The Holiday is officially over

14 hotels over 20 nights.
5 provinces and 2500km.
One or two burgers.
A success.






No Mooses spotted.
One Newfoundland dog and one Red Squirrel.
One seal, and numerous starfish.
And one live lobster. (no longer alive).
Six covered bridges.
The largest axe.
Numerous Poutins
One chipmunk.
One large observation tower.
One big waterfall

Location:Macdonald Cartier Fwy,Toronto,Canada

Niagara falls Canada and USA side.

Write up to follow.


No Mooses spotted yet
Spotted so far.
One Newfoundland dog and one Red Squirrel.
One seal, and numerous starfish.
And one live lobster. (no longer alive).
Six covered bridges.
The largest axe.
Numerous Poutins
One chipmunk.
One large observation tower.
A big waterfall

The ferry to Toronto Island

After a little shopping we caught the ferry to Toronto Island.
We spent the majority of our time either on the swings on cycling round on hired bikes.
In the evening we went to Hooters for chicken wings and a jug of beer.



No Mooses spotted yet
Spotted so far.
One Newfoundland dog and one Red Squirrel.
One seal, and numerous starfish.
And one live lobster. (no longer alive).
Six covered bridges.
The largest axe.
Numerous Poutins
One chipmunk.
One large observation tower.

Location:Dundas St W,Toronto,Canada

Arrived in Toronto

After a fabulous lunch at Chuck E Cheese, we drove into town and Checked-in.
Our stroll took us to the CN Tower, so rather than wait until tomorrow, we went up it today.
And a success it was too.
We finished the day with a slap up meal to celebrate Nikki's birthday.



No Mooses spotted yet
Spotted so far.
One Newfoundland dog and one Red Squirrel.
One seal, and numerous starfish.
And one live lobster. (no longer alive).
Six covered bridges.
The largest axe.
Numerous Poutins
One chipmunk.
One large observation tower.

Location:Queen St W,Toronto,Canada

Last big push. Destination Toronto

It's Monday, it's Nikki's birthday, and it's our last destination. Toronto.

A bit of a shlep today. 2 hours plus with a less than settled Syd.

Think we might need to stop to tire him out a bit.







No Mooses spotted yet
Spotted so far.
One Newfoundland dog and one Red Squirrel.
One seal, and numerous starfish.
And one live lobster. (no longer alive).
Six covered bridges.
The largest axe.
Numerous Poutins

Location:Macdonald Cartier Fwy,Tyendinaga,Canada

The Montreal international balloon festival

This is one of the dozens of bouncy castles at the balloon festival.
Syd even liked this one.


Next event. The Ottawa lights and music show. Starts at 8.45pm




No Mooses spotted yet
Spotted so far.
One Newfoundland dog and one Red Squirrel.
One seal, and numerous starfish.
And one live lobster. (no longer alive).
Six covered bridges.
The largest axe.
Numerous Poutins

Location:Sparks St,Ottawa,Canada

At long last the 3G chip is activated

And now we can get online anywhere including in the car.
Currently we are one hour from Canadian capital city, Ottawa.
Syd has slept all the way so far, George is on his iPod
Moody blues on the radio
28 degrees and sunny outside




No Mooses spotted yet
Spotted so far.
One Newfoundland dog and one Red Squirrel.
One seal, and numerous starfish.
And one live lobster. (no longer alive).
Six covered bridges.
The largest axe.
Numerous Poutins

Location:Vankleek Hill,Canada

Poutin, delivered to our room

A great day of hiring a Bixi bike, riding it around the Harbourfront, a lot of sight-seeing then poutin, delivered to the room from St. Huberts.

Biggest winner of the day, Syd who left the apple store with his own iPod touch. Lucky Syd.







No Mooses spotted yet
Spotted so far.
One Newfoundland dog and one Red Squirrel.
One seal, and numerous starfish.
And one live lobster. (no longer alive).
Six covered bridges.
The largest axe.

Location:Ruelle des fortifications,Montreal,Canada

Guarding the luggage

No Mooses spotted yet
Spotted so far.
One Newfoundland dog and one Red Squirrel.
One seal, and numerous starfish.
And one live lobster. (no longer alive).
Six covered bridges.
The largest axe.

Location:Rue Saint Pierre,Montreal,Canada

Off to a big city at last

After two weeks out in the sticks, the city life was a bit of a shock.
Firstly in Quebec, but much more so here in Montreal.
After a spot of strolling around and a dip in the pool, we went out for a slap up meal at The Keg.
George discovered that he now loves Fillet Steak.
Great?!






No Mooses spotted yet
Spotted so far.
One Newfoundland dog and one Red Squirrel.
One seal, and numerous starfish.
And one live lobster. (no longer alive).
Six covered bridges.
The largest axe.

Location:Ruelle des Fortifications,Montreal,Canada

A revolving breakfast

No Mooses spotted yet
Spotted so far.
One Newfoundland dog and one Red Squirrel.
One seal, and numerous starfish.
And one live lobster. (no longer alive).
Six covered bridges.
The largest axe.

Another great day in Quebec City

Another great day today.
Starting with a breakfast in the revolving restaurant on the hotel roof.
Later we took the football down the park.
Lunch was an exhibition of bad service, and terrible practice.(I loved every minute, then reviewed it on tripadvisor.com.
Rest of the day spent by the pool.






No Mooses spotted yet
Spotted so far.
One Newfoundland dog and one Red Squirrel.
One seal, and numerous starfish.
And one live lobster. (no longer alive).
Six covered bridges.
The largest axe.

Location:Place Montcalm,Quebec,Canada

A five hour walk around Quebec City

It would have been quicker but at Syd speed, stopping at every fountain or water feature, it was always going to take a while to get around town





No Mooses spotted yet
Spotted so far.
One Newfoundland dog and one Red Squirrel.
One seal, and numerous starfish.
And one live lobster. (no longer alive).
Six covered bridges.
The largest axe.

Location:Place Montcalm,Quebec,Canada

Walk around the Parc de Chute

Syd hitches a ride as we go Geocaching, and find nothing.


No Mooses spotted yet
Spotted so far.
One Newfoundland dog and one Red Squirrel.
One seal, and numerous starfish.
And one live lobster. (no longer alive).
Six covered bridges.
The largest axe.

Location:Riviere-du-loupe, Quebec

Welcome to French Canada

We have now crossed the border into our fourth province, and wound the clock back a further hour. We are now five hours behind the UK.

It was a 90 minute drive from industrial Edmundston to coastal Riviere du Loup, which is actually on the St. Lawrence River.

The town has a small beach, quaint high street and a great park/ nature reserve, complete with waterfall and art trail.




No Mooses spotted yet
Spotted so far.
One Newfoundland dog and one Red Squirrel.
One seal, and numerous starfish.
And one live lobster. (no longer alive).
Six covered bridges.
The largest axe.

Location:Riviere-du- Loup, Quebec

Cycle ride in Fredericton

No mooses seen yet.
Spotted so far. One Newfoundland dog and one Red Squirrel.
One seal, and numerous starfish.

Location:Queen St,Fredericton,Canada

The longest covered bridge on the world

After the largest axe, what next.
Only the world's longest covered bridge.




No Mooses spotted yet
Spotted so far.
One Newfoundland dog and one Red Squirrel.
One seal, and numerous starfish.
And one live lobster. (no longer alive).
Six covered bridges.
The largest axe.

Location:Avenue Laporte,Edmundston,Canada

The world's largest axe.

What a claim!
We travelled to Nackawic, in great expectation, and we weren't disappointed.
Wow. What an axe.




No Mooses spotted yet
Spotted so far.
One Newfoundland dog and two Red Squirrels.
One seal, and numerous starfish.
And one live lobster. (no longer alive).
Six covered bridges.
The world's largest axe.

Location:Avenue Laporte,Edmundston,Canada

Where?

No Mooses spotted yet
Spotted so far.
One Newfoundland dog and one Red Squirrel.
One seal, and numerous starfish.
And one live lobster. (no longer alive).
Five covered bridges.

Location:Campbell St,Fredericton,Canada

Covered bridges of New Brunswick

Today's drive from St. John to Fredericton, took us deep into New Brunswick.
Along the way we stopped off at three more covered bridges.
Pub lunch in Fredericton, then an hour spent painting a mug, a plate and a penguin.
Followed by a dip in the pool







No Mooses spotted yet
Spotted so far.
One Newfoundland dog and one Red Squirrel.
One seal, and numerous starfish.
And one live lobster. (no longer alive).
Five covered bridges.

Location:Campbell St,Fredericton,Canada

First sighting of a covered bridge

The first of two covered bridges spotted today.










No Mooses spotted yet
Spotted so far. One Newfoundland dog and one Red Squirrel.
One seal, and numerous starfish.
And one live lobster. (no longer alive).

Location:Burpee Ave,St John,Canada

The Bay of Fundy

The sun was shining, and the weather hot.
Drove along the famous Fundy Coastal Drive, and excellent it was too.
"not more rocks" said George.






No Mooses spotted yet
Spotted so far. One Newfoundland dog and one Red Squirrel.
One seal, and numerous starfish.

Location:Burpee Ave,St John,Canada

UNESCO World Heritage site

World Heritage Site it maybe, but just a lot of old stripy rocks according to George.
The Youth of today!

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1285








No Mooses spotted yet
Spotted so far. One Newfoundland dog and one Red Squirrel.
One seal, and numerous starfish.

Location:Main St,Moncton,Canada

No wonder their happy

George and Syd, loving their meal, at Wendy's.





No mooses seen yet.
Three Newfoundland dogs and a red squirrel.

Location:Queen St,Moncton,Canada

Hit the road.

Today we left Nova Scotia, and arrived in New Brunswick, at a town called Moncton.
We collected our hire car and headed in land stopping occasionally en route, particularly for a Wendy's Hamburger.

Syd tests out his pink car seat.






No Mooses spotted yet
Spotted so far. One Newfoundland dog and one Red Squirrel.
One seal, and numerous starfish.

Location:Main St,Moncton,Canada

Today has been pretty much a wash out

Woke up this morning to heavy rain outside our window as we look across the Harbourfront.

Luckily most of the buildings in downtown Halifax are interconnected by a series of walkways, to combat the severe winters.

After a lobster lunch George and Daddy went 10 pin balling, ( or at least the Canadian version), while Nikki and Syd went shopping.

We now heading out for a wander and a bite to eat.

Tomorrow we hit the road west









No Mooses spotted yet
Best spot so far, one Newfoundland dog and one Red Squirrel. And a seal.

Location:Upper Water St,Halifax,Canada

Syd excels at Adventure golf

The last event of the day before our trip to the airport

No mooses seen yet.
Three Newfoundland dogs and a red squirrel.

The view from Signal Hill

Spent the best part of the day at, Signal Hill. A national monument offering a great view of St. John's and the Atlantic Ocean on a clear day. Which it was




No mooses seen yet.

A morning walk around Kent's Pond

Saw a Red Squirrel today on our morning walk.
Next step is a trip to the Johnson Geology centre under Signal Hill




No Mooses spotted yet
Best spot so far, one Newfoundland dog and one Red Squirrel.

Location:Macdonald Dr,St John's,Canada

Early morning Tuesday

Slightly later start today. Here we see the boys playing football in the hotel reception. With Syd shouting at the top of his lungs.




No mooses seen yet.

Location:Macdonald Dr,St John's,Canada

House spotting on Gower Street, St. John's

Just one block from George Street


No Mooses spotted yet

Stacking stones in Quid Vidi

No Mooses spotted yet

Syd sleeps, while George and Daddy, stack stones

A morning spent in Quidi Vidi, playing by the coast and touring around the Quidi Vidi Brewery





No Mooses spotted yet

Location:Macdonald Dr,St John's,Canada

Monday morning

The sun is fighting it's way through the very low cloud cover.
After breakfast, the boys went for a wander around the lake and to the children's playground.
mummy was happy doing domestic chores, after she found a laundry room in the hotel

Picture shows our Holiday Inn, in the distance.




No Mooses spotted yet

Location:Macdonald Dr,St John's,Canada

Syd's new favourite playground

About 2 minutes walk from our hotel




No Mooses spotted yet

Location:Macdonald Dr,St John's,Canada

The Wood brothers do nothing to dispel the stereotype.

Good stuff boys.

Keep it up


No Mooses spotted yet

Location:Macdonald Dr,St John's,Canada

Getting a little wet in Bowring Park

After a walk around the lake by the hotel and an hour so on the swings, we headed to Bowring Park and left there, later a little wet.

We spent an hour or so in the the Avalon shopping mall, before George and day went to watch Toy Story 3D, which was fantastic. Highly recommended.






No Mooses spotted yet

Location:Macdonald Dr,St John's,Canada

Sunday morning Geocaching by the lake

Woke up this morning at a leisurely 5.45 am, much the same as normal.

Decided to go for a walk around the lake opposite, in search of geocaching treasure.

Found one and also saw a Newfoundland dog.





No Mooses spotted yet

Location:Macdonald Dr,St John's,Canada

Time of a chicken strips and a burger

An hour after landing and checking in to our hotel, we thought it wise to head downtown for a little food before the air travel and the jet lag, kicked in.

We ventured to Jungle Jim's for chicken tenders, a burger and a little light refreshment.

After which it was early night, all round.



No Mooses spotted yet

Location:Macdonald Dr,St John's,Canada

The eagle has landed, safe and sound

Syd tests out the bed in hotel number1



No mooses seen yet.

Location:Macdonald Dr,St John's,Canada

Enjoying the five hour flight

No Mooses spotted yet

About to board the plane

We would rather look out if the window, than stand in a queue.





No mooses seen yet.

Location:United Kingdom

Sat in terminal 3

Syd is happy playing on the IPad, George and Nikki off shopping. Flight leaves 90 minutes.








No mooses seen yet.

Location:Hounslow,United Kingdom

Weather rubbish in the UK

Were off on holiday, for three weeks.









No mooses seen yet.