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Published: June 14th 2022
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RV at Hopewell Rocks
We parked here for our little lunch. Sunday found us heading towards Hopewell Rocks (
https://www.nbparks.ca/en/parks/33/hopewell-rocks-provincial-park) to walk on the shoreline underneath the rocks once the tide was out.
The ‘fastest directions’ brought us to Highway 114 in New Brunswick; a windy, crater filled badly, lumpy one lane each way road that really only should have been a 60 km/h maximum instead of the posted 80 km/h. I’m sure the funeral homes in the area got their town council to raise that to 80 km/h since they wanted more business! We kept it to 60 km/h in the good parts, but mostly crawled like a slalom course at 45 - 50 km/h.
We arrived around 12:30 and found a parking spot in the RV section of the parking lot. We were able to bring out the BBQ and I cooked up some hot dogs for us to eat for lunch before we ventured into the park. There were work crews cutting the long grass next to us; the smell of fresh cut grass mingled with the smell of gasoline from the trimmers in use along with the noise of them. It wasn’t too bad - just more added ambiance!
With lunch completed, we packed Maggie up
Propane BBQ
Cooked up some wieners for lunch! into her favourite carrier/back pack and made our way into the park to walk down to the shoreline.
The pavilion overlooks the Shebody Bay. There were blue coloured picnic benches put out for folks to enjoy the view and eat or hang out. On the way down to the pathway, there were a couple of observation decks where we stopped to take in the view and scenery. The path down took us through a well laid out pathway; wide, under a beautiful canopy of trees that cooled down the temperature underneath.
The stairway leading down to the river’s floor was 101 steps (yes, I counted them). That’s going to be a long way up! The river floor was well compacted sand and gravel, with mud the further out and closer to the receding water’s edge that you got. We spent a good time walking the length of the shoreline sometimes walking underneath the rock formations, and other times enjoying the warm sun on our faces. Maggie came out for a few photos, but otherwise remained in her carrier on my back.
The drive from Hopewell Rocks to Edmunston was going to
be 4 hrs and 40 mins with no stops. We set out on our way winding our way along Highway 112 towards Highway #2 - The TransCanada Highway. We decided to leave Fundy National Park a day early to both see Hopewell Rocks when the tide was out, but also to cut our drive from there to Ile d’Orleans from eight plus hrs down to four.
We arrived in Edmunston and pulled into Edmunston Camping (
https://camped.ca/en) for the night. No reservation, but lots of room for us. The campsite is run by a young couple and their two kids. They live on site in a trailer, and are busy building up the place to the vision of what they want it to be. It felt good camping there and giving them a little money that night ($43.00 I think) to help them in that goal. Although it’s in French, you can read more about them here:
https://www.acadienouvelle.com/actualites/2021/06/08/les-campeurs-seront-ils-de-retour-en-grand-nombre/).
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