{"id":560,"date":"2015-07-22T10:00:44","date_gmt":"2015-07-22T13:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/?p=560"},"modified":"2018-12-07T17:51:19","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T21:21:19","slug":"first-944-graves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/?p=560","title":{"rendered":"First 944 graves&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/180-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/180-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/180-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/180-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Our next stop on this emotionally overwhelming day was the Canadian War Cemetery in Dieppe.&nbsp; Really the next logical stop it seems&#8230; this was our first of many cemeteries, but I can still remember how much it hit me how carefully maintained the cemetery is.&nbsp; After 73 years the people of France are still very diligent at caring for the final resting place of the Canadian soldiers.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/183-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"562\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/?attachment_id=562\" class=\"wp-image-562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/183-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/183-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/183-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/190-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"563\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/?attachment_id=563\" class=\"wp-image-563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/190-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/190-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/190-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Expedition-Europe-1554-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"567\" 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data-link=\"http:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/?attachment_id=575\" class=\"wp-image-575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Gerry-Gardner-20150722_111333-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Gerry-Gardner-20150722_111333-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Gerry-Gardner-20150722_111333-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Expedition-Europe-1552-e1544217189312-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"566\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/?attachment_id=566\" class=\"wp-image-566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Expedition-Europe-1552-e1544217189312-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Expedition-Europe-1552-e1544217189312-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Expedition-Europe-1551-e1544217241426-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"565\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/?attachment_id=565\" class=\"wp-image-565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Expedition-Europe-1551-e1544217241426-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Expedition-Europe-1551-e1544217241426-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Expedition-Europe-1549-e1544217258110-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"564\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/?attachment_id=564\" class=\"wp-image-564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Expedition-Europe-1549-e1544217258110-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Expedition-Europe-1549-e1544217258110-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Encountered some poison ivy on the way out&#8230; funny story actually&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the cemetery we left Dieppe and the coast and moved our way inland towards the Trail of the Caribou.\u00a0 Beaumont-Hamel was our next destination and knowing that kept things pretty subdued on the bus.\u00a0 Going from what was one of Canada&#8217;s darkest days on the battle field to what was beyond a doubt the absolute darkest day for Newfoundland on the battle field is a weighty transition.\u00a0 \u00a0This was promising to be a hard day&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/195-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"579\" data-link=\"http:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/?attachment_id=579\" class=\"wp-image-579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/195-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/195-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gfwscouting.ca\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/195-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" 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