Maine & New Brunswick

 We’ve hit the 2024 road trip season and we are heading in the general direction of the Canadian Maritimes. With lawns mowed and a flock of chickens tended to, we completed the monumental task of pulling past our mailbox and heading on a grand adventure. We are still in the 2010 Toyota Prius, but now packed for three with a carseat in the back

We buzzed through Vermont and New Hampshire to first visit our friends Brian and Emily in Yarmouth, Maine where we got to meet their daughter: Elle. Annabel quickly realized that they shared a fondness for all things Anna and Elsa (from Frozen) so we vowed to come back in the morning for another playdate. In the meantime, we needed a place to camp for the night - so on a tip from Brian we headed to Winslow Park and Campground in Freeport, which certainly did not disappoint. The park had it all, beautiful oceanfront sites and a giant playground for Annabel. We explored the shoreline looking for shells and Annabel wanted to find a crab. We didn’t find any skittering around but we found a crab claw that we hung onto.

After a solid night sleep for the three of us (GO ANNABEL!), we headed back to “Camp Deerwester” for a morning of kiddie pools, splash pads and more Anna and Elsa time. We bid farewell to Brian and Elle and grabbed some lunch in Freeport before heading down east (which translates to north in any other part of the country). We struck out for camping around Acadia but found nice accommodations at Cobscook State Park in extreme eastern coastal Maine. The campsite was lovely but the mosquitos were vicious so we ate our dinner quickly and escaped to the safe haven of the tent for another great night of sleep (GO ANNABEL AGAIN!).

In a show of solid timing, we put away the tent just before the rain started the next morning. We had our breakfast in the misty morning fog and grabbed showers before crossing into Canada. Since the weather was less than desirable, we headed to the Huntsman Aquarium in St. Andrew’s By the Sea, New Brunswick. We enjoyed watching the seals, and learned quite a bit about whales and ocean conservation. Annabel could have spent the rest of the day at the starfish and crab touch tanks, although she was concerned about getting pinched by a crab. We also learned that lobsters pee out of their face.  We had lunch at “Herring’s” in downtown St. Andrew’s By the Sea and continued heading east on route one.

We are in Amherst, Nova Scotia for the evening and will be Cape Breton bound tomorrow!