This blog is about part 1 of my 20,000+ mile car-camping trip with my dogs from DC to Alaska via Labrador. Part 1, in 2011, was to the end of the road in northeastern North America in Labrador and then on to Quebec and Ontario, 7609 miles. Part 2, which took place in 2012, picked up where Part 1 left off in Ontario and was supposed to extend to Banff and Jasper National Parks in the Canadian Rockies, but Leben, my male German shepherd, became paralyzed on the trip so we cut it short. We will finish the journey in 2013, when we will return to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska.

INDEX for trip postings, days 1-37

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INDEX FOR TRIP POSTINGS
Day 1, Saturday, August 20,  Clayton Recreational Park, near Scranton, PA
Day 2, Sunday, August 21, Wells State Park, Massachusetts
Day 3, Monday, August 22, Peaks Kenny State Park, Maine
Day 4, Tuesday, August 23, Mt Carleton Provincial Park, New Brunswick, Canada
Day 5, Wednesday, August 24, Camping sur la Rivière, Matane, Quebec
Day 6, Thursday, August 25, Lake ? Reserve, on the road to Labrador City, Labrador
Day 7, Friday, August 26, Grande Hermine Camp, on the road from Labrador City to Churchill Falls, Labrador
Day 8, Saturday, Aug 27, a lake somewhere on the road between Churchill Falls and Happy Valley/Goose Bay
Day 9, August 28th....
....Preliminary Posting; Internet interruption problem solved
.....The end of the road in the northeast
.....On the top of  Sunday Hill Park, Northwest River, Labrador, the end of the road in the northeast
Day 10, Aug 29, on the road from Happy Valley/Goose Bay (HVGB) to Port Hope Simpson (PHS), 
Days 11-12, Interim posting of Sept 1
Day 11, Tuesday, August 30, Pinsent Arm, Labrador
Day 12, Wednesday, Aug 31, Red Bay, Labrador, The end of the dirt and gravel road in Labrador
Days 13-14,  Thursday-Friday,  Sept 1-2,  Pinware Provincial Park, Labrador
Days 15 and 16, Saturday-Sunday, September 3-4, on the Nordik Express from Blanc Sablon to Natashquan, Quebec
Day 16, Sunday, September 4, Natashquan Municipal Park, Quebec
Day 17, Monday,  September 5,  Camping Mingain, Quebec, on or near the St. Lawrence Seaway.
Day 18, Tuesday, September 6,  Camp Paradis in Port Cartier, Quebec.
Day 19, Wednesday, September 7, campsite de la mer, Pointe Lebel, Quebec
Day 20, Thursday, September 8,  Tadoussac, Quebec (Domaine  des Dunes Camp)
Days 21-22, Friday-Saturday, September 9-10, camp Val Jalbert, Lac St Jean, central Quebec
Day 23, 9/11, St. Anne of the Mountains camp, Beaupre, Quebec
Day 24. September 12,  Monday, Disaster strikes the Defender
Days 24- 26, Sept 12-14, Monday-Wednesday, Respite at Mt Tremblant, in the Laurentians, north of Montreal, posting 1.
Days 24-26,  Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,  September 12-15, guest of Andre Latour, Mt Tremblant (a.k.a. St Jovite), Laurentians, Quebec, posting 2.
Day 27, Thursday, September 16,  Defender all repaired and ready to get back on the road
Day 27, September 15, Thursday, Algonquin Provincial Park, Brent Camp
Day 28, Friday, September 17, Kettle Lake Provincial Park, near Timmins, Ontario
Day 29, Saturday, September 17. Veilleux Camp, Hearst, Ontario
Day 30, Sunday, September 18, Sleeping Giant Provincial Park, Thunder Bay, Otntario
Day 31, Monday, September 19, SGPP (Sleeping Giant Provincial Park), Thunder Bay, Ontario
Day 32, 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, September 20th, Lake Bukemiga, here we come.
Day 32, Tuesday, Sept 20, Lake Bukemiga, at last!  Oops.
Day 32, Lake Bukemiga, the end of the road for this trip. Time to turn around and folloTuw the geese south
Day 33, Wednesday, September 21, SGPP (Sleeping Giant Provincial Park), Thunder Bay, Ontario
Day 34, Thursday, September 22, Agawa Bay Camp, Lake Superior Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada
Day 35, Friday, September 23, Straits State Park, across from Mackinac Island, Michigan
Day 36, Saturday, September 24, the journey home
Day 36, At rest at the KOA
Day 37, September 25, The final stretch home; there's something about a road trip


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