May 12, 2006

May 12, 2006

Calais, Maine to Shediac, New Brunswick

YEAR 2 DAY 329

 

Today started out with cold rain, but as we travelled from Maine across New Brunswick, the weather improved. The evening in Shediac, New Brunswick was sunny, but cool because of the wind off the water.

In the last 2 days, I have stopped at 6 auto parts stores looking for dually tire valve extenders. I still haven't found what I need.

This morning as we were preparing for departure, it was cold and raining heavily. I did preventive maintenance while Joanne refilled the fresh water holding tank. We prepared for departure, and drove over to the campground's dumping station to empty the shower and kitchen waste holding tanks. There was no one in the campground office this morning, so we left. Last night was a free night of camping. We drove 10 miles north, back to Calais, and crossed the border into St. Stephen, New Brunswick. The border crossing was uneventful. We drove northeast along the Bay of Fundy to St. John.

We stopped to have lunch in the parking lot of a shopping mall, then continued northeast on Hwy. 1 until it joined Hwy. 2. As we were driving after lunch, Joanne was reviewing our travel plans, and looking for a campground to stay at tonight. We were planning to drive to Amherst, Nova Scotia today, but Joanne decided that since we were so close to Prince Edward Island, we should go there for a day or two before heading into Nova Scotia, then Newfoundland. At Moncton we turned onto Hwy. 15, and drove to Shediac.

We stopped for the night at a campground on the water front looking out over Northumberland Strait to Prince Edward Island. Our campsite is right on the shore. We settled in our campsite, then took Bo for an obedience session. His reward was being allowed to run off leash along the tidal mud flats behind our campsite. Bo loves romping on beaches, and in water. The water along the tidal mud flats was shallow, and he could run in the water for a long distance out from shore, chasing birds. He had a great time. I put the decals for Quebec, Maine, and New Brunswick onto the map on the side of the trailer. It's surprising to us that only 2 days ago we were leaving Ottawa. We covered a lot of miles in the last few days. I put a Canadian flag decal onto Lanoire. I reset all our clocks and watches.

We walked from our campground about a mile to Shediac's downtown area. We strolled along the main drag, looking for a restaurant to have supper. We didn't find anything that appealed to us. We went into a grocery store and bought some groceries, including something for supper tonight. We stopped and browsed in a fish store. Shediac is very much a lobster fishing town. We walked back to the campground, put away groceries, and watched the sun set. We crossed a time zone today when we crossed from the United States back into Canada, so the sun didn't set until close to 9:00 P.M.. We had supper, while channel surfing through the many cable channels.

I did today's accounting and journal entry while we watched medical procedures on The Life Network. I downloaded a couple of photos of Lanoire from the digital camera to the laptop. We prepared an application for Guide Dogs Of The Desert, and the other documents they've asked for.

Joanne just went outside to put away the printer ( 11 45 P.M. ), and told me to come outside to see the high tide and full moon. The large expanse of tidal mud flats that we were romping around on with Bo a few hours ago is now under water, with little waves lapping at the shore line which is now right behind the trailer.

DSK