East coast trip

[Don Barber]

Hi,
Planning a trip into the east coast in middle of Sept. Looking for comments on the predictability of the weather during the last part of Sept and into October. We want to stay in Canda as long as we can and then continue south for the winter when the weather dictates. Our trip starts in Alberta with a quick stop in Ontario to see family. We don't plan to do NFLD on this trip. Any comments appreciated
Don Barber

[Don Barber]

Hi,
Planning a trip into the east coast in middle of Sept. Looking for comments on the predictability of the weather during the last part of Sept and into October. We want to stay in Canda as long as we can and then continue south for the winter when the weather dictates. Our trip starts in Alberta with a quick stop in Ontario to see family. We don't plan to do NFLD on this trip. Any comments appreciated
Don Barber

[brad03ca]

Hello Don, as far as predicting the weather during the last part of Sept and Oct...you shouldn't run into snow ...well ...maybe...
Weather should be cooler, sunny, pleasant ....lets hope anyway!...Oh, and enjoy your trip

[Little Kopit]

Atlantic Canada usually has the more gorgeous fall weather I have even experienced. I speak from 6 falls living near Yarmouth, NS. & 21 falls living in West Coast NL.

NL has very nice leaves IMHO. But the campgrounds shut down early. Still I see RVs around into NOV and some here keep their TTs or.... at winter locations!!!

Once you get across the Gulf of St. Lawrence campgrounds tend to stay open until after the Thanksgiving weekend. Remember, that's about Oct 10th or so.(not checking calender at the moment).

I'd check on the opening of places like the Fortress at Louisbourg. They should be open, since they do year round maintenance. Things like the Fundy tides will be there for you no matter what the season.

[Bob Boucher]

Yep, Fall was nice the six years we spent in Darthmouth, and it lasted from April to November with two or three days of summer thrown in at some point!!!??? (LOL)

Bob

[Stan Birch]

The weather on the east coast tends to remain moderate a lot later in the season due to it's proximity to the ocean. The biggest challenge though, will be finding RV parks, since the majority of them, including Provincial Parks close for the season around the first week in September. National Parks like Cape Breton keep their campgrounds open until mid October.

Boondocking also presents a challenge, since unlike your part of the country, where public dump stations are common place, they are virtually non-existent in the Maritimes. The lst one you are likely to see as you head east, is at the Flying J in Napanee.

[Little Kopit]

Here we go again Stan. There are some misrepresentations in your post, IMHO.

A) Prov. campgrounds in the Maritimes tend to stay open through Canadian Thanksgiving in my experience & I was on the road at that time last year!!!!!!!!!!

B) It is in Newfoundland and Labrador that cgs of many sorts tend to close down early in September. Volume of traffic and the opening of hunting season causes that. I saw rvs out and about on the road into November, 2004!!!

c) If you include Atlantic Canada, I know of public information places with 'dump stations' in Newfoundland!!!!!

While on the road (Aug 2 - 17 in NS, PEI, NB, & Maine), I heard 'open line programs' discussing ways to welcome tourists. The 'rest stop' concept was much discussed.

[Stan Birch]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Little Kopit:
Here we go again Stan. There are some misrepresentations in your post, IMHO.

A) Prov. campgrounds in the Maritimes tend to stay open through Canadian Thanksgiving in my experience & I was on the road at that time last year!!!!!!!!!! </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

At least half of the Provincial Parks in Nova Scotia close after the first weekend in Sept:

Nova Scotia Provincial Park Closing Dates
Mira River - Sept. 5
Five Islands - Sept. 5
Salsman Sept. 5
Dollar Lake - Sept. 5
Laurie - Sept. 5
Smileys - Sept. 5
Blomidon - Sept. 5
Battery - Sept. 5
The Islands - Sept. 5
Ellenwood Lake - Sept. 5

[Little Kopit]

Ok, on NS I stand corrected.

You know, just as Brew said elsewhere there is one heck of a lot of crown land in NL and only 522,000 population for the whole province. 30,000 of those are in Labrador. Re. any provincial legislation, can you remotely think anti-real boon docking legislation could be enforced. Provincial authorities know just how much trouble they're having with safety regulations re. atvs and snowmobiles. Real boondocking is on crown land, of course.

Zoning is another matter. Can you keep your camper on your land? How many people do you know cannot and have to arrange storage for their campers?

& why not find a way to suggest ideas of how any given province might make the message 'welcome'in comparison with suggesting punitive things?

Sigh? Would that be you style, ever?

Sigh?