7/31 – We left the campground around 9:00 AM and entered New Brunswick around noon. We rode along the northern coast of New Brunswick (have you caught how much COAST we’re riding?), through the Acadian peninsula with lots of red, white, and blue flags with yellow stars. The first part of New Brunswick wasn’t nearly as pretty as Quebec.
It had rained off and on all day and seriously rained all night and all evening. We made it out to Miscou Island and stayed at a campground by the water. I’m not so thrilled with sitting in the rain to eat and being wet when I go to bed…
8/1 – I can’t believe it’s August and we left my house on June 29th.
We went out to the lighthouse on the point of Miscou Island and made stops at marshes and docks. We headed back to mainland New Brunswick and neither of us were too impressed with the roads or the scenery. We got on highway 11 and headed for Prince Edward Island.
We crossed the Confederation Bridge about 6:00. At 11 km it was impressive. We stopped on the visitor center and then Stanhope campground on the north coast.
It was a pretty sunset ride across the island, but we had trouble finding the park and didn’t get there until well after dark. The campground was packed — in fact there were people on the site we paid for. By the time we got that sorted out, with the help of a very nice park ranger, it was a long day.
Enter the mosquitoes. No black flies on PEI, but the worst mosquito population I’ve ever seen. And, of course, they loved me.
New Brunswick pictures:
http://motorcycle-journeys.com/past/canada_2009/photos/new_brunswick/index.html
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