Newfoundland, Labrador, and 3,700 mile road trip

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OwnerEric Gilbertson
Creation Date2013-03-06 22:32:42 UTC-0500
DescriptionJacob, Matthew, and Eric Gilbertson
August 7-16, 2012

Statistics:
206 hrs total (89.9 hrs moving)
71.9 hrs / 3,723.6 miles driven
19 hrs / 450 miles on ferries
1 mile paddled
20 miles hiked
1 cracked windshield
3 countries
3 Gilbertsons
2 moose
1.5 hrs to spare when we dropped Jacob off at the airport at the end

LINKS: Our Adventures webpage, Canadian High Points Page


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Tuesday: leave boston 5pm driving north
Wednesday: drive straight through quebec into Labrador, camp in central Labrador after 28 hrs of driving
Thursday: Drive to Lodge Bay, Eastern Labrador, packraft to island to camp
Friday: packraft back to car, drive to L’anse Aux Meadows Viking site in northern Newfoundland
Saturday: Drive to the Cabox, highpoint of Newfoundland Island
Sunday: Hike the Cabox, drive to Fortune, Newfoundalnd
Monday: Ferry to St Pierre Island, camp out on Island
Tuesday: Hike around St Pierre, ferry back to Newfoundland, drive to Argentia, overnight ferry
Wednesday: Arrive Sydney, Nova Scotia mid afternoon, drive to bay of fundy, continue south
Thursday: Arrive Boston 5:30am, just in time for Jacob’s flight out