a slightly sleepy “Happy Birthday!” today from Shawn, (and appreciate everyone’s well wishes to which I have now re...

July 8 and 9 After taking our leave from the Cape Anguille Lighthouse we set off in search of another. On our way to admire the recen...

July 7 This morning we decided to hike the Phillips Garden trail along the Port au Choix coast. This is an excellent fishing area and...

The sun came up at 4am in St. Anthony today. It was still raining and the wind was blowing, as demonstrated by the Canadian flag. It was ab...

This whole trip we have enjoyed long days due to our high latitude, with light until well after 10pm. Tonight we are as far north as we wil...

July 5th We set off this afternoon along the western coast of Newfoundland's Northern Peninsula. This route is known as the Viking Tr...

July,, 3-4 Summer is short here, the plants know this well and make good use of the season. So, right now, every growing thing is green a...

For some reason I have always thought of moose as a quintessential symbol of wilderness. I've traveled to "Moose Country" s...

July, 2-3 We finally made it. It took us a couple more days than planed, and we are in a different part of the island than we had planed, b...

Greetings from the Gulf of St. Lawrence! Impressively, our Newfoundland-bound ferry has wireless internet (. . . although very slow). Today...

July, 1 2009 (uploaded later) Not only did we arrive in Halifax without incident, (except that I tragically left my book I was reading on t...

We finally made it into the air and have landed in Toronto! Unfortunatley we also found out that we can't catch a ferry for Newfoundland...

So...after New York's tower refused to let any planes escape around the storm yesterday, we found ourselves spending a night in the love...

Happy Canada Day everyone! -- Post From Sara's iPhone

Grounded! Well, there was this storm you see….somewhere….that was preventing many people from going anywhere, and causing many blood pressur...

We are taking advantage of arriving at the airport early by enjoying lunch and cold beverage. It is technically afternoon, so we don't ...

We had some help... -- Post From Sata's iPhone