New Brunswick

Our next Province of New Brunswick. Three things changed as we entered.

First change to be noted is the road signs are again bilingual. We can understand again!! New Brunswick is the only truly bilingual province in Canada Both French and English are official languages. Only 33 percent of the population speak French. 

Second New Brunswick is in the Atlantic Time Zone. That is an hour earlier than Eastern, and it is the first time Ed and I have travelled into this time zone. 

Third, we start seeing Fire Weed.  The last time we saw that was when we were on our way to Alaska.  It is a really pretty weed that has wonderful pink flowers. 

The first stop in New Brunswick is Grand Falls.  It is a cute little town on our way that has an amazing Waterfall.  It was a nice place to stop for the night.  Check out these pictures.  We would not have noticed the falls except we had to go into town for some groceries.  Glad we did!

And now we are off to St Martin New Brunswick, on the Bay of Fundy. Check out the amazing view from our RV at the campground.  We have wonderful windows with the blinds and windows wide open.  This is the first time we have been able to do this on our trip.  It is fantastic!!

The Campground office staff recommended we eat at Spinney’s Seafood Market.  A small place with only outdoor benches.  We both had the Lobster roll which was a lobster poor buy.  Absolutely delicious!  Great place to eat!

Now off onto the Fundy Trail Parkway. This is a wonderful road, that gives you many pull-off areas to view the water and different formations.  It is fantastic.  It costs $10 per person, but well worth cost. There are also a number of trails to hike to view more sights! These are but a few of the wonderful sights!  Scroll beyond these pictures there is more to read and see!

Of course there are many more pictures than we have space for in this blog.

In St Martins NB, during low tide you can walk into caves that are below 30 feet of water during high tide.

Check out the boats during low tide!  The tide swings more than 30 feet from high to low every 6 hours! At low tide, you can barely see water beyond the entrance to the harbor breakwater.

Also, look at the view through the St Martins Covered Bridge to the Light House Visitor Center.  A great shot Ed!

The next day it was off to view the Hopewell Rock.  That is not on the Fundy Trail or in the Fundy National Park, but rather in the Hopewell Provincial Park. In order to access it, you need to pay an additional entrance fee of $16 per person.  You want to make sure to check the tide charts to view the Rocks based on your preference.  Fundy tides drop as much as 30 Feet from high to low tide. There is approximately 6 hours between these points. Many will want to view it from the water by kayak when the water is up.  We wanted to get pictures of the rocks during low tide.

There will be more in New Brunswick on the end of our trip, but for NOW off to Nova Scotia!