Notre-Dame-du-Lac in Quebec to Fredericton, New Brunswick
Today we left the small Quebec town of Notre-Dame-du-Lac and headed south towards St. John, New Brunswick. We are still enjoying all of the fall colors but the sky was overcast for the day making the color somewhat muted. When patches of light sunshine occurred there was that unmistakable brilliance of red, yellow and gold that can only be seen here.
Rather than staying on the quite nice four lane freeway that they had since entering New Brunswick ( Hwy 2) we opted for a good deal of the time to take the River Scenic Route which was a two lane road which crept along the St. John River and wound up and down thru such quaint little places as Hay Settlement, Rice, Upper Kent, Cow Hill, and Nackawic which is home to the world’s largest axe.
There were rustic covered bridges too and one of the longest ones we have ever seen in Woodstock I think.
We are now in a land where English is spoken and although you may here some French along the border cities and towns here you are asked for things in English. That may not mean much to you in California but it does sound like such a perfect melody to us right now.
The other noticeable difference is in the towns once dominated by large Catholic Churches now we see smaller and more numerous Baptist and Anglican churches that dot the little burgs. That and the old cemeteries that hug the waters edge beside the church towers. Gone to are the Quebec flags and we see the flag of Canada.
We are now in a lovely campsite on the edge of the St. John River and we will probably leave for the city of St. John tomorrow. I am going to see if I can have the generator looked after here before we leave so that may delay us until it is fixed if they can accomplish that in a day or if not I may just leave it till we are in the US (parts may be a problem here and I do not feel like waiting for them to clear customs)
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Colors along the river and the farm scene
One of the covered bridges
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