Ok, back to the old problem…. a title for each post! I’ll apply the K.I.S.S. principle until I find something better! I sent out a group eMail last night to those I thought might be interested in the blog. Among those people are some who probably haven’t come across this blog before. It started way back when we got our first trailer and did a lot of touring around the States. Initially it was made just as a record of the trips for us to look back on, but others got to hear about it, so it went “semi public”. It covers not only trips in the RV but also our trips to Australia, New Zealand, China, S. Africa etc. Feel free to delve into the archives and see what you come up with!
Today was forecast to be cool with a max temperature of 15C (59F). As usual the met people got it wrong, it warmed up to 26C (79F), it really takes great skill to be as consistently wrong as weather forecasters are.
One thing we have noticed post-covid is that hotels that used to offer a “free” breakfast no longer do so, however I am sure their rates have not decreased to reflect this.
We managed to find breakfast locally, and then returned to the hotel to take a walk along the waterfront in search of a couple of geocaches, which we found.
From there we headed out to an historic site at Pont au Pere which has an old light house, many old cottages, a museum featuring the Empress of Ireland ( a cruise ship that sank after a collision in fog close by the site) and a de-commissioned Royal Canadian Navy submarine built on the 1960’s. Although this one was British, it was able to fulfill its role, unlike the Trafalgar class submarines that were purchased this century!
We took a tour through the submarine, I have read many novels centered around submarines and the underwater lifestyle didn’t seem too bad. Having seen the lack of room and the conditions that the crew lived in, I think the novels lied!
We continued driving through some very good scenery, unfortunately it was very misty for most of the drive and the photos didn’t do the scenery justice. Initially the area was farmland then it transformed into heavily wooded rolling hills. Lumber is a major industry around here with every other truck transporting either raw lumber or the finished product.
Below are some random views and a covered bridge for a bonus!
As the day drew on we were pretty much up in the clouds which finished the scenery gazing. We finished the trip at Carleton sur Mer, just across a small strip of water from New Brunswick.
Please be gentle with the comments, I haven’t managed to get spell checker working on this programme yet!
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