First, we were off and running from our KOA campsite just outside of Quebec City (actually located in St. Nicolas) by 8:15 am on Tuesday morning. Having said this, keep in mind we lost an hour as soon as we crossed the New Brunswick boarder. The drive was...well...interesting, kinda.
The landscape was absolutely beautiful. A mix of elongated patchwork fields of almost every colour imaginable, at the foot of numerous mountainous terrains and bluer than blue skies. It was a warm sunny day and the drive was awesome. We were warned about the Quebec road ways, and to be honest we did not experience one "Iota" of a concern from the roads leaving GPL Bullfrog Library in Guelph onward.
We crossed the New Brunswick boarder at about noon. Perhaps showing my naive travelling knowledge, but it continues to baffle me that once we cross a boarder there's no "hoopla" about it. Blink and you'll miss the boarder. I know it's different crossing from say the US into Canada and visa versa, but can't they post a Mountie at each Provincial crossing, just for posterity sake? I think that would be cool, besides it would give you a sense of accomplishment I think. A nice "Welcome to New Brunswick" or "enjoy our Province, we do" or "DO NOT take hwy #105 at any cost"...which is a great entry into why you are receiving this post a day late - but I am getting ahead of myself!
So one of favourite highways so far has to be Hwy #2, starting in Edmonston as soon as you cross the boarder into New Brunswick. Sweet sailing of recommended speeds of 110 km/hr (Tricia's in heaven) the roads are amazing. They are still working on this highway as we travel on it, but it lead us both to wonder how in the heck some person in the Highway Traffic, Engineering Department sits in front of their computer at their desk and plans not only the intricate patrticulars of creating new highways through granite rock formations, while successfully joining them together even though they start and end at various points along the way, but how they meticulously redirect traffic so flow is virtually uninterrupted! Ontario has a few things to learn here!!!
Originally we were going to stop at Edmonston...we missed those stops, all of them. Ken was navagating. No biggie, let's keep going to Grand Falls - apparently the "largest falls east of Niagara Falls" and a "must see" mentioned by many of you. At about 2:15 we arrived to discover they shut the dams leaving only a tinkle of water to get through! Having said this though, we were not disappointed, because unlike many of you who have travelled here to see the falls, we got to witness something even more amazing: the rock formations UNDER all that water everyone else sees! Honestly, it was amazing...and even that is an understatement! Majestic hardly begins to describe the power this natural attraction has to offer! Also, they have NIGHT ZIP LINE Adventures here!! YAHOOO! This is your opportunity to comment below...place your votes in the comment box and vote to see WHO Zip Lined here!! We will wait to hear your spin on this!
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After this leg stretch, we checked out a recommended campground in the town of Grand Falls, but decided to carry on as a large part of the day was still ahead.
We both wanted to cross the longest covered bridge in the world, found in Hartland N.B. It was pretty cool. I had the privileged of driving through it, Ken had the honour of video recording it. Wide enough for only one vehicle, and loud and wooden (creaky!) we were glad we left Hwy #2 to find it...until of course we realized AFTER what this would mean for the rest of our trip for the day...HWY #105.
With out a doubt, one of our ABSOLUTE most despised roads, hands down so far in the trip. All we can say is let's hope there are NO MORE Hwy #105's in our future. Describe it? Okay, let's say the roads around Campbellville and Rattle Snake Point, the width of Queen St or King Street in Guelph with cars parked on both sides, and the pavement structure of Metcalfe Street with a pot hole and an attempt at paving very 3-4 feet - without a steam roller. Add to this a speed limit of 80 km/hr, darkness fast approaching and a desperate need "get to camp"! Did I mention once on this road there is ABSOLUTELY no road branching off of it! A Ford F150 and 21' foot trailer in tow, there's no such thing as changing our minds! The up side, we followed St. John river for 3.5 hours. It's a long river!
We arrived at our Campground at around 8:45pm, daylight when we paid for the campsite, dark by the time we got back into the truck to try and find a campsite! When we registered we asked Monty Price (I swear that was his name!!), the gate warden if he could recommend a pull-thru site as we were far too tired to try anything but...he said most sites we could just pull through. Not really understanding what he meant until morning, seams everyone just parks however, wherever they feel motivated to park...but we'll save that until the next post!
A final note...to those who have been asking how they post to the comment board...that was my bad...the privacy settings were set to not include comments - SORRY about that. I am pretty sure I fixed this. Give it a try now, and don't forget - vote for who you think Zip Lined at the Grand Falls Gorge!
Ciad Mile Failte - A Hundred Thousand Welcomes."
Ken & Tricia
Ken & Tricia
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