New Brunswick

Monday August 24
Today we poured it on and finally made it out of Quebec across the bridge and into New Brunswick. Along the way we took time to drop into a recreation of an Empire Loyalist village. Interesting to come across an old organ made in Woodstock Ontario. Further down the road in the town of Bonaventure we came across an interesting group of condos on the beach. I’m sure I’ve seen pictures of them before. They were all connected in a sort of village by a board walk. It was interesting that even though they all looked the same no two were alike. Just before leaving Quebec we passed through a town called Carleton. It had great beaches on the one side and mountains right down to the road on the other with a river running down the middle. It seemed to be a very sheltered place. I talked with a fellow who moved there from Montreal about eight years ago. He says you can buy 100 acre properties backing onto the mountains, (which are really the beginning of the Appalachians) for about $60,000. He paid $45,000 for his. It’s a very remote area miles away from anywhere and still in Quebec, but I say it’s one of the areas we’ve been that I could live forever. That night we found another great spot backed right up onto the beach about an hour into New Brunswick. It’s a good life.