Day 15 & 16. From Pointe de la Croix, Quebec to Fundy National Park, New Brunswick

Day 15 – From Pointe-de-la Croix to Fundy National Park, New Brunswick.

After posting day 14 to our blog we packed up and left. We started out taking secondary highway 134 along the New Brunswick coast, but it was very slow driving as the villages are stretched out and run into each other, leading speed limits to be imposed all the time.

At Bathurst we decided to take the highway to Moncton. As Leo said, it was like driving between Rocky Mountain House and Nordegg. Same scenery: a nice 2-lane highway with trees on both sides and flowers in the wide ditch.

At Moncton, Leo decided to go on to Fundy National Park,. It was about 3 in the afternoon at that time and we took the risk of not having a camping spot. But we were lucky and got a spot with all 3 services. So just image us hanging over this 4-inch sewer hole to use our third service.

We arrived just passed low tide so the boats were stranded dry and there was lots of beach to play on. We had our very first ice cream of the trip and enjoyed eating it sitting on the rocks in the sunshine watching the tide come in. This does happen fast, at about an inch a minute when at its fastest. About 9:30pm the tide was fully in and we had a quick look to see the difference. Then it was back to our trailer, taking a shower and going to bed.

Leo’s driving record is improving as he passed 6 cars, trucks and vans with trailers today. After a while he decided not to pass anymore as the wind was very strong and was catching our trailer and making it ‘sway’ behind the car. So Kent you now can truly report a ‘speeding van and trailer’ on the highway.

Again a very nice day to write about in our diary.



Day 16 – Photo taking day for Leo, rest day for me.

We awoke to a cloudy sky and the rain started shortly after. And I mean rain. It was coming down really hard, enough to make me stay inside for the day. Leo on the other hand wanted to film the tide going out in the harbour and left anyway. As long as he can keep his camera and himself dry he should be okay he says.

Just some information for our non-Canadian readers of our blog. The tides here, in the Bay of Fundy, are the highest in the world and right here at the park the difference is 12 meters between low and high tide. Further inland it goes up to 14 and 16 meters depending on where you are. This www.pc.gc.ca/fundy is the link to the Bay of Fundy National Park with some more information.

As I am sitting here, nice and dry inside our trailer. I am watching other people getting their trailers ready to leave. I am telling you no raincoat can stand up to this rain and they are all getting soaking wet hooking up their trailers to their trucks and vans. I am glad we are staying another day as the forecast for tomorrow is sunshine again.

This is a good time to take to opportunity to thank all of you for your comments on our blogs and photos. We very much appreciate you making the comments and knowing you are enjoying our efforts.

Photos for last two days can be viewed here.