Quebec to Prince Edward Island

I just realized my Canadian posts hadn’t been posted, so here’s catch up!

I feel like a redneck these days as we travel from Quebec into New Brunswick, and signs are still in French and English, AND I have to ask “Do you speak English?” For heaven’s sake, these people left the US (before it was the US) because they didn’t want to be parted from mother England! Now can everyone get on the same page and speak enough English to at least order a pizza?!

We drove through the lovely valley of Amqui coming out of Quebec into New Brunswick, following the amazing Matapedia River, and stopped rather late at a lovely campground just north of Campbellton.

Camping joys

The caretaker gave us a map and tried his best to get us to prolong our trip to survey the Gaspe penninsula. From all everyone tells us, it is phenomenal, but we have other fish to fry!

Right now we are eating lobster every chance we get.  So far the best was obtained from a fish market in Shediac (pronounced “Shad-i-ack”).

Lobster dinner

 

 

 

We are now on Prince Edward island, a most beautiful and pastoral setting.  We are surrounded on 3 sides with the Gulf of St. Lawrence and have hiked miles in every direction, only to come back to that great body of water!!

Cisco’s beach, Gulf of St. Lawrence