Beersville UK - Trek America 1999 - Summary photos by Steve Beer

Heather and I went on a camping trek across northern America in August 1999.

Here are the places we visited and the people we met.

This is the all-in-one summary page. The are also individual pages with more photos.

Larger versions of any photos can be emailed on request.

General (the tour starts here)

Glimmer Lake (State Park)

Buffalo (Four Mile Creek State Park)

Toronto (Indian Line Camp)

Montreal (KOA Camp of America)

Quebec City (KOA)

Acadia (Hadley's Point)

Boston (Normandy Family Farm)

Province Town (Dune's Edge)

Whale Watching (Cape Cod)

Central Park (New York)

Yankee Stadium (New York)

General

middle America

the book of Ted

Glimmer Lake

our first meal together - at KC's diner

Glimmer Lake

we are men - we play football now, yes ?

Stumpy Pond

we are girls - we'll just soak up the sun whilst the boys tire themselves out

that'll do nicely

Buffalo

camp

sunset over lake Ontario

Niagara

ahh, almost peaceful, isn't it ?

look how high the spray goes, Hev !

where are George, Zippy and Bungle now ?

I jumped really high to get this shot (not)

Toronto

Toronto skyscrapers from the top of the CN tower

more sculptures ?

tickets please The Canadian National Tower

view straight down through the tower's plexiglass floor - which I jumped up and down on, much to the horror of the other tourists, (he he he)

Montreal

Hev with Beer

The "Jumping Sheep" Lachine rapides boat ride - we got soaked to the skin (and had fun too)

Quebec

Parc des Champs-de-Bataille

the steep and narrow streets of old Quebec

the town hall

chateau Frontenac

Anna, William, Peter, Marco, Helen and Mary

Claire, Henrik, Steve, Ted, Emma, Morten and thingy

Acadia

gorgeous

group shot - everybody huddle !

Bar Harbour and the Islands

The Beach - and absolutely no sign of Leonado DiCaprio

approach to Thunder Hole (fabulous) I love bouldering

Thunder Hole (postcard 'cos it wasn't performing like this when we were there)

lunch on the beach

the girls pose by the lighthouse jumping over the rocks on the shore

Geddy's - we ate here

excellent breakfast - pancakes with syrup, eggs, (scrambled), toast, side order of corned beef hash, OJ and tea - mmmm, yummy

Boston

Boston Newspaper stands

The Freedom Trail Paul Revere's House

The Old FireStation close up monument detail

that famous Boston building with the gold dome ... you know the one a building with an eagle on it and a taxi The South Market - Heather goes shopping !

view from the tower - all those steps made my legs wobbly

Boston Common

you wanna go where everybody ... asks you for ID

Province Town

The Lobster Pot - another of our eateries

the water isn't supposed to be there

Whale Watching

the Whale's surfacing is heralded by a massive surge of bubbles that makes the water turn light green and causes the seagulls to circle

one of my favourite shots

the powerful tail propels the Whale down for another dive

Cape Cod - with ProvinceTown at it's tip - American holiday destination

New York

Taxi !

NYPD yellow

the (oft photographed) flat iron building (and who am I to go against tradition)

pretzel alternative

cool shot of the Chrysler building

our hotel room

view from our hotel room

still Manhatten, believe it or not - this is the north end

Central Park

sunbathers, Central Park, south

view over the pond, Central Park, South West

monument at the southern entrance to the park

now then, where's the cast of "Friends" ?

Yankee Stadium

New York skyline from the stands