Rained all night and still raining and foggy this morning. We are driving the Fundy Coastal Trail on our way to Fundy National Park, but with this weather it's unlikely we will see much today if we continue. Better forecast for the days ahead. We could stay put and wait it out, or just go on down the trail. Don't know yet what we will do. I only mention this because if we go to the National Park today we'll stay there for 3 or 4 days and I'm not sure if we will have phone or internet service. So if you don't hear from us for awhile you'll know why. More later if I can get online.
Day 27, cont.
We made it to Fundy National Park and we do have cell service and I can get online. What we can’t do is see where we are! It was dense fog and rain the entire drive up the coast to get here and it’s going to stay that way the rest of the day & night. So that makes three days on some of the most beautiful coast line in the world and we missed it all. We drove so far to get here it’s frustrating to smell and hear the ocean, but not see it. That’s the bad part. The good is that we have only scratched the surface of spectacular scenery as almost all of the trip through the Atlantic Provinces will be along the coast. Locals tell us it is not unusual at all for days of fog like this, so we will just be content to get the good weather when we get it and make the best of the rest. That means going into town to eat fresh seafood and drink beer – not so bad after all.
Usually you won’t get to camp in Fundy NP without a reservation well in advance during the months of July and August, but tourism is said to be down about 30% this season. We got into the Headquarters Campground right on the coast with paved roads, open campsites, walking distance to town, and full hook-ups (water, electric, and sewer). There are only 29 such sites available and we got the last one available here. There is another, larger, campground away from the water and set in the woods with dirt roads and not so developed with plenty of space available so we got lucky to be able to stay here. We signed up for four nights. The price to camp is $33.00 per night which is cheap for full hook-ups, but the NP charges $18.00 per day/ per person to be in the park! So doing the math, that’s $69.00 per night! I softened the blow a little by buying an annual Canadian National Parks Pass allowing unlimited access to all parks, but had to pay $127.00 upfront. Other prices: Crown Royal – $59.45/1.75ltr, Absolute - $35.29/ 1.14ltr, Mondavi Woodbridge Chardonnay - $14.76/ 750, Gasoline - $1.05/ltr (or about $4.00 per gallon).
No pictures to post for the last several days because of the fog! And now that we are in Canada, my data card works up here but Verizon will charge me a fee for every kilobyte sent and received. Pictures eat up a lot of kilobytes so I will only upload pictures when we are near a free public wi-fi hotspot which should be found in most cities along the way. We did stop in Saint John this afternoon to have a look at the city. Called a visitors center and found out we could park the motorhome and tow in the parking lot of the local hockey arena for free and walk to the downtown historic area. We had read about a big "City Market" with all kinds of products being sold daily like a big farmers market. Not real impressed by it - we ate a sausage sandwich, visited the museum, and got back on the road.
Ellen in a whale jaw at the museum
City Market in Saint John originally built by fishermen about 200 years ago to sell their catch (note the roof rafters that are very much like an inverted ships hull
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