July 2019
We did enjoy our time in Gaspe, however we were a bit relieved to cross the bridge into New Brunswick! Traffic signs in English and French, visitor center staff who spoke English first, Sobey’s supermarkets which are really good. The people in Gaspe did make an effort to understand us, but it was a bit tiring 🙂
We forget that our license plates are South Dakota, even though we tell people we are from Maine- it can be a bit confusing!
Campbellton area- We attended a couple of events of the Salmon Festival- really lowkey! A truck pull was listed so we stopped to watch- poor Clare was expecting to see pick-up trucks pulling each other or something heavy…this is what we saw:

 

And then some fiddle music and clogging- part country, part acadian.

We needed haircuts in a bad way- so found a barbershop in a strip mall- 5 barbers, two were women, only one would cut women’s heads! We have noticed that Canadian towns have lots and lots of hair salons and barbershops- we guessed why, but have now confirmed it- Men get their hair cut every 2-3 weeks! And women might go every week! That means you need a lot of people cutting hair!

 

 

And Rhylee- we have started grooming him ourselves- less stress for him. He does come out a little funny looking, but he doesn’t know 🙂 AND, he is sleeping 6-7 hours most nights. We have quite the routine- one pill in the morning, one pill at 5pm, a good walk after dinner, two more pills and a hemp treat at 9, then quiet time, and if we are lucky he sleeps…

 

Escuminac Beach, not far from Miramichi- a private beach with a campground- lovely! Mosquito season is here and they are plentiful and hungry!

A memorial to fisherman lost at sea during a Nor’easter in 1959-

 

 

 

 

 

This whole peninsula is a giant peat bog, which is being harvested in places- you may have some in your gardens- and on the shore it is a Peat Cliff.

Warm enough to go swimming- both air and sea temps! We taught Rhylee how to swim one day- not sure he was impressed though 🙂 But he did find lots of wild strawberries!

We spent a day in Kouchibouguac National Park- peat bogs, forests, rivers, barrier beach islands- And we are learning how to pronounce all these native peoples’ names- well, we’re trying.