Wednesday, August 22, 2018 (RV Camping, Restigouche River, Campbellton, New Brunswick)

After such a busy day yesterday, we had some chores to take of today...mainly grocery shopping. But we started the day off pretty slowly...then did our resistance exercises, and had breakfast and showers. We were finally ready to head off.

After stops at Walmart and the Atlantic Super Store, we were stocked up. It's so nice to see all signs (including street signs) in both English and French...New Brunswick has a large French population and is a bilingual province. Both stores were in the area near Sugarloaf Mountain...yup, we hiked to the top of that yesterday morning...

Next on the agenda was a diesel fill-up. Steve had researched on Gas Buddy and found a station, so we headed there and filled up...$1.33/litre.

Our trip home took us along the riverfront...

And past the Visitor Information Centre...so we decided to stop in...

And we're glad we did...the lady inside was very good and we received some great information on New Brunswick as well as Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.

With a bag full of pamphlets and booklets, we went outside to check out some spots along the road. A very cool Salmon Sculpture called Restigouche Sam...unfortunately there was construction on one side...

Fish on!

Monument of La Petite-Rochelle (Acadian Odyssey)...

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Further down the road was "Cuiridh mi clach air do charn"
This monument has been erected in memory of Scottish ancestors. As early as 1768 Scottish immigrants settled in the Restigouche region, the largest group of approximately four hundred arrived from the Isle of Arran around 1829.

Behind the Scottish monument is Campbellton Range Rear lighthouse. We didn't make it down that far as rain was on the way and we wanted to get home so we could unload the groceries from the truck without getting drenched.

We arrived home just as it started to rain lightly...at least we didn't get too wet carrying bags of groceries into the trailer. After a quick lunch, I put the groceries away and then we decided to walk over to the office and check out the Interpretive Centre of the Restigouche Experience.
The Restigouche River Experience Centre is a tourist-oriented facility whose architectural features are inspired by the famous fishing camps along the Restigouche River.

These workers are giving a lobster a little bath with a toothbrush ...

Atlantic Salmon...

On the left a miniature sample of a smoker...

They have a great looking restaurant and bar...it's only open Thursday, Friday and Saturday...too bad!

The whole building was beautiful and well done...very nice! This is also the building where you register for your campsite.

We walked home in the rain and settled in for the rest of the afternoon and evening. Steve decided to get back to work on picture editing...we are so far behind, will we ever get our blog up-to-date?