30 August, 2017, Blog Post No. 12
28 August – St Andrews campground by the
sea had the most wonderful sea view.
Chatted to our neighbor, a retired US biologist from Florida, who spends
his retirement volunteering for biological conservation projects. Drove to Perth Andover via the River Valley Scenic
Drive which followed the mighty St John River, one of the most beautiful drives
we have done. Saw a couple of the
covered bridges for which NB is famous and put a couple of the ubiquitous graveyards
to good use to exercise the dogs. Churches
and graveyards appear very frequently as we drive the minor highways, they will
be top priority for dog breaks in future.
Another beautiful campground beside the river. Took the dogs for a walk where they
distinguished themselves by charging a flock of grazing Canada geese, who took
off in a great honking huff. Had a swim
in the camp pool, Kirsty managed a length, P took the plunge and almost leapt
out vertically, It was refreshing!
29 August - Drove the Appalachian Range route
to Campbellton and crossed into Quebec.
The road passed thru what looked like prime moose hunting territory. The riding surface was terrible, third world
standard, until we got to San Quentin, at which point we arrived on a
highspeed, completely reconstructed surface.
Passed by several very large timber mills. By San Quentin most evidence of bilingualism had
disappeared, most signs and billboards were in French. Gas station attendants and waitresses seemed
to be happily operating in both languages, French to their friends and other
staff, un-accented English to customers.
Arrived at an amazing campsite a few km into Quebec at Carleton Sur
Mer. The campsite occupied a long
sandspit forming one side of a large lagoon.
Beautiful sunset, nice facilities. We dined on sweet corn bought in the morning from
a roadside stall. We noticed the owner putting it on the stand, picked just the night before. It was a treat to the palate. Trouble with the wifi. It appeared the camp operator had locked out
youtube, obviously campers were overloading the system watching videos.
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| On the lam |
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| Perfect obedience when the hand is in the cookie pocket |
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| Fire hydrants in the birthplace of Rene Levesque |
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| Seal bait ? |
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| Let's grab one of those seals |
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| The chauffeur, but note the Gaspe house in the background, intended as the real image |
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| Beautiful churches in the Gaspe |
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| Look out, the scallop may have a big brother |
30 August Our first full day on the Gaspé, It is truly beautiful. So far the road has stayed very close to the
sea, There are many beaches to walk on
and many lovely headland views.. As we passed thru René Lévesque territory (New
Carlisle), we glimpsed his statue in a little civic park. Plenty of restaurants and coffee shops, tonight
we dined on fresh scallops from one of the many poissonneries we passed on the
highway. Les Quebecois in the Gaspé must
be great fish eaters. So far our
official photographer has not done justice to the many lovely cottages we see
but this will be remedied on tomorrow’s leg. Tintin disgraced herself by throwing up on
Kirsty’s feet as we drove, probably because she had drunk too much seawater
while swimming at one of the beaches we stopped at. Luckily our camper has an external hose so we
stopped at the road side and cleaned it all up.
She ate a good dinner tonight so there appears to be no permanent
effects. More of the same route tomorrow,
although the weather appears to be deteriorating.
A la prochaine
P & K
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