Getting to Know New Brunswick (Part 2 of 4)

If you haven't read Part 1, you can take a look at it here first

Excessive rain greeted us in the morning threatening to ruin a day of driving and beach stopping. The goal was to get out of the B&B for 9 so we could be in Fundy before High Tide. However a slow breakfast lead to a late start. The rainy conditions and unsurprisingly awfully maintained road from Saint Martins to Sussex upped the driving time more than necessary and by the time we got to Alma it was still raining, 50 minutes away from high tides and not worth getting out of the car.

We went onwards to take the back roads into Moncton. Stopping on the way at Cape Enrage, probably the most disappointing part of our journey. We had to fork over 4.50 each to get in. There was a zipline that cost 17 dollars to do and looked very very dull (in my opinion). There was also a lighthouse that you couldn't walk up or anything. It was simply to look at. The view was fine I guess.

We did absolutely everything we could to get our moneys worth before getting back in the car and gunning it out of Cape Ensuckrage (mature joke!). We entered Moncton through the Riverview road which left me completely disoriented. Took me about 30 minutes to understand where I was and find the highway to Sackville, where we found the beginning of our new "road" for the trip: The Acadian Coastal Route.


Again the now torrential downpours made this road difficult to enjoy. Hydroplaning was frequent. There were a few planned stops on this drive, at beaches and the such, but because of the rain and the lost time we just motored all day through New Brunswick's Southern Francophone communities. We drove through Kouchibouguac National Park, but again didn't stop.

Finally at around 8 30 PM We picked up some Pizza in Miramichi, where we would spend the night at the Econo Lodge. Now I must say this hotel wasn't anywhere near as sketchy as some of the hotels I stayed at on my USA trip, but it was definitely odd. We didn't have any toilet paper. The overhead lamp was just barely still attached to the wall and one of the door locking mechanisms was ... well it wasn't going to be locking any doors that's for sure. Oh well, at least we weren't there for long.

At about four AM, the room above us livened up and we're making some sort of drug deal or something. Really inconvenient timing.

I promise, part 3 is much better, as we only had one hour of necessary driving before we could enjoy the day!

/end part 2