Best (and Worst) of the Trip, Part 1

Posted on August 28, 2008
Filed Under Adventures, Call us tourists, Food, Random musing | 2 Comments

We, the Hieronymus/Labinsky family, have decided to put together a “Best (and Worst) of the Trip” list. There will be four lists, each for a leg of our trip, and this is the first one.

Best Meal: beerbistro, Toronto

Best RV-Cooked Meal: Pasta With Red Peppers and Tomato Sauce (Sierra calls it Tomato-Pepper Pasta)

Worst Meal: Kelly O’Bryans, Prince George, British Columbia

Best Ice Cream: Toft’s, though Dad votes for beerbistro’s Rochefort Chocolate Ice Cream

Best Pie: Norske Nook, Osseo and elsewhere in Wisconsin

Best Cheese: Country Castle Limburger (Mom); see also Another Cheesy Blog Post

Best Perogies: Supreme Perogies from Mississauga, Ontario

Best Chocolate: Len Libby in Portland, Maine (Sierra’s); unknown-name chocolate from Montreal (Mom and Dad)

Most Decadent Dessert: Malteazer at Death by Chocolate in Edmonton, Alberta

Worst Candy: Idaho Spud candy bar

Best Fish Sandwich: Salmon Burger at the Chena Pump House, Fairbanks, Alaska

Best Single Dish: Lobster at Beal’s, Southwest Harbor, Maine (Mom), Smoked Meat at Schwartz’s, Montreal (Dad and Sierra)

Best Pizza: Pizzeria Roma in Juneau, Alaska

rocky's Burger Bus PoutineBest Poutine: Rocky’s Burger Bus, Calgary, Alberta

Best Beer: Bell’s Two-Hearted Ale (Dad); New Glarus Belgian Red (Mom); No Beer, I’m under 21 (Sierra)

Best Bookstore: The Amazing Bookstore in Juneau, Alaska

Best Candy Store: Len Libby in Portland, Maine

Best Grocery Store: J.A. Moisan in Quebec City, Quebec

Best Artisan Experience: Bragg Farm Sugar House, Vermont

Best Museum: University of Alaska Museum in Fairbanks, though Sierra votes Henry Ford Museum in Detroit

Best Campground With Service: Glowing Embers in Edmonton, Alberta

Best Campground Without Service: Signal Creek in Tongass National Forest, Alaska

Best Showers: Smithers, British Columbia

Worst Showers: Conestoga Campsite

Best Campground Pool: Camp Eriez, Lake City, Pennsylvania

Best National Park: Jasper National Park, Alberta

Best Waterfall: Niagara Falls (DUH!)

Best Hike: (tie) Wilcox (Banff) and Plain of the 6 Glaciers (Lake Louise), in Alberta

Best Drive: The Icefields, in Jasper-Banff, Alberta

Watson Lake Signpost Forest

Best Alaska Highway Stop: Watson Lake Signpost Forest

Best ‘World’s Largest’ … : Violin, in Sydney, Nova Scotia (See You Meet the Nicest People)

Best Deal on a Haircut: Dad’s $4 Haircut in Chinatown, Toronto

Best T-shirt: “Saskatchewan: Hard to Spell”

Best Thunderstorm: July 7th, Cassville, Wisconsin

Worst Stretch of Road: Delta Junction, Alaska, to Whitehorse, Yukon

Best Canadian City: Quebec City, Quebec

Best Canadian Province: Nova Scotia

Best Small Town: Sitka, Alaska (Jasper)

Best Small City: Juneau, Alaska

Best Town Name: Ecum Secum (Nova Scotia)

Prettiest Small Town: Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia

Town With the Scariest Seagulls: Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia

Best City Market: Granville Island, British Columbia

Best Public Transportation: Toronto

Best Day: Too many to count

Comments

2 Responses to “Best (and Worst) of the Trip, Part 1”

  1. Stephen Beaumont on August 28th, 2008 12:48 am

    Best poutine in Alberta? You’ve got to be kidding?! That’s like saying the best barbecue is in Oregon…

  2. Stan on August 29th, 2008 3:28 am

    S,
    You’ll see in our numbers post we only had poutine 4 times, because we didn’t set out to become experts. Sample enough to do that and your arteries would no longer function, I suspect.

    I ordered it in Calgary just for a lark. Great fries, wonderful gravy. Room for improvement with the cheese.

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