Suz and Dan Daze

Maine & New Brunswick

WOW!! What an adventure this past summer has been. We spent time in Vermont and Maine before heading into Canada to New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland (magical), Quebec Province and Quebec City before returning to Vermont for a little added time with family and friends. In all, we were away from home for nearly 10 weeks with more than 5 weeks spent in Maine and eastern Canada. Out of a total of 37 nights, we spent 31 nights in our tent… For a couple of OLDs, that’s pretty good and it was great fun to boot...

The trip began on a rainy day in July where we travelled across New Hampshire with a brief drive up Mount Washington. As you can see from the picture, the weather wasn’t agreeable resulting in us aborted the drive before reaching the top of the mountain. The road up was rugged and rustic, not entirely paved and often one lane wide.

Mount Washington, New Hampshire

The 1^st travel day ended with a campsite at Acadia National Park in Maine. Having camped often in our early days, we thought we were well prepared for what we viewed as modern day camping. Well, the Acadia Park we selected had services but didn’t have showers. Being resourceful, we drew upon our water cube for shampoos and shaves. What’s a couple of days of hiking to a couple who have been together since 1979?

Acadia National Park

Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park

Acadia National Park

As many people know, Maine is lobster country and we were prepared to do our part to support the lobster industry beginning with the purchase of a large black porcelain canning pot in which to prepare lobsters and clams at our camp site. So began our romance with lobster which we consumed multiple times each week.

6.5 pounds of yummie Maine lobster

From Maine, we crossed into Campobello Island, New Brunswick, Canada. Campobello Island was the summer home of Franklin Roosevelt and now houses an “International Museum” dedicated to Roosevelt.

Ferry view

Herring Cove

Parks Canada does a wonderful job with the Canadian National Parks system and upon entering Fundy National Park, we purchased an annual pass.

The Bay of Fundy is known for having some of the greatest tidal changes in the world. At low tide, you can walk along the ocean's floor which we did at Point Wolfe and Hopewell Rocks.

At this point, we're still in the early days of our trip and have already seen many beautiful sites but the Bay of Fundy and Hopewell Rocks is where the “WOW” factor really begins. Every time you turn around, it's another WOW!!! Point Wolfe National Park had fantastic views everywhere you looked and Hopewell Rocks, just amazing. The sand flats are a wonder to look upon and the term "the chocolate river" truly describes the waters north of the sand flats.