Blogs from New Brunswick, Canada, North America - page 11

Rainy day The pitter patter of rain on the roof was soothing and we slept in til 8 am. I jumped up and said “It’s high tide, we have to go to town”. Then I checked the tide schedule and high tide was 12:08pm so we had lots of time for coffee/tea. There was a little break in the showers so Oscar went out very quickly. We listened to music, had coffee, played on the computer and plotted our day as it promised to get worse. The showers indoors got a very good rating this morning. We had breakfast in town then walked down to see the condition of the fishing fleet. It was ½ hour from high tide and the water was really high already. Pictures What do women do on a rainy day, shop! ... read more

What a night! Marg woke with a start thinking there was a bear right outside her window. Then she thought someone was stealing our chairs. It turned out to be her pesky bunk mate trying to get a chair to star gaze. I woke early and just glanced out the window and saw sparkling diamonds everywhere. The moon had set and the clouds had parted leaving the stars in an incredibly dark sky. How could you just go back to bed! I was just about to get Marg when she came out saying “I want to experience it all”. We sat there for ½ an hour or so trying to identify some constellations, even seeing 4 shooting stars one of which lasted a long time and had a red firey tail. Both of us gasped at ... read more

We had a wonderful 59 days in Canada, but it was great to cross the border and be back in the good old USA. Our first stop in Calais, Maine (rhymes with Dallas) was at a gas station to fill up the RV. After spending almost 2 months paying over $5 a gallon in Canada, the price of $3.95 seemed like a great deal! Then we headed to the credit union ATM as we hadn’t had access to an appropriate ATM during our time in Canada. Last but not least we stopped at a Wal-Mart and a supermarket. It felt good to have cash in our pockets, a full gas tank and cupboards restocked with familiar brands. Our goal was to spend a couple nights in Lubec, Maine. So yes we are back in the US, ... read more

Well my lobster feast was finally realized in the lobster capital of the world and we cooked it ourselves a pound of shelled lobster - claw and knuckle meat- for 18.95 and it was wonderful. But, I am getting ahead of myself. After leaving Caroquet we travelled south through Miramishi arriving at Shediac, which is close to Moncton. Shediac is home to the largest lobster in the world. Unfortunately it is a tourist trap for the most part and they wanted money to go on the beach or the warf and since we have been on both didn't see the need to pay for it. We had fun touring the town and area. The town was established in the 1700's so it goes back aways. Sunday we went to the farmers market which was more like ... read more

We wanted to time our visit to Caraquet to coincide with the Festival Acadien de Caraquet. It is their 50thyear for having the festival. Even though we don’t understand French enough to comprehend the lyrics to songs, we hoped to still enjoy the experience. We did stop at the local visitor’s center and asked for some guidance. They were helpful in showing us some free events and one that had some reggae English music. The other thing we wanted to do while in Caraquet was to tour the Village Historique Acadien. This year they are celebrating their 35th anniversary. The Village is huge! Fortunately the admission is good for 2 days. We toured about 2/3 on the first day and then the remainder on the second day with time for revisiting some of the buildings from ... read more