Travel :: New Brunswick Part II

12 years ago

Welcome to New Brunswick! It wasn’t really a huge switch from Quebec because half the province is French, so the radio stations stayed the same, and so did most of the landscape being close to the border. We stopped to look at this mighty big airplane and took pictures of all the signs.

Why yes, I wrote in the sand.

We stayed the first night in Miramichi, NB. By the time we arrived on Sunday, there was really only time to set up and cook some dinner. There were so many rabbits in this park! It was pretty cute. On the Sunday, we were originally going to go tubing down the river, but they had so little rain that it was really low, and took about five hours to get down [when it usually takes about 2]. Apparently your butt actually scraped along the bottom too, not to much fun :S So we didn’t do that and just went to the lake and walked along the sand. Picked up a crap load of glass off the beach, and then headed into town a bit. Walked along the boardwalk, ate an ice cream cone [East coasters LOVE their ice cream… there’s literally an ice cream store on every corner almost.] and then walked around a bit more. Listened to some of the live music that was happening, and then tried to find a seafood restaurant the girl at the campground told us about. Didn’t find it, but found a lot that was selling more RV/campers so we stopped in a looked at those… to see how they compared. *cough*. Some of those are so fancy… That’s my kind of camping. Anyways, we headed back to the campground, and it was so ridiculously hot that we decided to go swimming. It was fun because there were these 3 kids in the pool and we made friends with them, while playing monkey in the middle. I, of course, was on the deck because the water was too cold for me. We chilled there for a good couple hours, before heading back to make dinner.

On our beach walk – Miramichi, NB

Setting up and cooking dinner – Miramich, NB

The lighthouse in town – Miramichi, NB

In the morning we packed up and headed towards Moncton. On the way to meeting up with one of the guys Andrew works with out there, we stopped in at Magnetic Hill, and had to see what all the fuss was about. Pretty much it’s a hill that pulls your car up the hill. Usually this is done backwards, but as we had the trailer, they said to turn around and face the correct way. $5 bucks got us down and up the hill, and it was pretty cool. It was pretty neat! We put the truck in neutral, and voila! We ended up at the top of the hill. It’s a little anti-climactic because it’s not something you can take a picture of… But still something one has to do! There were all these little shops in the area, and it was beside the zoo, so we went to the shops and I got super excited because there was a BeaverTail shop. Om nom. As Andrew says, those things are like crack to you. Not that he didn’t indulge in one either! His was apple cinnamon. Then we did a little bit of browsing, and Andrew bought a couple things for his buddies while we were there. Then onwards to Moncton!

Magentic Hill, NB

My crack: BeaverTails. Maple Butter and chocolate. So, so delicious.

In Moncton, Andrew’s old co-worker and his wife were going to spend the day with us. They’re a really cool couple, she’s from Newfoundland, and he’s from NB. We hung out around their house for a bit, and then headed to Fundy National Park. They have the CUTEST puppy of life, which I didn’t take a picture of, but it literally looks like a cotton ball. Haha, adorbs. They led the way to Fundy, and we made some stops along the way and took the scenic route to get there. Along the way, we stopped at a lookout over a river [which you couldn’t see for the trees, it was so dry it looked like a road..] and at Cape Enrage. As we were driving towards the Cape, it got really dark and foggy, so we couldn’t see much. The ocean was pretty wild and rough, and so cold! From there, we headed to Fundy, and set up in our site, and pretty much spent the rest of the afternoon hanging out and talking. Then cooked up some foods and then they left. We had a fire [pretty much the only one the whole trip] and made Jiffy Pop! Then we headed to bed, and Andrew was a little drunk, so he passed out pretty quick. Haha. Luckily though, he woke up in a great mood.

So foggy, made it a little creepy. But turned into a beautiful day!

Cape Enrage: Was pretty angry!

Saw Mill Covered Bridge, on the way to Fundy National Park.

Aww. – Fundy National Park, NB

Fundy!

Fundy is so gorgeous! Look, it’s the ocean!

We decided to head to Hopewell Rocks and actually see the flower pot rocks of Fundy. Andrew’s been here before, but as it was my first time, he took me there. On the way out of the national park is a little town called Alma, and we stopped in at the bakery to buy delicious sticky buns. Apparently they’re famous for them. And they were definitely so, so good. An excellent breakfast! Andrew also wanted a closer look at the boats that were on stocks because the tide pulls out so much, so they don’t fall over. We walked along the ocean floor, and then headed onwards to Hopewell.

The beach in Alma, NB. Where’s all the water!!

Delicious sticky buns! – Alma, NB

I’m actually an idiot and didn’t upload any pictures last night of Hopewell. I thought that I did but I didn’t. That will have to be another post [or an edit]. The Hopewell Rocks are ridiculously cool. It was amazing to think that you were walking on the ocean floor, and that the tide disappears so much during the day. Plus, having all the tress grow on top of unstable looking rocks is pretty darn cool too.

Heading onwards from there, we started our journey towards Prince Edward Island, but made a couple stops in Shediac, to see the giant lobster statue. Some really cute shops there as well, since it’s a touristy place. After taking the winding coastal route to get to the bridge, we stopped in Cap-Pele for dinner, and continued on, stopping whenever we saw something interesting that we needed a picture of. We hit up the beach, to which Andrew went swimming in the water, and I fell asleep on the beach. So warm and comfy! Although, I did get some definite sun while doing that. Should have fallen asleep on my stomach!