Tour du Nord III Feb 15 2007

[NHRef]

UPDATE III

It's been unstated so let's make it formal:

Tour Du Nord III will take us to Quebec City to Labrador and return

Dates: Depart on Thursday, 2/15 and return on Tuesday, 2/20

No ferries - well, maybe one but only for a short stretch and only if there are no blizzards on the St. Lawrence Seaway.

Rough Itinerary

Day Notes/Driving Hours

Thursday ~ From NYC area, leave afternoon, overnight in Drummondville, QC
8 (NYC) or 5 (NH/MA)

Friday ~ Spend the morning enjoying Quebec City. Drive afternoon to Baie-Comeau area
7

Saturday ~ Baie-Comeau to Churchill Falls area
9

Sunday ~ Activty Day. Options include a dam tour, snowmobiling, or return drive out to the
end of the Trans-Labrador Highway at Happy Valley-Goose Bay.
Time TBD

Monday ~ Churchill Falls to Baie-Comeau, then 2-hr evening ferry (!) to Matane, on south
shore. Overnight in Matane
9

Tuesday ~ Return home via south shore highways or cut through New Brunswick and Maine
15 (NYC) or 11 (NH/MA)

Ross The Travelin' Man is checking on accomodation options (as of 1/3)

Known Explorers:

NHRef
LePew
JR9907
NoNo
Oldpaint
Squid
Geowit
OlYeller
AntiqueCarNut
and, of course, MinorRoadsKill

Possibles?
DuctTape
thomthum
jscinnh


UPDATE II

A poll has been added to the thread - what's your preference?

As before, Ross' trés extraordinaire website has the details:

ArcticMINI.com


UPDATE I

LINK TO DRAFT OPTIONS POSTED ON ARTICMINI.COM

ArcticMINI.com

Original Posting:

I stumbled across Ross' website (ArcticMINI.com) just now, which got me to thinking . . .

How far North will the Intrepid MINI Travelers go in February 2007?

Or West . . .

What's your pleasure?

Back to Newfoundland? Undaunted by 100 mph winds and 35' seas, we'll make it to St. John's in 2007 come Hell or High Water!

Can't get further East unless we take a Freighter to Greenland . . . Which is shrinking, BTW, and should be visited soon!

Back to Radisson? They've never seen a MINI convertible there (at least in the Dead of Winter and with the temps at -31 degrees F) . . .

Or, how about a Great Lakes Circle Route . . . Buffalo NY to Duluth (I love that name, don't know what it means, but it just sounds cold!) to Thunder Bay and Sturgeon ONT (descriptive names if there ever were any; caviar on a cracker for everyone!) and back to Buffalo ("the healthy meat alternative")

What do you say???

[jcsinnh]

After a brief hiatus, I'm in. But it has to be < a 10 day trip. How about Santa's Village?

[JR9907]

I'm in also,I don't think I'll mention it to Deb I tell her I have to run out and get a paper.

[NoNo]

I'm in if I can take my counterfeit MINI Personally, I'd like to drive west.

[scooperman_uk]

just read up all the blogs on the linked page. sounds absolutely awesome.

[Oldpaint]

Happy Valley Goose Bay. With a name like that how can you not want to go?

[Oldpaint]

On second thought, what is the freighter service to Greenland like in Feb?

[Oldpaint]

Greenland.Com says there is no ferry service to Canada. We'll have to charter the Smallwood.

[NoNo]

Sadly, I think I'd actually be up for a trip to Greenland if we found some feasable way to get there. I must have suffered some kind of permanent damage the last two trips

[Oldpaint]

Greenland.com said that an airservice will be setting up flights from Baltimore in the spring.

[Actual Size]

Quote: Originally Posted by JR9907 (original)

I'm in also,I don't think I'll mention it to Deb I tell her I have to run out and get a paper.

Toilet? or Newsprint?

[cyclotouriste]

Quote: Originally Posted by Actual Size (original)

Toilet? or Newsprint?

Divorce?

[LePew]

Stinky is IN. Just one request. This time you people can't let me just turn around and leave early.

So few Februaries, so many Arctic MINI routes.

St. John's. The thought of "Dancing Queen" piped over musac at the Abba is still so haunting. And aren't we owed Irish jig lessons? But then there's those half-raw half-burned scrambled eggs on the Smallwood...

Thunder Bay. If we deviate slightly from the Great Circle route we can stop for cubans in Toronto and deep dish in Chicago. But we'll have to choose between Toledo or Buffalo...

Hudson Bay. We never did see that power plant (and I never even saw the Northern Lights or any of Radisson at all, really). But then there's the poutine at that 1/2 way fuel stop....

Goose Bay. Ahhh. The lure of the Translabrador. But then there's the possibilty of facing 40 foot snow drifts...without poutine...

Nunavut. Let's not forget that we're all just in training for the ultimate Arctic MINI run, on the Contwoyto ice road. Heck if Blake can find Alaska in summer, we can certainly navigate the Northwest Territories in winter. But then there's the 4-5 day transit to get there....

[thomthumb]

Quote: Originally Posted by NoNo (original)

Sadly, I think I'd actually be up for a trip to Greenland if we found some feasable way to get there. I must have suffered some kind of permanent damage the last two trips

Cuz you did so well on the boat last time?

Seriously though, I'm considering coming next time if it doesn't involve a boat!

[Bonnie Blue]

Jar has been wanting to go on one of those trips for the past 2 years--but his job prevents that. Hey Thom, put me on a boat that rocks and I'll never puke! But I'll be crawling on the floor, !