THE ACADIAN PENINSULA, NB. CANADA

 

PENINSULA ACADIAN, NB. CANADA

It has been of great amusement in how francophone the region is. Being the only true bilingual province in Canada, top it off that we are in  a very Acadian region, we are attempting and very politely being addressed in a wide verse of both. S.V.P. et Merci!

Rambling thoughts from a rambling couple……on many of our trips through parts of the east, including Quebec, we’ve passed through some tres petite, petite villages with some tres grand, grand churches………with life in slow motion on a bike you sure have time to pick up certain cultural nuances of the locals. ANYWHERE where we have traveled through francophone environs, everyplace, home, farm, house trailer, empty lot, cottage,……looks like they just finished cutting the lawn, or for heavens sake it was cut yesterday. Immaculate gardens….the Portuguese were coming to this area over four hundred years ago to fish. Glad they left us a little…….on longer rides the mind wonders and even on nights we are tenting I wonder if I “should have checked Travigo”?…………….. 

 

SHOULD HAVE CHECKED TRAVIGO.

 So we are closing in on our destination of Miramichi, NB, where after some earlier bus jockeying we’ve left the truck. We have a scheduled weekend layover where we will take in some “Blues de la Baie” in Petit Roche, NB before setting out again to explore The Acadian Peninsula. The region promotes itself as a cycling destination. We will Sea. 

EAST COAST EXPLORER

Regardez vous!!!…..Escuminac Harbour. One the largest commercial sea wharfs on the east coast of Canada. Standing in tribute a sculpture commemorating a deadly night some eighty years ago when upwards of thirty five fishers were lost to the sea during……after a day of intermittent rain, a crazy quiet beachside campground tucked very nicely out of most RV`s way………….

 

AH SHUCKS

We are on our way to Miramichi, NB. I spy with my little ….having picked a good night for a fun little room….hiding from some rain on a beautiful trail through Kouchibaqauck National Park….some soon to be shucked……