Blogs from New Brunswick, Canada, North America - page 15

Four words: Most. Relaxing. Day. Yet. This morning started out strangely. There was nowhere to eat near the motel except at the motel restaurant, and that didn't open until 8. Not wanting to wait, we ate peanut butter, banana, and honey sandwiches, as well as pastrami and tomato sandwiches in our room. Strange combination, but its what we had. We still planned to stop on the road for something with eggs (we love eggs to start our day) about an hour in. We knew there was a Tim Horton's coming up, and though we don't like it nearly as much as McDonald's (especially Therese), it seemed like a good plan. Speaking of good plans, a nice guy at the motel last night commented that he saw us on our way, and thought we were really good, ... read more

July 4 In the morning our French speaking hostess at Gite Les Leblanc was a bit at a loss with my special diet so she gave me access to her kitchen and watched in amazement as I sauteed vegetables and eggs for breakfast. Since it smelled so good and other guests were envious perhaps she will decide vegetables might be acceptable for a breakfast meal. I will say I was wishing I could taste the homemade peach-rhubarb, pineapple-zucchini, and strawberry jams on her whole grain bread. There had been a gentle rain throughout the night but the drive to New Brunswick was only overcast. Campbellton is the first town you enter on this road from Quebec and to Dave's relief, they speak English or at least are bilingual. We stopped at the information center and decided ... read more

Wednesday June 29th Fredericton to Edmunston We left the Peasleys’ late in the morning so the kids had more playtime. From there we went to King’s Landing historic site. It is very close to Fredericton. The park is done as a living museum, like Acadian Village. It was created back in the 1970’s (I think), when they were raising the water levels on the St. John river near Fredericton for a dam. They took a series of Loyalists houses from the 1800s that were to be flooded and moved them to create the village. It was very well done. Well spread out like farms and villages would have been. All the buildings are from the 1800’s and most are original. Some like the sawmill and flour mill are wonderful recreations. The sawmill is really cool because ... read more

Sunday, June-26-11 Miramichi River We spent the day relaxing around the cabin on the Miramichi River. Our friends’ brother and father both showed up in the morning to fly fish for salmon on the river. Paul was very excited about the fishing and really wanted to try. Within a short time, the father had caught a salmon and gave it to us for dinner. Technically it is not called a salmon. Up to about 24” it is called a Grilse. Over that in size it is considered a salmon but you have to catch and release them. This one was almost too big to keep. It was very tasty for dinner. We only ate half of it. Claude started Paul fishing with a fly on the end of a regular rod, but with the light weight ... read more

For our last day at the cottage, we spent the day at the Acadian Village. It was a nice sunny day, although the wind was chilly, so it was a great day for exploring a historic park. This is a huge historic park that displays the way of life of the Acadian people (maritime French Canadians), from about 1775 through to the mid 1900’s. All the costumed interpreters are going about their typical day as you go through and they explain to you what they are doing. It was much like the Ukranian Village near Edmonton. It was really well done. Paul enjoyed going into each of the houses and other buildings to see what they were doing. Marc liked feeding the animals. At the oldest house, the fellow actually let the boys come into the ... read more