New Brunswick

June 3

In the morning we were ready to leave before McDonald's at the Walmart was open so we went to a local restaurant where the menu was in French only.  Thankfully, the server was bilingual. New Brunswick is a bilingual province with some parts more French and other parts more English. 

Two summers ago I drove across Canada with Katherine and we stopped at Grand Falls. The falls didn’t look all that grand at the end of July.  Maybe they would be more spectacular now at the beginning of June. Absolutely!  What a contrast from season to season. The falls and gorge were beautiful. 

I’ve been taking hourly pictures and after the prairies almost every picture is rocks and trees.   New Brunswick is no different. Tucked in amongst the forest are potato fields, but it’s still lots of forest.  I once heard a sketch on ‘This Hour Has 22 Minutes’ where everything in NB centers around trees.  Covered bridges:  made from trees.  Houses:  made from trees.  Ships:  made from trees  Maple syrup:  comes from trees.  Campgrounds: usually set in trees.  

We finally arrived at our destination for the next two weeks:  Sunbury-Oromocto Park and campground. It’s about fifteen minutes from the main destination: our grandson, Elliott and his parents, Katherine and Devon.  We’re going to enjoy some family time doing life together. It’s going to be great!   

If we do anything touristy, I’ll have more stories to tell.