Aug 21, 2012 - Day 37 - Grand Falls to Fredericton, NB

Today's project was to find a new front tire for the RV. It's edge was cut, Gary noticed in Brandon, and now was scalloped and ride is noticeably noisy and rough. Garry wanted a wheel alignment first so went directly to Bayview Truck Service and they promised to fit him in. They directed him to a tire shop that did not pan out as they did not have the correct tires but recommended a place in Moncton. They looked at the tire and said needs replacing but not urgent. We stayed at Hartt Island Resort for the night, a place that is under...

Aug 9, 2012 - Portland Maine to Fredericton, NB, Canada

We checked this morning and all the weather sites said it's supposed to rain all next week where were going. That's the same report I got year before last when we were crossing Canada headed for the Canadian Rockies. It was almost enough to make us turn around and just go home, considering the bad luck of the last two days, but we would have had to ride through just as much rain to get home. After we got through the discouragement and argument, we continued north to the border. Luckily I stopped at the duty-free liquor store and bought a...

Jul 19, 2012 - Frederickton, NB

Today was a fun day. We woke up to bright beautiful sunshine after yesterday’s rain and grey clouds. Temp was 64 when we left the campground. The hills here have been logged off many times and so the forests are medium height trees that are skinny and very dense. Most of them are logged off for pulp. The fields are reaforested. Otherwise there are homes and farms with fields of potatoes, corn and cereals. It is GREEN! Fred says New Brunswick is a thin layer of dirt on rocks. I know that they plant a winter crop so that the fields of dirt...

Jul 10, 2012 - Back to Fredericton

It has been about two weeks since our last trip report so I'll give a brief review of our visit to Nova Scotia. The weather was good for most of time, warm but not uncomfortable. There were a few days with broken clouds and some wind but all in all good weather. The area is in need of some steady rain that will soak into the soil. A really heavy rain occurred Saturday morning with a heavy down pour, thunder and lightening. We seemed to be busy everyday with some activity and most of it revolving around visits to friends and relatives. On...

Jul 2, 2012 - Relaxing in Fredericton

We settled in here nicely last night at Tayte's godparents house. After a relaxing night of sitting by the fire, roasting marshmallows and lighting a Chinese lantern and letting it go we are feeling refreshed. Thank you to Carol, Ray and their girls for some much needed hospitality. The baths and showers we were all able to take were much needed and made us feel like new people. It is a beautiful clear day with bright blue skies, we hope to get some pictures of this gorgeous city today. I am looking forward to seeing how the city has...

Jul 1, 2012 - We are settled in fredericton for the night

We had a good night at the campsite. We managed to get on the road nice and early. This RV is a great way to travel with kids. They were all still sleeping when we pulled away. When we stopped at walmart in portland two hours later we changed them and brushed teeth. After a quick shop for supplies we were on it way again. Off we went to Bangor Maine. Up until now rest stops with starbucks and gas had been frequent and right off the highway. For future travellers it is good to know that these rest stops no longer continue. So if you need...

Jun 17, 2012 - Leaving Fredericton

It is early Sunday morning and Ross and the dog just finished their three mile walk along the Fredericton Trail that follows along the St. John River. We saw a fox and a white tailed deer this morning but strangely not a single other person during our walk. Fredericton has a wonderful trail system that runs along the St. John river through and around the city on both sides of the river with bridges that allow safe and easy walking while walking across the river. The trail is well maintained and if you attempted to walk the entire system my...

May 28, 2012 - Fredericton

We are still in Fredericton, New Brunswick and will likely be here for another month. Ever since we arrived in Fredericton we have been removing stuff from Marge's sisters house trying to get the house ready to sell. We filled a dumpster and gave two truck loads of items to a group called Anti-Poverty here in Fredericton. We sold the car this past Monday and the house sale closed today. A "Flipper" bought the house and intends to put about $50,000 into repairs and upgrades and sell it for about $219,000 in less than six weeks. We aren't...

May 9, 2012 - Fredericton, New Brunswick

We are still in Fredericton and we will be here until the end of June. We have the dumpster filled and it will likely be picked up Friday or Monday. The house is empty except for a piano, washer and dryer, and one bed which is an adjustable bed with some value. The piano has been spoken for but not yet picked up. Geraldine's car is parked at the McEwing's home and will put online to see if we can get more for it than the dealer is willing to offer. It is a 2007 Ford Focus with only 10,000 kilometers on the odometer and it is in excellent...

May 5, 2012 - Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada

Monday the 30th of April we left Bangor, Maine around 0900, The weather was clear but cold with the temperatures in the upper 30's in the morning and by the time we got to Fredericton the temperature had climbed into the 50's. Brian McEwing, husband of Marge's cousin Rosa, is a retired civil engineer for the New Brunswick Department of Highways. He has read with interest my comments about the various highways we have driven over on our trip and is eagerly awaiting my comments about the highways in New Brunswick. We drove the Trans Canada...

Sep 22, 2011 - Fredericton, NB

We arrived at Hartt Island near Fredericton on September 15. It's in a beautiful location right on the St. John River. The trees are just starting to turn with the reds coming out first. The second day it was quite windy and rained all night. On the 16th we took a drive into town to see what was there. The Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival was on this week. There's quite a good line-up of talent with lots of free venues where you can listen to music. We scoped out a good parking spot for the next night. On the 17th we went into town around...

Sep 19, 2011 - Fredericton

We left the Shubie Campground in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia around 0830 this morning after dumping our holding tanks which were near full after five days without a sewer connection. Ross made reservations at this campground while we were in Fredericton in late August and was told he would have a 50 amp full hookup site. When we arrived at the campground we discovered that the site we were assigned had water and 50 amp electrical but no sewer. It turns out the campground has only four full hook-up sites with electrical, water, and sewer but the...