Yearly Journey To The Maritimes

This year was a special year as we missed last year due to my surgery. This was also our 59th  anniversary of our class reunion .Theresa and I planned a more relaxed journey this year with a few stop overs along the way to enjoy the countryside and to arrive more relaxed and rested. Riviere De Loup was our first stop and we were able to look around at the impressive scenery and French architecture present in many of the buildings.

This little city is the turning point for people travelling through Quebec and down through New Brunswick. Many accommodations have sprung up and the tourist trade has taken off. We usually stay here every time we travel east. The landscape leading up to the rugged shoreline of the area is built on the old French Seigniorial system which shows up in the farming method of long strip field from the river to the main road. This time of year with the ripe crops it is not short of just specular

From the beginning my laptop computer would not take the Wi-Fi from the hotels. I decided to put my thoughts way back in the dark recesses of my already cluttered mind and write when I came home. We left that beautiful part of Canada and drove down through New Brunswick (Theresa's home) and experienced the St. John River Valley. This is one of the most beautiful drives in the province with huge potato farms bordering the highway and vistas on top of every hill. Although we have been by this way numerous times we love to see it one more time..

Overnight this time we took up residence right on the border of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. We walked around to get that special view and decided to take a back road the next day to see Parr borough and the highest tides in the world. We were almost at our destination at The home of Donald Hollett where we would  share four days of fun and remembrances

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