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| Strolling along the salt marsh dunes in New Brunswick |
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| Greater Yellowlegs at the salt dunes forging |
We just finished driving the eastern coastal route of New Brunswick clicking in the 8,000 mile mark. It was grand taking a few days at Kouchibouchi National Park to slow down our travels. The most exciting news is Yukon by a miracle found his way back to us there after 700 miles of travel. His travels are a story for another day. Walking the beach shoreline and into the sand dunes was fun hoping to sight piping plovers nestling. However, much like the endangered California Spotted Owl, there were restriction zones so unfortunately we never spotted any plovers or shorebirds.
At The Irving Eco-Center Boutourche Dunes further down the coast was a 12 km narrow peninsula sand spit. We walked 2 km along the boardwalk over the salt marsh before accessing the beach. There we sighted two pairs of blue herons in the distance and some Greater Yellowlegs.
Getting sand and salt water between our toes made for a nice stroll back along the shoreline.
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| Gaspe and Yukon on the lookout for shore birds |
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| Our traveling buddies always along for the daily adventures |
Gaspe and Yukon enjoyed the outing at the dunes with us for the day becoming better acquainted.
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| Lighthouse at Boutourche Dunes |
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| Fishing industry must be at a low with so many boats up on the hard |
Shediac proclaims to be “The Lobster Capitol of the Atlantic.” Our experience fighting its Main Street traffic and being served lobster rolls that were pretty poor found us getting out of that seaside town rather quickly.
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| Beach crab discovered |
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| Jelly fish washed up on the beaches of Kouchibourchi National {ark |
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| Shediac's 16 foot lobster people climb up pn |
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| When can I board a lobster boat mate ! |
By late afternoon we crossed Confederation Bridge, the eight mile “Link” as it is called, putting us on to Prince Edward Island. Maybe our lobster tales will be better on the next post.Blessings to you,JR, Christa, Yukon and Gaspe
