Customs on Canada Border
Lobsters for Dinner
Lobsters on the Table
Federation Bridge to Prince Edward Island (PEI)
Rich Loamy Soil on PEI
Entering Ferry from PEI to Nova ScotiaOn a beautiful spring day and after a brief 5 minute transition through Canada border Customs, we drove a few hours to Fredericton, the capital of New Brunswick. We met up with Bev & Ross and had lunch in a nearby pub. We parked the RV in their huge driveway and proceeded to check out their two storey rented home overlooking a pond where two muskrats were happily swimming around.
Bev & Ross love to entertain friends for dinner, and we were more than happy to be recipients of their cooking prowess. Deb & George, lovely neighbours the second house over, joined us for dinner, and contributed two lobsters and the dessert to the meal. Bev & Ross had bought an additional 4 lobsters so that we could have one each. Ross swiftly removed the huge claws and severed the body neatly in half. One half was left au naturel and cut lemon or melted butter was on the table depending on our preference. To the remaining half lobster, Bev prepared a mornay sauce which she put over the lobster, then sprinkled it with cheese, and grilled in the oven. As you can see from the photo, we each had a delicious lobster feast, which we accompanied with bread rolls and fresh salad. The meal was superbly finished with Deb’s lemon velvet tart – freshly baked that day. The lemon flavour was very tactful and the texture was similar to a baked cheesecake – in fact it did have cream cheese in it too. Simply delicious!
After one night in Fredericton, we drove towards Nova Scotia. We were headed on a direct route to Antigonish (Kim) with one night stop on the way. Next thing we saw a sign for Prince Edward Island and the Federation Bridge (18 miles of an amazing engineering marvel) and quickly altered our route. We figured we were unlikely to get to this part of the world again, so it was now or never. We are so glad we got to see this area, as the views were beautiful – the red, loamy earth (perfect for potatoes apparently), the green spring growth, along with bright yellow wildflowers and contented cows in the pastures. Very bucolic. (Just for you Gem!). Rather than go back the same way we entered the Island, we elected to take the 5pm, 75 minute ferry ride over to Pictou instead. Now we are only 1 hr away from Kim in Antigonish. Whoo hoo.
Bev & Ross love to entertain friends for dinner, and we were more than happy to be recipients of their cooking prowess. Deb & George, lovely neighbours the second house over, joined us for dinner, and contributed two lobsters and the dessert to the meal. Bev & Ross had bought an additional 4 lobsters so that we could have one each. Ross swiftly removed the huge claws and severed the body neatly in half. One half was left au naturel and cut lemon or melted butter was on the table depending on our preference. To the remaining half lobster, Bev prepared a mornay sauce which she put over the lobster, then sprinkled it with cheese, and grilled in the oven. As you can see from the photo, we each had a delicious lobster feast, which we accompanied with bread rolls and fresh salad. The meal was superbly finished with Deb’s lemon velvet tart – freshly baked that day. The lemon flavour was very tactful and the texture was similar to a baked cheesecake – in fact it did have cream cheese in it too. Simply delicious!
After one night in Fredericton, we drove towards Nova Scotia. We were headed on a direct route to Antigonish (Kim) with one night stop on the way. Next thing we saw a sign for Prince Edward Island and the Federation Bridge (18 miles of an amazing engineering marvel) and quickly altered our route. We figured we were unlikely to get to this part of the world again, so it was now or never. We are so glad we got to see this area, as the views were beautiful – the red, loamy earth (perfect for potatoes apparently), the green spring growth, along with bright yellow wildflowers and contented cows in the pastures. Very bucolic. (Just for you Gem!). Rather than go back the same way we entered the Island, we elected to take the 5pm, 75 minute ferry ride over to Pictou instead. Now we are only 1 hr away from Kim in Antigonish. Whoo hoo.
Hope you have a great time with Kim. Give her our love. We bought the rain to Canberra for a day or two but today is another lovely autumn day - not a lobster in sight unfortunately. We are going to settle for fish and chips after Mass - first Friday.
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Love to Kim. When does she plan on having oysters in Ballina?
ReplyDeletebEEN to 3 funerals lately and all were celebrations - violins and organ at the last one.
Beautiful day to-day I am so pleased we will be having our walks again before Christmas.
Glad you are having such a wonderful time and that you are MAking a record of it all. I'll read it in my old age when I am not so rushed for time!!!!!