New Brunswick......40 degrees cooler than Baltimore MD

Good Morning from New Brunswick- Monday morning

So, maybe we are not cut out to be truckers......having spent Saturday night at a rest stop in Willington, Conn on a 90 degree night in our little t@b- our mini fans and camper fan on full throttle - we were hot and sleep did not come too easy!  So Plan "b" was activated and we decided to drive the rest of the way to cooler temps in Canada.  Our wish was granted as we drove through Maine ( after stopping at a truck stop for a wonderful lobster roll with Maine French fries, more about that later).  As we approached the Canadian border, we watched the temps drop by the mile on our car thermometer from 94 to 68. 

Almost giddy from the cool air, we pulled up to the Canadian border ready for our real adventure to commence.  We promptly showed passports, answered all questions, and after some chatting,  we were asked "how much alcohol are you bringing across the border" ? We declared our stash of " 2 & 1/2 bottles of wine, a bottle of Vodka, and 9 or is it 10 cans of beer" .  To which the border patrol asked Bob- now is it really 9 or 10 or are we talking about more like a case? Seriously- it was 9!  Well, that is just tooooooo much alcohol for 2 people!  Tax needed to be paid so inside we went to chat some more with border patrol, and $11 later, we were allowed to stay.  Why not-we just helped pay down Canada's national debt by $11.

So, we have arrived @ New River Beach Provincial Park- absolutely beautiful, wooded campground on the coast with a beautiful beach- what more could you want except to stay longer than planned!  Goodnight- we will sleep well @ 68 degrees. This is a picture of our campground and of the beach across the road.

Later today, we drove along the coast- " Fundy coastal trail" and visited several towns- St Stephen, St Andrews, and St George- such saintly names- my mom would LOVE that we are here! Each town is so different. St Stephen has Canada's oldest chocolate factory- of course, we went there and I had a mouthful of chocolate.  Also, visited a few parks and took in the beauty of the coastline. The sky was constantly changing...lots of huge clouds, sunshine peaking thru at times and never rained- a thank you God!

 

St Andrews was a beautiful quaint town with little shops and lots of character.  Coffee shops, hat shops, and fish eateries lined the street. There was a wonderful general store and a shop called "kit and kaboodle" - if you know what that means, you are in my generation!  Everywhere the people seem happy and friendly.  We had to stop and have lunch after eating all that chocolate- came across a homemade French fry and fish stand- yep, homemade fries means very crispy outside and inside, like a fluffy mashed potato. So lunch was had and tummy was full.  

 These pics are in St Andrew's

Off to the next little town, St George, which is very much a town for the locals, no obvious effort seemed to be made to attract tourists- refreshing!  Here we shopped for our homemade bread and fresh haddock for dinner later.

St George's bakery

The roads have NO traffic, which is so amazing....here is a puicture of "rush hour"- lol.

And then, dinner at our campsite and a sunset walk on our beach @ New River Provincial Park.  Good night.