Day 6 - Forillon National Park to Kouchibouguac National Park

August 5, 2024

I’ve mentioned some of the reasons we enjoy traveling with our camper home, but to be fair, it’s not all fun and games. Every couple of days it is necessary to dump and fill. Basically empty the gray tank, where the water you put in the sinks goes and the black tank, the one for the toilet. After the tanks are dumped, it’s necessary to refill the fresh water tank These tasks are done at a “dump station”. Dump stations are available at most campgrounds. Granted, this is not a fun job and can be time consuming, especially if you get behind a nit wit who doesn’t know what they’re doing. .Andy takes care of this job without complaint (thank you dear). Today he got in the car after dumping and filling and said, “That guy was nice.” Referring to the guy next in line at the dump station. Always a bonus when you can make friends at the dump station and talk camper talk.

Before hitching, packing up and heading to the dump station we took a bike ride to a light house we had not visited yet.

We continue through the park and made a couple quick stops, one at a water falls and another at a salt flats area before leaving Forillon National Park and heading toward New Brunswick. The drive was pretty, and in some spots spectacular.

We passed many sea side towns, some cute, others plain. Most houses were small, nice and well maintain. Maybe they have a tidy town program like we noticed in Ireland. We need something like that in the US.

At one rest stop there was a little path through the trees above the sea. Someone had lined the path with small painted rocks which we noticed only as we returned along the path.

In New Brunswick the cliffs along the shore grew smaller and the rolling farms gave way to dense forest. We saw lots of moose crossing signs, but no moose. Turns out it’s New Brunswick Day! We didn’t encounter any parades or fireworks, but we did discover that the stores and restaurants were closed. Our plan for a quick fast food dinner and a grocery stop were spoiled, so we made pancakes in the camper instead.

We arrived at Kouchibouguac National Park late and tired. Actually later than we expected because New Brunswick is on Atlantic Time.

The weather has been very nice, a little hot but it cooled a little now and the only rain has been at night.