Blogs from New Brunswick, Canada, North America - page 21

After spending a night in Moncton, we headed off towards St John. Along the way, we returned to the Bay of Fundy and Hopewell Rocks to check out the height of the water on the rising tide. After hanging around for a couple of hours, we thought that looking a dirty water was not as spectacular as we would have hoped. Upon arrival to St John we were met by our host, Debbie who informed us of a monthly art gallery tour, that was being held that night. We went along and enjoyed complimentary beer and wine while we appreciating some of the art. We just hung out with Debbie for the rest of the night which was fantastic. In the morning Debbie took us for a quick tour around town. St John has a fantastic ... read more

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 keys. But the last thing I had done the day before was to turn on the truck to roll up the passenger window. I had left the truck accessory feature turned on all night and ... read more

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 to Saint John, New Brunswick's biggest city at the mouth of the Saint John River. There we saw the Reversing Falls Rapids.....but we weren't there at the best time so - it only kinda' looked ... read more

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. Our host and hostess were very hospitable. I would go back to this place in a heartbeat. 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 was really good! Lots of juice, coffee and good conversation. We took some pictures and then packed up ... read more

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 point we had a feeling that we would see lots of animals on our trip. When trying to cross the St-Laurence river to get in to Quebec, the GPS tried to get us to take ... read more