Aug 12, 2012 - On The Road To The U.s.

Sunday, still raining. We decided we had to try a McLobster before we left Nova Scotia. Must say they were pretty good. Hit the grocery store and back to RV's to get ready to head south tomorrow. Monday we said good bye to rainy Halifax. Heading back to the US of A. Will take us a couple days. First day of driving we again were "Wal-Martians" in Sussex, New Brunswick. Echo and I quickly realized that there was a small mall next to the parking lot. Off we went to check it out. There was a walk-in beauty shop. Echo was wanting a hair cut...

Aug 12, 2012 - Bay of Fundy

Oh me, oh my! Trip Journal just timed out and I lost all of the first entry I just typed. Second try. We paid for a second night here at Three Bears RV Park, left the mh, and started out for the day's activities in the pick up. We drove south about 25 miles to Fundy National Park at the city of Alma, NB. We drove in a light mist all the way to Fundy. The closer we got to the coast the more fog! At the visitor center we were enouraged to hike to Bennett Falls. By this time it was so foggy the coast couldn't been seen. We could see that the...

Aug 11, 2012 - Looking for Goldilocks? ***Three Bears Camping Park

Ok..I couldn't resist. We are staying in the "Three Bears Camping and RV Park". Don't you think we should look for Goldlilocks???? We left Lubec Maine this morning in a mist of drops and fog, driving on Highway 1 into New Brunswick, Canada. Highway 1 becomes TransCanada Highway 1 and is 4-lane most of the way, and in fairly good shape. We stopped at an information center just west of the city of St. John and learned about the "Reversing Falls" in St. John. At the next exit we were just a few blocks from the "falls". Directly under the...

Sep 7, 2011 - Sussex

Destination # 33: Sussex, NB Mileage: 230 km (from Greenfield, NB) Arrive: Wednesday, September 7, 2011 Depart: Monday, September 12, 2011 • Wednesday, September 7  Our destination today is Sussex, NB, to experience its annual Balloon Fiesta which goes from Friday through Sunday. Rob is volunteering as a member of the balloon crew for one of the teams. We’re staying in the Pine Cone RV Park, just about 5 minutes from the town of Sussex and the site of the fiesta. • Thursday, September 8  It really feels like fall this morning, very dark,...

Jul 18, 2010 - New Brunswick

Here I am back in Canada again but at least they are speaking English. Last night I spent in Stratton, Maine just 30 miles in from the Quebec border. I am right by the Bay of Fundy which I will check out in the morning. High tide about 0640 and low about 1310 so I should see some action. Should be somewhere in Nova Scotia tomorrow. Bye, DLS

Jul 3, 2009 - Sussex, NB

A low pressure has parked off the coast and brings cold winds and rain to the St Andrews area. We decided to move closer to Halifax, Nova Scotia since we have tickets to the military tattoo on Monday night. We parked near Sussex, New Brunswick at a good campground with very friendly folks.

Jun 25, 2009 - Sussex, NB - The Fundy Trail

(Ron Writing) We left Saint John, NB this morning heading east on Highway 111 to St. Martins. There we stopped at the visitor information building to get a map before continuing east on the Fundy Trail Parkway. The parkway extends about 7 miles right along the Bay of Fundy. This road is much like the Blue Ridge Parkway in that it was built simply for pleasure driving. They’re still working on it and eventually they plan to have it extend all the way to Fundy National Park. It’s a nice slow drive with many parking spots, viewpoints, picnic...

Jun 21, 2009 - Long train running

After eating at Smitty's (Got $7.50 free voucher for next time as fathers day) pulled into the trailer park in Sussex. Next door to drive in movie. Not sure what was playing as it was a bit dark on the screen and didn't have the speakers to hear it. Still a bit grim here. Rain at least as subsided, and the wind not so strong. Forecast for this weather until mid next week so we think that we might push on past the Bay of Fundy and catch it on the way back. In the middle of the night were heard the freight train roll along the campground (had...

Aug 5, 2008 - Grand Falls to Sussex, New Brunswick

The highway #2 south to Fredericton was really good. All four-lane and so new our GPS didn’t know it existed! We stopped about one hour south of Grand Falls at Florenceville (the french fry capital of the world) to visit the Potato World Museum. This museum is sponsored by McCains and ‘tells the fascinating story of the New Brunswick Potato’. A young woman gave us an interesting personal tour of the exhibits. She is a highschool student and mentioned that the highschools in this area go back three weeks earlier than the rest of the schools...

Aug 1, 2006 - Travel To Sussex New Brunswick

GREAT START EVEN WITH DUMPING THE HOLDING TANK. 8:30am - RAINING SLIGHTLY. SPENT AN HOUR OR SO AT WAL MART RETURNING THE BATTERY AND GETTING MORE SUPPLIES. WE ARE ON A TWO LANE ROAD RT. 179. LOOKS LIKE WE ARE IN WISCONSIN UP NORTH BY SPOONER ALL TREES ON EACH SIDE AND A LAKE POPPIN UP NOW AND THEN. WE PASSED OVER THE BORDER WITH NO PROBLEMS. NICE CAMPGROUND. DID FIVE LOADS OF CLOTHES.

Jul 15, 2006 - New Brunswick

The sun was shining when we got up and on the road Sunday, July 9th leaving the beautiful campsite at Carlton behind us. It was a leisurely three hour drive down the coastline into New Brunswick and our stop at Bathhurst. It is a community of about 15,000 people but serves many little communities that surround it so has many more stores then Cranbrook including four Tim Hortons. After visiting the Information Bureau, we found our way out to the campsite which is also a u-pick berry farm so we got a container of fresh strawberries when we...

Jun 20, 2006 - New Brunswick, Canada

We were told that if the thought Maine was beautiful, we should go see Canada. We weren't told how expensive it is in Canada! It was very easy to enter Canada. We showed a drivers license for ID & Canadian customs walked through the bus, opening doors (only glancing inside), asked about liquor, firearms & pets (but didn't check either of them). They didn't look in the bus bays or the attached van. It was exciting to enter another country. It's odd, to be the foreigner. You can feel & see the differences of being in another country. Our...