The people were more than helpful, and if they did not know a answer, they found someone who did.
What we both found very frustrating was the lack of English on the pamphlets printed by the government, We would go to a tourist spot to check it out, the people were more than helpful with our questions, but the signage, and information was always in french and no english to be seen.
This put us off, and so we just kept going on, and not spending anytime in that area, their loss.
We crossed over to New Brunswick and into a town call Campbelltown. Usually the first thing we do is look for a information building, to see what is there to do, where to go. and where to stay.
We came across a lady who know everything there was about the area, we asked where there was a good place to camp and she said " go to the end of this street, and you can just pull over by the ocean, and camp for free", "also there is a shack that sells the best lobster in New Brunswick", and to top it off, there is music played each night. OK, let me think, we are so there. So in we pull, on a dirt road, and there are about 20 different units parked, in all directions, about 5 different shacks selling food and a huge pier right on the ocean. so we spent 2 nights squating for free - Doug loved those prices,
and at the view was beautiful.
This was quiet, handy and most of all free. Most people we noticed were from Quebec, and Sunday night they all packed up and moved on. Must be a weekend getaway for them? who knows?
Now I love seafood and Doug does not..... so I have not purchased or ate any seafood since we got close to the coast, but when I saw the shacks with whole cooked lobster, I caved and had to have one.
This is the one that I ate and totally enjoyed every mouthful, much to Doug's distaste, about 2lbs
This is the shack where I got the Lobster, as Shauna would say "what could go wrong?"
This is a 4lb lobster that was for sale, but I could not eat all of that!! I did also purchase some snow crab legs that were absolutely delicious!! Made me longing for more.
So the next day we decide to travel to the top right hand corner of New Brunswick where there is a famous Lighthouse on Miscou Island. On the way there we notice this place, that to me, looked like a fish market but it turned out to be a restaurant. "Steves", so we pull over and met Steve and asked if we could buy a cooked lobster? He said no problem, come with me..... This is his place, of which had lots of cars, busy place.
He showed us to the back of the restaurant and showed us how he keeps his lobsters fresh and to pick one and he would cook it for me.
These are lobster traps that he had lying around, not sure if they are still used or not,
He then showed us a lobster that was absolutely huge, and he said he figured that this lobster was around 50 to 60 years old and he was going to release him by the end of June. Good for him, if a lobster has avoided being trapped for 50 years he deserves to be let free....who's to say this will happen?? not sure, but I would like to think it will.
So I bought another Lobster (2lbs) and some snow crab legs and of course ate it all.....
We then went up to the lighthouse and climbed 96 stairs to the top. The view was amazing, and we saw a lot of lobster buoys out in the sea. They get seals at this point, but not until the middle of July, so we did not see any, still to early. The lighthouse is still being used, but more computerized than before
Miscou Lighthouse New Brunswick
This was a display inside the lighthouse
The view was beautiful , but I was not going to the edge at all.
you could see for miles in all directions!
Now, back to our friend Steve, he said after seeing the lighthouse we have to go and see the
"Candy Church" across the bay. So seeing it was a local who said we have to see it, off we go to find this Candy Church that Steve assured us that it would be open.
Well we found the church.
and it was open like Steven said, when we went inside - it was the colours of candy's. Not sure what religion it was?? or why they decorated it with such pastel colours inside?? There was no one around to ask any questions so we just took some pictures and left.
The alter
The entranceway
The ceiling
The choir loft
Now before I leave this blog today, I have to tell you that we noticed acoss the 7,500 Klms that we have driven that this is common in every province. If you want to sell a car, truck, RV, or boat, you just have to park it along side the road and put a a "for sale" sign on it. Beside Canadian Geese, Crows, and Robins, this parking your vehicles for sale along the road is right across Canada.
We are now in Nova Scotia and Shauna is coming to join us for a couple of weeks, we also have a folk festival at that time so until next week, hope everyone plays safe.
Doug and Judy
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