Today was another fairly short drive, from Fundy Park to Oceanfront Campground in St Andrews NB.
When we pulled out of the Fundy Headquarters campground this morning and headed up 114, we had some surprises. The road has undergone some major changes since we were over it last, but that was quite a few years ago:
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| The view back to Fundy from a new-to-us lookout |
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| A beautiful little freshwater lake, still in Fundy Park |
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| Scenic seating, with goose-resistant fencing |
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| Not an illusion, it really was that crooked! |
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| Some really tall Fireweed |
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On the way to St Andrews we had to stop in to Blacks Harbour for a visit to a specialty yarn shop (ok, Cathie wanted to stop so I had to stop). She enjoyed a tour of Cricket Cove:
Once we were all checked in at our Oceanfront Campground spot, we immediately headed out to nearby Kingsbrae Garden. It was still plenty early enough to have a garden tour this afternoon before the likely-busier weekend. Here are just a few images; follow the above link for lots more information:
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| On the way in from the parking lot |
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| Some tall lilies |
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| Sections of formal gardens |
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| LOTS of variety |
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| Some whimsical garden art |
Later as we were sitting out behind the van in our campsite, we had a visitor to the nearby bushes. This doe was quite comfortable being this close. It was amazing how easily she could disappear temporarily in the brush:
We noticed a lot of Class B van conversions in the Oceanfront campground (like ours but commercially converted). It turns out there is a Pleasureway van rally here this weekend, with a huge variety of Pleasureway vans attending. This is the factory we toured last year in Saskatchewan on our trip out west.
A small sampling:
We've been getting waves from people we're pretty sure we don't know, just the van community camaraderie.
As the name implies, this campground fronts on a lot of salt water. On a walk around this evening, we saw these flotillas of gulls resting:
Tomorrow we'll be bringing the binoculars. For some reason it's not as easy as it used to be to see bird details. :-))
Another nice short travel day you enjoyed, I vaguely remember stopping at St Andrew's by the sea back in the late 60's, think they ,did commercial canning there back then.
ReplyDeleteAnother nice day of travels!
ReplyDeleteSweet yarn shop,,, had to check it out!
Hope u got a sweet treat, cathie!?
That doe was sweet, too,,
Lovely scenery!
Safe day of travelling,,,
Did the credit card come out at the yarn shop mom? Looks like some more great spots you found to stop along your route.
ReplyDeleteYes, the credit card came out. It had been feeling neglected 😉
DeleteGotta love that goose-resistant fencing.
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