IWSG – 2021 – Trip Across Canada
Happy New Year, everyone. Feliz año nuevo.
One might think that starting off 2021 sick is a bad omen. I don’t. Yes, I have a nasty cold, but every morning when I open my eyes, I’m reminded of the blessings in my life. A cold is simply part of that.
Because I’m sick, I’m not answering this month’s question; it would take too much brainpower. Instead, I’m sharing some pics of my road trips across Canada in 2018 and 2019, there and back, from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic. Sadly, I did not make it to Newfoundland. Next time.
City of Vancouver, B.C. (courtesy of Images)
My first sight of Vancouver on my trip back from Indonesia
Alberta courtesy of Images
Saskatchewan courtesy of Images
High Bluff, Manitoba
Kenora, Ontario
Lake Superior, Ontario
Niagara Falls City
Niagara Falls
Parliament Buildings, Ottawa, Ontario
Notre Dame Cathedral, Old Quebec City, Quebec
Rocks Provincial Park & Fundy National Park, New Brunswick
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
red shores of PEI
Lucy Montgomery, author of Anne of Green Gables
Charlottetown, PEI
Confederation Bridge from Nova Scotia to PEI
Prince Edward Island, Canada
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January 6 question – Being a writer, when you’re reading someone else’s work, what stops you from finishing a book/throws you out of the story/frustrates you the most about other people’s books?
The co-hosts for the January 6 posting of the IWSG are Ronel Janse van Vuuren , J Lenni Dorner, Gwen Gardner Sandra Cox, and Louise – Fundy Blue!
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I’m way behind on blog visits but had to leave a comment. Such wonderful pictures! I’d love to drive across Canada one day. So much incredible beauty!
What a wonderful set of photos to feast the eyes on. Happy New Year to you too.
Get well soon! And thank you for sharing such lovely photos.
These are such wonderful photos! I have travelled from coast to coast twice–once to move from Vancouver Island to Nova Scotia, and once to move back! It is such a vast and beautiful country, and I have seen many of the same sights. However, you have to leave the Trans-Canada to see most of them! I hope you feel better soon.
Lots of lovely pictures, thanks for sharing. And feel better soon!
Love all the pictures. I’d like to take a trip to/through Canada. Such a vast landscape.
Hi,
The pics are beautiful. I enjoyed looking at them and taking a thinking break, just letting my mind roam.
My year started off with thankfulness. I refused to think about what could have been, and I keep moving forward.
Get well soon.
Shalom aleichem,
Pat
Wow, your photos are epic. Get well soon, Joylene and keep up the positive attitude!
Please get over that pesky cold soon, Joylene. They are miserable. Thank you for sharing your lovely pictures of Canada, especially those of Kenora, NS, and PEI. I crossed Canada from Vancouver to Westport, White Bay, Newfoundland in 1976. That was the last time I was in PEI. L.M. Montgomery was a second cousin to my Grandmother MacBeath, and I’ve spent many happy hours on the beach at Cavendish. Her sister, my Great Aunt Maude took me to the Green Gables House when I was six or seven. I can’t wait to read your new books, especially the children’s book. You must get to Newfoundland and Labrador! They are unique and wonderful. Hugs to you, my friend!
It’s been my dream for a while to make a trip across Canada. I live in Vancouver, BC, but I’ve only ever visited 2 other provinces: Ontario and Quebec. I want to see the rest. Hopefully, one day, after the pandemic ends, I will.
I hope you are feeling better! As a fellow Canadian and photographer, I am thrilled with your pictures! Alberta, along with the desert-like lands in the south, has the Rocky Mountains (which you got a peak at when you visited my blog today) although Saskatchewan is all flat prairie as the picture shows! I haven’t yet made it to PEI but first on the list for my next travel destination.
Hope you feel better soon. And thanks for giving us places to dream to see when it’s safe to travel again.
Look at the giant wheel! All so pretty.
A cold is better than you-know-what.
Thank you for your visual tour of road trip across Canada. I’m especially grateful you included a map. I saved the image and will refer to it often as many of my are Canadian.
I’m sending you thoughts of healing and love, mi amiga.
Everything looks so natural and clean! Sorry you have a cold.
Lovely photos, thanks for sharing!
Hope you feel better soon. Take care. 🙂
Anna from elements of emaginette
Sorry you have a cold, but glad it’s nothing worse!