Have you visited Canada ? If so where did you go and what was your experience like ?

oldpeculier said:
Never been to Canada. I've talked with a few Canadian motorcyclists in the past and they tell me I should ride to Nova Scotia. Is Nova Scotia a good place to go? Any issues getting into Canada?
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If you visit Nova Scotia you must ride the Cabot Trail. You will probably meet more bikers than cars, very popular with bikers and the scenery is amazing.
 

caroln said:
Jules, what is an atmospheric river? Never heard of that.
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Another term is the Pineapple Express. Weather people seem to come up with new terms every season. It was incredible amounts of rain that fell for days after picking up moisture as it came across the Pacific.
 
Jules said:
Another term is the Pineapple Express. Weather people seem to come up with new terms every season. It was incredible amounts of rain that fell for days after picking up moisture as it came across the Pacific.
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So, an atmospheric river is sort of a flood in the air...interesting! But with tragic results unfortunately.
 
Yes, It is incredibly beautiful! I went up through Vancouver.to Tok, AK. I was amazed at the neatness and cleanliness of everything.
The farmers mowed out to the highways. Canada was so pristine.
I got stopped at the border for hours where they took my revolver away.
Traveling alone, that was my only protection against grizzlys.
I somehow got lost off the Alcan, on this mountain that looked like a craggy tooth.
I found Canada wonderful.
 
When we were younger, we drove to, and did a lot of tent camping in Alaska and Canada. I couldn't name all the places we camped, fished or drove through, but the country and wildlife were beautiful. We spent time in the Yukon, Northwest Territories, British Columbia, Alberta, etc. We enjoyed nature and spent little time around people or in tourist areas. All the people we did encounter were very nice and friendly.
 
I have no idea how many times I have crossed the border into Canada.
In 1953 I went to Halifax on a sub chaser. Other trips were by car. Louisbourg was one of the interesting places to visit in Nova Scotia.
Fundy National Park was a neat place to camp. Quebec City has a lot of old french charm.
We hit Point Pelee National Park at a bad time, the mosquitos were the worst we ever experienced.
Waterton National Park was very pleasant. The Columbia Ice Fields has special buses that took us out onto the glacier where you could have a walkabout. Both Vancouver and Victoria are nice to visit.
In 1940 I was a boy and we went to Canada. Canada was in WW2, but the US was not. This little boy was amazed by the soldiers wearing kilts.
 
I have visited Quebec, St John, hiked in the area of Fundy Bay, visited Montreal, and Vancouver.
I enjoyed every place I visited and just wish that I could go back again and spend more time. It was beautiful, the people were nice, and the food was excellent.
 
I stayed at the magnificent legendary Gray Rocks Hotel and Ski School in 1975 located in Quebec, the ski capitol of the Laurentian Mountains near Mount Tremblant. The Ski School was the famous Snow Eagle Ski School where I took lessons with my now late husband...a surprise Christmas gift from him.

The heartbreaking bad news is that it burned and closed. The good news is that CĆ©dric Grenon purchased it in 2008 and plans to restore it.
I hope I'm still around to see the finished restoration. I have so many good memories with my husband there. We were so in love. He was a better skier and was placed in a higher class. I was in a lower class. My instructor had the hots for me and my husband got jealous. That was fun lol.

https://skitheworld.com/2018/11/grey-rocks-skiing-legacy-to-be-restored/

The way it was...
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When we went to Expo in 67 we stopped in Quebec City for a night at the Chateau Frontenac.

I remember having dinner in the hotel with my aunt and my grandmother.

After dinner, a very handsome young waiter came by our table with a pastry cart. We each made a selection from the cart. The waiter continued to flirt with my grandmother and encouraged her to select two additional pastries, that we shared. My grandmother heaped praise on the nice young waiter as we enjoyed our dessert. That all changed when the check arrived and my grandmother noticed that the five tiny pastries cost as much as our dinner. :giggle:

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Gaer said:
Yes, It is incredibly beautiful! I went up through Vancouver.to Tok, AK. I was amazed at the neatness and cleanliness of everything.
The farmers mowed out to the highways. Canada was so pristine.
I got stopped at the border for hours where they took my revolver away.
Traveling alone, that was my only protection against grizzlys.
I somehow got lost off the Alcan, on this mountain that looked like a craggy tooth.
I found Canada wonderful.
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Gaer, not far from where I live is Saltspring Island. Large artist colony there. Among them, Robert Bateman. In the summer the galleries are all open, there are craft fairs and food stalls everywhere. I think you would love it. It is a small island, and very beautiful. The men are handsome and often very rugged. šŸ˜
 
I grew up on the border. It was common to ride my bicycle across the Blue Water Bridge to Sarnia, Ontario. It was just another part of town to me. Currencies exchanged freely on both sides of the border. Canadians were good neighbors and very little different from us.

Mid-life, I made a couple of trips between Michigan and Alaska via the trans-Canada and AlCan hwy. Some lovely country. People were generally nice. Obnoxious truckers, especially in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

I haven't been into Canada an a couple of decades now. When traveling to Michigan I drive around the south side of Lake Erie. Customs became a huge, time consuming hassle and, frankly, the sociopolitical trends in Canada have become oppressive to me.
 
RobinWren said:
Years ago in Belgium we ate french fries with ketchup and mayonnaise. It sounds disgusting and I would never eat it now but at the time it was delicious.
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The base ingredients in "Thousand Islands dressing " are Ketchup and Mayonnaise. One type of "sea food sauce " is Ketchup and ground horse radish . JimB.
 
Things suck for travel right now. No problem leaving Canada but returning is another story. Within 3 days before returning home, you have to go on the computer and fill in some sort of form proving that you got your shots. Also, flying a Canadian airline, you have to wear those awful black masks that our Prime Minister loves to wear for his photo opts. Right now I would fly a US airline rather than the dready Canuck ones. We have more rules and more regulations all the time and they keep changing faster than the weather around here.

"All travellers, with limited exceptions, whether entering Canada by air, land, rail or marine vessel, must use ArriveCAN unless you're exempt from this requirement due to an accessibility need. You'll need to submit your information within 72 hours: before your arrival to Canada and/or before boarding a cruise ship destined for Canada"
 
My mother's social club ran a bus ride to Montreal for the Expo 67. I liked it. I did some shopping and thought they were ahead of us here as far as fashion. The restaurants we ate at had some really good food. It's funny, before the pandemic hit, my oldest grandson told me he was interested in visiting Toronto. I even looked up some hotels and attractions. I would have been willing to break my personal boycott against the airlines to go with him. We haven't talked about it further since the pandemic.
 
OneEyedDiva said:
My mother's social club ran a bus ride to Montreal for the Expo 67. I liked it. I did some shopping and thought they were ahead of us here as far as fashion. The restaurants we ate at had some really good food. It's funny, before the pandemic hit, my oldest grandson told me he was interested in visiting Toronto. I even looked up some hotels and attractions. I would have been willing to break my personal boycott against the airlines to go with him. We haven't talked about it further since the pandemic.
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Expo 67 was 55 years ago. Its time you came back, again . JimB.
 
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