Bay of Fundy
Bev, Ross & Trish at Miramichi
Snow Crabs Caraquet
Dining in Caraquet
Lobster Club SandwichAfter we left Kim in Antigonish, we decided to spend a night on the Bay of Fundy. We drove several hours following the coastal road, and decided to call into a beach café for afternoon tea and to check out the bay. To our very pleasant surprise, we found the café was shut, but next to it, and right on the beach, was a 20 site campground. We were in heaven. I knew I had a little angel watching over me, as the campground, despite being out in the middle of nowhere, had free WiFi. As soon as we had hooked up, we went for a walk along the beach and marveled at our location. The tides in the Bay of Fundy have the highest vertical tides in the world. This week the tides went from 3.9 ft (1.2 m) up to 34.8 ft (10.6 m) and comes to within 50 ft of the RVs.
On Tuesday we met our aussie mates Bev & Ross for lunch in the lobster capital of the world – Shediac, right on the Gulf of St Lawrence. In keeping with the area, we tried the lobster rolls and they were delicious. They take a small roll (similar to a hot dog roll), butter and grill both sides of the roll, then split it and fill with freshly cooked lobster meat in a light mayonnaise. Yummo! From there, Bev & Ross followed us in their jeep until we arrived at our campground just outside the city of Miramichi, New Brunswick. Once again, we had a waterfront site, although the weather was not so pleasant. We went to dinner in a quaint Irish Pub (the only one in New Brunswick) that Bev & Ross had been to before, and it was buzzing. We tried a platter of the local mussels (broiled in wine & garlic) as an appetizer, and they didn’t disappoint us. They are smaller and less tough than Aussie mussels. Bev & Ross check into motels along the route and meet us in the RV for a coffee to start the day and plot our route.
On Tuesday we met our aussie mates Bev & Ross for lunch in the lobster capital of the world – Shediac, right on the Gulf of St Lawrence. In keeping with the area, we tried the lobster rolls and they were delicious. They take a small roll (similar to a hot dog roll), butter and grill both sides of the roll, then split it and fill with freshly cooked lobster meat in a light mayonnaise. Yummo! From there, Bev & Ross followed us in their jeep until we arrived at our campground just outside the city of Miramichi, New Brunswick. Once again, we had a waterfront site, although the weather was not so pleasant. We went to dinner in a quaint Irish Pub (the only one in New Brunswick) that Bev & Ross had been to before, and it was buzzing. We tried a platter of the local mussels (broiled in wine & garlic) as an appetizer, and they didn’t disappoint us. They are smaller and less tough than Aussie mussels. Bev & Ross check into motels along the route and meet us in the RV for a coffee to start the day and plot our route.
On Wednesday Bev rode shotgun in the RV with Murray, and Ross & I followed in their jeep. The countryside and little coastal towns we passed through were so quaint, and Bev & Murray even saw a moose from their elevated advantage! We stopped for lunch in the harbour town of Caraquet. The menu was only in French (those years of French lessons in school came in handy to decipher the options). Apparently the clams were popular in the restaurant, so once again we decided to get a platter to share as an appetizer. This time I was not so enamoured…they were battered and fried so hard to get the real flavour. Murray ordered a lobster club sandwich – now that was the pick of the day. It was superb, although Ross thought his Coquille St Jacques (scallops in a mornay sauce) were outstanding. As we are getting closer to the Quebec border, the area is very French – everything including road signs are in both English & French, and most locals speak French as a first language. I am sure my rusty French would improve quickly with a longer stay in these parts of Canada.
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