8-13-19 Maine to Canada!

Breakfast in Acadia National Park: While on one of our hikes we talked to a woman who is a part time resident of the area and has been coming here for 50 years.  She mentioned that there is a café in Southwest Harbor called Common Good that makes popovers and is completely donation based.  All money is used to support the local people who are in need.  As soon as that woman mentioned popovers I was sold.  I did not realize that popovers were a thing in Maine.  I grew up with them in MN and when I left MN I was surprised and disappointed to never see them anywhere else so I usually have to make my own.  Here was a chance to eat unlimited popovers and support a worthy cause.   Be still my heart.  As you can see they make A LOT of popovers.

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After wonderful popovers we left the park. Our destination is the Fundy National Park in New Brunswick, Canada. Here, we crossed over the St. Crois river from Calais, Maine into Canada.

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Finally got to Fundy at 6PM. The Fundy Bay has the largest tides in North America.  They can be up to 53’.

Incidentally, the people in New Brunswick are remarkably friendly. The Canadian immigration man was giving us travel tips (Peggy’s Cove, be sure you have your Newfoundland ferry reserved, etc.) The toll both guy quoted Mr. Rogers.  “It’s a great day to travel – a beautiful day in the neighborhood”.  When we popped by Fundy National Park to get a camping spot, the park ranger said they were full but suggested that we drive down the road to Harveys “A town with a population of about 12”.  He said there is a man there that has a donation-based campground.  He smiled and said “The exchange rate is really in your favor.  If you give him 10 USD it is the equivalent of about 1,000,000 Canadian.”  We are really enjoying this friendly atmosphere.

At Harveys we found the campground. It is owned by an older man who lives in the house across the road from the camping area.  He is soo nice.  He pops by the campground every night and every morning and sometimes in between to chat.  The campground is charming.

It has a community area and a pizza oven. Alas, no pizza was made while we were there. If only Joe Wetzel had been with us…

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There is artwork nearby.

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And, of course, like every good camping area – there is a graveyard.  Are graveyards going to be a theme for this trip?

After setting up we went in to the nearby town of Alma to check out the tides.  The tides were low so you could walk really far on the beach to reach the ocean.  I was glad for low tide because if it had been high it would have looked like any other ocean scene.

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