2015 Canadian Rail, Cruise Quebec to Florida, Car through Southeast States, California, Hawaii.

October 11-December 17, 2015

• Train across Canada – West to East to North
• Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship from Quebec City North then East then South to Florida 14 days
• Rental Car for 30 days, 3,000 miles from SouthEast Florida to New Orleans and all around.
• Flight to California for 4 days with family in Healdsburg.
• Flight to Kauai, Hawaii for 10 days
• Home December 17.

October 11 – 15, 2015 – Train; Vancouver to Toronto, Canada

We boarded Amtrak in our little town of Fairhaven, bound for Vancouver, Canada where we boarded the Canadian Rail for a trip across Canada to Toronto.

This map shows our route with Canadian Rail – west to east to north. We got on the ship in Quebec City and went further north up into the Fjords.

Our little sleeper cabin. The chairs fold flat at night and the porter pulls the beds down. Our shower was down the hall but we did have a private toilet. That is the extent of our luggage on the floor. We travel very light, even for this 3 month trip.

Sleeper cabin for 2 on Canadian Rail

Dome Viewing Car

Fall colors out the window

Snack car

We stayed in Toronto 2 nights and visited Niagara Falls (the Canadian side). The views from Delta Hotel in Toronto were amazing. We had a corner room and looked directly onto the Sports Stadium, the airport and the Train Museum.

Niagara Falls was not at all what I was expecting. The United States side (which we could see but did not visit) was very park like and quiet. The Canadian side was very commercial with restaurants, shops, adventure rides and high energy. We enjoyed it very much from the Visitor Center after having lunch at one of the local restaurants. Then we took a boat ride under the falls, wearing the provided raincoats.

After Toronto we boarded the Canadian Rail again for our short (7 hours) ride to Quebec City on a typical commuter train. No sleeper cabin required. Quebec City was COLD. It even snowed a bit but that didn’t stop us from searching out hot chocolate and riding the hop on off bus. We just bundled up and acted like typical tourists. Which we are!

We stayed 2 nights at Hotel Le Saint-Paul.

We had dinner at a lovely pub with our friends from Bellingham, Rich and Beth!

October 19th, 2015 – We get on the Ship for our next part of this journey.

Author: Marla Vannice

Exploring the world has always been my dream. These aren't "vacations". They are travels to every corner far and wide. We are 'budget' travelers and always travel light. Our goal is always to get to know the locals and avoid tourist areas. We do use cruise ships but not in the normal way. We don't drink nor gamble so that saves us lots of money. We might only see each port for one full day but have been known to return later on our own. View all posts by Marla Vannice