We pulled out of Camping Colibri sur Mer just before 10:00. Today's trip should only take us a couple of hours, but as luck would have it, between Google maps and Serena (our GPS), they both seemed to be giving us wacky directions. Which one do we believe? It was the first time that I can remember in our 8+ years on the road that it seemed we were lost! We finally decided to take Serena's directions, taking us back through Bathurst to highway 8 and south. That little debacle cost us about 40 minutes...good thing we didn't have a long travel day planned! Also we discovered that we forgot to charge the camera battery so unfortunately today's photos are from my phone and not the greatest.
Crossing over the Miramichi River as we go through Miramichi...
The river drains into Miramichi Bay in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The name may have been derived from the Montagnais words "Maissimeu Assi" (meaning Mi'kmaq Land)...
We arrived at the gate for
Kouchibouguac National Park at about 1:00...from there, it's another 12 kms to South Kouchibouguac Campground.
Major Kollock Creek...
A view out towards the gulf...
After registering at the gate, we were given directions to our site, 297, a full hook-up site with 30 amp power. It's a nice big back-in site but on a curve in the road with a large tree so it was difficult for Steve to back into...luckily, though, it was wide-open grass on one side, so he ended up going cross country on it to get into the site.
We got levelled off and unhitched and the first thing Steve did after that was get the power going. We needed to get the fridge on...and the A/C running. It was super hot out today!
After a quick lunch, we finished getting set up and then relaxed inside where it was a little cooler. I did a little work on the blog until we decided to find some shade and sit outside...
Looks like a nice spot with lots of hiking/biking trails...looking forward to exploring the bike trails tomorrow!
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