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Driving Lighthouse Route to St. Andrews
Thursday, October 12, 2016 We left Fundy National Park and drove the Lighthouse Route along the coast, pulling the Airstream. It was not worth it. Well, the leaves were spectacular, and the little mountains that look very much like the Southwest Mountain range in Virginia, green farmland climbing up the sides of the hills. Otherwise,…
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Hiking Maple Grove and Hopewell Rocks
36℉ at 6:00 and a high of 57℉ Tuesday, October 11, 2016 It was chilly when we started the Maple Grove hike at 9:30, but it went up a mountain, so I was soon shedding layers. We stayed quiet as were sure we would see a bear or moose. Nothing! Well, the cute little squirrels…
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Rain, Rain, Rain
In the middle of the night I thought I was back in Banff for the 2013 flooding. It rained hard all night and continued all day with the winds picking up in the middle of the day to 45 km/hr. We took the opportunity to relax a bit, do some laundry and go to the…
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Lighthouse Route and Fundy National Park
45℉ at 6:00 with high of 58℉ Sunday, October 9, 2016 We packed up and drove south on Rt 11 for an hour before turning onto the coastal road, called the Lighthouse Trail. It was a good move as it was beautiful. The road is right on the coast with little houses and farms along…
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Kayaking Black River and Hiking Claire Fontaine Trail
42℉ at 5:00 and 75 at 3:00 Saturday, October 8, 2016 Kayaking the Black River was the goal of the day. Since we just have one kayak, I went first to test the waters while Martha hiked the Claire Fontaine Trail. They haven’t had much rain, so the river was low. The tide was out,…
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Lobster and a Bike Ride
44℉ at 5:00 with a high of 77℉ Friday, October 7, 2016 It’s Thanksgiving weekend in Canada, so everyone is out, and the campground is quickly filling up. The weather forecast is great, except Sunday it is supposed to rain. We needed a few things from the grocery, so we drove to Saint-Louis (not THAT…
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Biking Kouchibouguac to Kelly’s Beach
Driving Rt 11 south for an hour, we switched to 117 that goes along the coast of New Brunswick. It’s a rough, bouncy road that only gives you views of the water every now and then. Finally the road enters Kouchibouguac National Park and becomes nicely paved. Moose warning signs were all along the route.…
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Caraquet and The Acadian Isles
40℉ at 7:00 with a high of 72℉ We are camped at a lovely campground facing Chaleur Bay at Camping Caraquet in the cute town of Caraquet. We drove to the tip of Acadia Isles that define the southern tip of Chaleur Bay. As we crossed a bridge, lots of cars were pulled over and…
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Driving the South Coast of Chaleur Bay
We got off late as I was talking to the campground owner, a very nice guy. Like many others, they work the campground all season and then go to Daytona. He likes car racing. He has a ’77 Argosy Airstream he uses for hunting, but he said he wouldn’t hesitate to drive it across Canada.…