In the winter, this is a 4.6 km out and back trail to a look off. (Warning, this is a remote area with spotty cell service at best. Know your abilities and use at your own risk.) How to get there: From Fredericton take the Trans Canada highway east to Highway 7/ Saint John exit.... Continue Reading →
Address 78 New River Beach road. https://parcsnbparks.ca/ From Fredericton take the Trans-Canada highway east towards Oromocto/ Moncton. Take 7 south towards Saint John, to exit 97 where you will merge onto New Brunswick Route 1 W/NB-1 W toward Lorneville/Saint Stephen for 26 kms. Then take exit 86 towards Lepreau. You will pass Lepreau Falls Provincial Park, New Brunswick- make sure to... Continue Reading →
Eye-balling my map, somewhere between Grand-Vallee and Mont-Ste- Pierre is the most northern point of the Gaspe Peninsula. Having stood on the equator line in Kenya, please read What-Kenya-did-to-me, and the half-way between the Equator and North pole in Stewiacke, Nova Scotia, I am disappointed there is no sign indicating I just nudge over the... Continue Reading →
After the moose encounter (in Forillon-national-park-QC-2), the rest of the afternoon was uneventful. Some washing up, snacking, followed by some cursing, and flinging things about, looking for my camera charger. Where the heck did that go? When I finally found it, I was out of sorts and totally committed to staying another night. Having by-passed... Continue Reading →
"I hear an ambulance coming," the lady at the counter says, raising her head to listen. The pen she is holding remains still in her hand, hovering mid-air. My head swivels around. "I don't hear anything..." I don't get the words out of my mouth before the sirens become audible. "Someone must have fallen off... Continue Reading →
