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dwayne jacobson[1]
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Registered: July 2009
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I must state that there was a stirring in my inner man about getting into
the Maritimes. Sharon and I both look forward to it not knowing really
what it would be like, however we both did have some preconceived ideas of
what it was like, gathered from advertising brochures, TV stories, the
Internet and friends who had been there. We are so glad we did experience
some of the
culture, environment and best of all the people. We met such wonderful
people, developed friendships that we look forward to sharing in the
future. A special Thank You for Mr. Black who put together the Black List,
and those who set up up the GMC Net and maintain it. These sources put us
in touch with remarkable individuals, their spouses and families. They took
us in and treated us as close friends, opened their homes, fed us, helped
do maintenance work on the coaches, sourced our itineraries, guided us,
allowed us to camp on their property and some even spent time rolling along
with us The GMC family is a great family to belong to!
For those we met along the journey in other parts of Canada, you too fit
right in the same limelight. Thank you.
We left Quebec City the morning of September 2nd. We were short of
groceries but being Labour Day all stores were closed - even into New
Brunswick. A stop in Hartland to drive our coaches through the longest
covered bridge in the World then onto Woodstock to camp. The next day we
drove to Antigonish, right into the City and onto the College Campus while
being chased by Hugh MacDougall. Hugh got us turned around and guided us to
Michael and Lorraine Beaton's estate. Wonderful welcome, talk about GMC's
of course, I ran Sharon into town for a Laundry turn while the others went
to work on maintenance issues. Michael coached Sandra doing a oil and oil
filter change. Glenn went abut to replace an axle boot but found the clamp
had moved out of position. That evening we piled into our coach and off to
Richard and Alena Wilgenhof's (GMC owner) summer cottage for dinner. Those
in attendance included Michael and lorraine Beaton, Hugh & Rosemary, Our
hosts (all from Antigonish and GMC owners) plus our rally members ,Sandra
Shull from Seattle,
Glenn and Darlene Gregory from Thunder Bay and Sharon and myself. After a
wonderful meal I pulled out the laptop and showed them pics of many of the
GMC owners they only knew via the GMC net, such as James Hupy, Gerry Work,
Dan Winchester, Dan Borlase, Dick Patterson, Bob Horton, Bruce Hislop, John
Bell, Les Burt. These guys found out that they had to be on their best
behaviour when I was around with the camera.
The next morning Allen Armsworthy came over to greet us and give us
additional information for travel in Cape Breton and Newfoundland. Sandi,
Glenn and ourselves headed to PEI. We crossed that looooog Confederation
Bridge and drove straight (with many ups and downs and twists - to
Cavendish where we set up camp then headed into the nearby restaurant for a
Lobster dinner. Next morning we toured Anne of Green Gables - Avonlea.
The country side is beautiful, lots of potato fields, red soil, corn, and
then more potato fields. We spent the night in a great Provincial
campground located close to the ferry terminal. That afternoon and into
the evening it poured.
Fog in the morning and more rain. Got on the Ferry back to Nova Scotia and
headed for Cape Breton Island. We dropped 2 of the coaches off at the Red
Barn parking lot and boarded
Glenn and Darlene's coach. I believe we made History. How? well there
were 5 adults and 2 dogs but that's not all. They had removed some seats
prior to the trip to make room for supplies and the dog. The History making
event is Sharon and I did the Cabot Trail in Lawn Chairs! Glenn had
difficulty making some of the grades and it wasn't until we were in
Newfoundland that he found the problem in his electric fuel pump. Thus
this was replaced. It would have been a lot better had it worked right,
however the trip was made and we were now on our way to the Ferry Terminal
for the trip to New \foundland. I will pick it up from there at a later
time.
Dwayne and Sharon Jacobson - White Rock, BC 77 Kingsley
Sandra Shull - Seattle in a 76 - 23ft
Glenn and Darlene Gregory - Thunder Bay, Ont 76 Glenbrook
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Dwayne Jacobson
White Rock BC
69 Avanti II
77 Eleganza II - 4 Bagger
77 Kingsley
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