• The Latitude and Longitude for St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada is 47° 37' North and 52° 45' West


• St. John's has a population of 181,113


• St. John's has a population density of 225.1/km²

• St. John's has some small hills and cliffs leading off to many of the beaches, but otherwise, St. John's is mostly made up of flat grounds
  

• St. John's climate during the month of June was around 15°C - 18°C with a ton of rain. Everyday it was either rainy or dark clouds with a bit of sun

• St. John's is part of the Boreal Shield ecozone

• St. John's closest nation park is Terra Nova National Park, which is located across the Trinity Bay
  

Finally, summer vacation. No more school. No more waking up early. No more homework. I finally get to stay home and just relax, with no one to bother me. Well, that was the plan i had to spend my summer vacation, until my mom got off the phone with my sister and decided we would all go on a family road trip. So, when my sister got home, mom and dad booked a flight to St. John's, packed up the car and we were off to go catch our flight.

When the plane landed, we were not Ontario anymore, we were in St. John's, Newfoundland. A local citizen had told us a good place where we could rent a car for our six week journey, the convenient thing was, the airport had a car rental dealership called thrifty . So, we rented the only car available, a Toyota Matrix for 59 dollars per day.

We were starting our journey early, approximately at 8:30 am, mom and dad always said it was easier to start the day off earlier than later. So, we got in our rented car and drove to a park known as Pippy Park. We stayed at Pippy park for three days in a tent. During those three days, we went hiking and camped in the forest, one of the nights a calm storm had rolled with rain pouring over and each of the sides of the tent. In the morning we took our fishing rods and attempted to catch some fish, but we failed...big time. On our last day, my mom, being a fan of golf, stated that we should go play some golf, but we had no golf clubs, nor did my sister and I even know how to play. However, we walked to their golf course, to find out it was a mini golf course, not a big kid course, so they provided us with mini clubs and we played some mini golf. in the end, I ended up beating everyone, with four whole in ones.

Before I knew it, it was already time to leave St. John's and continue on with our journey to Quebec City.


Sites Used
http://canadianbiodiversity.mcgill.ca/english/ecozones/ecozones.htm
http://www.stjohns.ca/visitors/information/index.jsp
http://www.kayak.com/r/KoBdff
http://www.campsource.ca/parks/default.aspx?parkid=245


Quebec City

After hours of driving, we have finally reached our second destination, Quebec City.

Still driving in our rented car, we drove to a comfortable hotel known as Hôtel Quartier. The best thing about the hotel is that is has an indoor pool, with a hot tub. But, before we could leave to go swimming we had to eat some food, to feed our hungry stomachs. We left our hotel and drove to a restaurant, known as Casa Grecque, recommended from a friend. The restaurant serves nothing but greek food, and boy, was the food ever tasty. After our food had time to digest, it was time to hit the pool and swim, but the pool was closed, so we decided to watch a movie in our room. Seeing as we were in Quebec City, all the movies where french movies with english subtitles, so we just went to bed.

During our stay, we visited the Village Vacances Valcartier, the largest water park in all of North America. With over 20 water slides, my family and I were constantly running from slide to slide. When we got back to the hotel, we fell asleep as soon as we hit the beds. The next couple of days we visited some museums, one of the museums was called Musée de la civilisation. It was a museum based on civilization, but unlike any kind of museum, this one was different. The museum had activities that we could do and it allowed us to interact with the exhibits, which to me, was very cool.

Before we left Quebec City, we stopped at d'Arbre en Arbre Duchesnay. This is a place to climb and walk from tree top to tree top. My mom chickened out because of how high you were from above the ground, but she didn't know what she was missing. The view was beautiful, you could see the birds nests below in the tree branches, and the squirrels poking their heads out of the holes deep into the tree trunks.

Quebec City was a lot fun, but i just can't wait to get to Calgary.