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By hayley and mick
October 10th 2008

New Brunswick - Fredericton and Bay of Fundy

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Fredericton

After a relatively early morning (9.00am Ha Ha) we set off for Fredericton, the Capital of New Brunswick. New Brunswick has a number of tourist routes including the River Valley drive. It was full of the yellow, red and green leaves that made up the fall colours. Along the way we stopped in at the town of Grand Falls in which the centrepiece of downtown are the falls themselves. In our travels the falls are usually a little way out of town, so this was a touch unusual. WE eventually arrived out our host’s place for the night. Dom and a [View Full Entry]

By Helen Rose
September 20th 2008

Leaving Nova Scotia & Into New Brunswick

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Friday, September 19 Our room faced to the east, therefore, we watched the sun come up without having to go out into the cool air. I went for a walk up to the top of the cliffs and along the scenic trail. Breakfast at the Cape was delicious. After breakfast Darcy drove us up the hill to the parking lot - he had to get a running start to make it up and around the first curve. When we got to the top, I could not find my carkeys. They were in the ignition, which was okay, since Mother had her [View Full Entry]

By DeAnn
September 17th 2008

Days 19 & 20 - Sept. 12th-13th -Driving to Fundy

North America » Canada » New Brunswick » Fundy National Park

World longest covered bridge
In Hartland New Brunswick spanning the Saint John River

When we left Quebec we were headed to Fundy Nat'l Park in New Brunswick. At Hartland we took a detour to see the longest covered Bridge at 1,282 ft long. We took a few pictures, but it was being worked on so it was closed. We passed a few more covered bridges on the way to Woodstock, where we decided to camp for the night. When we woke, we were over looking a nice river right by an old bridge....the kids took some time inthe morning to play at the park and pick so wild apples. After breakfast we drove on [View Full Entry]

By coppertop1204
September 17th 2008

On the Ferry

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Ferry to Long Island

Our ferry didn't depart from Digby until 1:30 pm so we had quite a bit of time to kill before then. The first thing we did was go to the ferry dock and get reservations for the afternoon ferry. They told us that we could come back later and pick up our tickets and then wait in line at around noon or so. We decided to explore the islands a bit and also try to find the basalt cliffs and balancing rock. We drove south through Digby neck, crossed by ferry to Long Island and traveled to the opposite side of [View Full Entry]

By coppertop1204
September 9th 2008

Chance to St. John to the World of Mint

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The view from our bed

We woke up this morning to this..... It was overcast this morning that was part of the reason the sunrise was so beautiful. This is a really beautiful place. We got up and had a light breakfast downstairs and asked the owner about Fundy Trail. The trailhead is at St. Martins and I had been reading about it in one of the guide books. He said it was well worth visiting so that is our goal this morning. We packed up and headed first for St. John. St John is the largest city in the province with about half a million [View Full Entry]

The view from our terrace just at daybreak

By coppertop1204
September 8th 2008

Off to visit the Roosevelts, Bogs and Ferries

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Peacock House Common Area

We woke up at about 7:00 and after getting dressed went downstairs to grab coffee before breakfast was served at 8. Met some of the same people from last night as well as a couple who are eating with us and then going bird watching. They hired a guide and they will be heading off into the wilderness. The guide arrived while we were having breakfast and was an interesting guy. Breakfast was delicious. Fresh fruit, blueberry muffins (blueberries are abundant in Maine, you see roadside stands everywhere), a baked egg and Canadian bacon casserole with salsa in the center. It [View Full Entry]

Looking into the dining room from the foyer

By chinacanuck
August 6th 2008

Sappyfest

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Sappyfest 1

Yaahhh...we finally have a good internet connection again. Ok, so we will never, never whine about hot weather again! We have been in Canada for a couple of weeks and have seen the sun about twice during that time. During that time we have arrived at two great realizations;1) Hot weather is better than rainy weather and 2) we will not live in a northern climate again if we can help it...oh, and 3) Greyhound sucks big time...they still have no clue what happened to our suitcase full of gifts that we shipped across the country ahead of us before we [View Full Entry]

By Cpheen
July 8th 2008

Goodbye NB, Canada

North America » Canada » New Brunswick » Fredericton

This is just a trial first entry into my newly created travel blog! I have said all my goodbye's and I am all packed ready to go. I leave on an over night flight to London today and will arrive at my destination of Carcassonne (in southern france outside of Toulouse) late tomorrow afternoon. I am so excited to get this adventure going, just looking at my backpack makes me just want to jump up and go. As for a rough itinerary of trip, it is as follows: Swizterland ~ 1 week Germany (including munich and Berlin!!) ~ 1.5 weeks Czech [View Full Entry]

By Mel and Nige
June 15th 2008

June 15 - We're Off!

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It was a bittersweet departure from Richibucto, Mélanie had to say "see you later" to Mame pis Pape. Even if it was hard, we knew we had the trip of a lifetime right ahead of us! We had a pretty darn full car and plugged in our first stop - le Rocher Percé - on our handy GPS. Not even an hour into the trip we already saw our first critter, a nice big bull moose! Nigel is always looking for them and finally got to see another one . Pretty soon after we saw a beautiful Doe drinking. At this [View Full Entry]

By geomack
June 9th 2008

TransCan New Brunswick

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Hi All!!! A great time!!! Nova Scotia and PEI, and yes a few miles on the Cabot trail with the famous PEI red dirt. And oh the potatoes!!! Got the shuttle across the Confederation bridge, 12.9 kms long. Unfortunately is was raining and foggy!!! For the most part I've been following the Acadian trail up the coast of NB. It's like being in France, rare to hear English in the campgrounds! My plan at this point is to cross into Quebec and take Rt 132 across the Gaspe Penninsula to the St Lawrence. Supposed to rain tomorrow though, so maybe I'll [View Full Entry]

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