DETROIT TO NIAGARA

SPENT THREE DAYS VISITING HOUSES,FACTORIES AND MUSEUMS OF THE FORDS.THIS IS EDSELL AND ELEANOR FORD HOME ART MASTERPECES DRIP FROM THE WALLS AND MOSTLY BUILT FROM BITS OF STATELY ENGLISH HOMES SOLD TO BE ABLE TO KEEP UP MAINTENACE COSTS AND DODGE TAXES.

EDSELL DESIGNED THE FIRST LINCOLN CONTINENTAL CLAIMED BY FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT TO BE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL CAR EVER PRODUCED.

WEINERMOBILE AT THE HENRY FORD.THE COMPLEX AT DEARBORN THE SITE OF THE FORD ORIGINAL FARM INCLUDES AN ENTIRE VILLAGE WITH HOMES CHURCHES FACTORIES TRADESHOPS FROM ALL OVER USA. HIGHLIGHTS THE WRIGHT BROS BIKESHOP AND EDDISON'S ORIGINAL LABORATORIES.

JFK'S LINCOLN THAT HE HAD HIS LAST RIDE IN.

BOATS IN HIBERNATION FOR WINTER.

NIAGARA FALLS FROM THE LADY OF THE MIST BOAT.THE DOLOMITE ROCK IS ERODING AT 6 FT A YEAR SO HAS RETREATED 78 FT SINCE WE WERE HERE LAST!!

FALL HARVEST AND HALLOWEEN

AUTUMN SPLENDOUR KINGSTON ,ONTARIO

I THINK THE SIGN SHOULD READ DODGY!

MONTREAL RESTAURANT

A LOT OF PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES GO TO A LOT OF TROUBLE AND ARE VERY CREATIVE WITH THEIR DISPLAYS.

OOH LA LA CANADIEN

THIS IS THE MOST FASCINATING, ALMOST MORBID BUT EXTREMELY TASTEFULLY DONE.PLASTICISED,SKINNED HUMAN CADAVERS-SLICED DICED BALANCED IN ALL SORTS OF POSITIONS TO SHOW ORGANS ,MUSCLE GROUPS ETC.MY PHYSICIAN SON THINKS THEY MAY HAVE BEEN EXECUTED CHINESE.YOU CAN SIGN UP TO HAVE YOUR BODY TREATED THIS WAY . CHECK OUT THEIR WEBSITE BODY WORLDS. WE SAW AT THE SCIENCE CENTRE IN TORONTO.

WE WERE BLOWN AWAY BY THE BEAUTY OF OTTAWA,OLD MONTREAL BUT THE ICING ON THE CAKE IS OLD QUEBEC.THIS IS GOVERNMENT HOUSE OTTAWA.

ST LAWRENCE FROM GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

OLYMPIC STADIUM MONTREAL.THE TOWER WAS ADDED LATER WITH A FUNICULAR TO THE TOP. CABLES FROM THE TOWER HOLD UP THE KEVLAR ROOF TO MAKE IT USABLE IN ALL WEATHERS.(IT COLLAPSED UNDER WEIGHT OF SNOW A FEW YEARS AGO) .ALTHOUGH A GREAT FACILITY IT RUNS AT A HUGE LOSS AND IT'S FUTURE IS DEBATABLE.

THIS IS THE CHATEAU FRONTENAC THAT DOMINATES THE AREA BELOW THE FORT OLD QUEBEC.

OLD QUEBEC.THE CITY IS WALLED AND YOU CAN WALK THE WALLS.

OLD QUEBEC FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ST LAWRENCE.A BEAUTIFUL CITY WHICH THE FRENCH THOUGHT IMPREGNABLE. THE ENGLISH SNEEKED UP THE CLIFFS JUST TO THE LEFT OF THE PICTURE ON TO A FARM OWNED BY MR ABRAHAM.THE BATTLE THAT ENSUED ON THE PLAINS OF ABRAHAM LED TO THE DEFEAT OF FRANCE AND BRITAIN TAKING CHARGE.

THE MARITIMES

GASPE PENINSULA QUEBEC

NORTH CAPE CAPE BRETON NOVA SCOTIA

PORT AUX BASQUES HARBOUR WHERE THE FERRY TO NOVA SCOTIA ARIVES AND LEAVES.AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR NO FERRIES TO ST JOHNS IT IS A 890KM HAUL EACH WAY!!

MILE 0 ST JOHN'S NEW FOUNDLAND. WE STARTED AT MILE 0 VICTORIA VANCOUVER ISLAND.IT IS 7353KM AWAY. 6 MONTHS LATER AND 33000KM ON THE CLOCK -I THINK WE HAVE MADE SOME WRONG TURNS!!

BEAUTIFUL AND VITALLY IMPORTANT ST JOHN'S HARBOUR NEW FOUNDLAND.

THANK GOD IT WAS SCREWED DOWN AS SHE WOULD HAVE RE-ARRANGED IT!!THIS IS A REPLICA BUT THE REAL THING WAS IN A CABINET. TITANIC MUSEUM HALIFAX.

THE HISTORY OF THE CONFLICTS BETWEEN THE INDIGENOUS,THE ACADIANS (FIRST FRENCH),ENGLISH,LOYALISTS (THOSE WHO LEFT US DURING REVOLUTION ) AND THE US IS FASCINATING .WE VISITED MANY FORTS,TOWERS.CITADELS AND BATTLEFIELDS.THIS IS THE CITADEL HALIFAX NOVA SCOTIA ,STILL OCCUPIED BY THE SAME REGIMENT SINCE THE 1750'S.

FLOWER POT ROCKS BAY OF FUNDY NEW BRUNSWICK .THE RIVER THAT RUNS INTO THE BAY IS THE APTLY NAMED CHOCOLATE. THEY CLAIM TO HAVE THE HIGHEST TIDAL RISE AND FALL.SEVERAL PLACES HAVE REVERSING WATERFALLS AS THE WATER FLOWS IN AND OUT!

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