Oct 21, 2019
It was an early start today. We snuck into the house to shower and as Debbie made breakfast, I prepared our rig for our journey west. Jerry and Lynn got up with us and we visited until after breakfast. We said our tearful goodbyes and left two good friends standing on their doorstep.
Debbie had researched our trip to plot secondary roads that would take us out of the province. We enjoy taking these roads because often we see things that normally are not found on main arterial roads. Our first secondary road, that Jerry suggested, leaves St. George and cuts through the New Brunswick forests to Fredericton. It was a pleasant drive with large blueberry patches scattered along the way. The strong winds that we had experienced the past week had blown away many of the red fall maple leaves leaving the forest colored more in green pines with yellow tamarack and birch leaves and grey barren maple trees scattered in the color palette.
After stopping in Fredericton for fuel, Debbie plotted our course along the St. John’s River. Three roads lead north along the USA(Maine), Canada border. The Trans Canada highway #2 is the main highway, and two secondary roads parallel each other on either side of the river. We enjoyed driving along the side of the river, cruising through small hamlets and towns sprinkled along its banks. We especially enjoyed driving through the longest covered bridge in the world in Hartland. It is 1282 feet in length and crosses over the St. John’s River. We would not have found this bridge if we had travelled on the main highway.
We decided to camp overnight in Cabona, Quebec. We had driven our first 430 kms. west towards home. We decided to stay here for the evening. I wanted to catch up on the blog and also see the results of the federal election.
Quilting in a Kayak 