September 15 - Hartt Island/Fredericton to Shediac
Thought we woe up to the reenactment of the Battle of 1812 until I realized we were in the wrong Province and it was only the duck hunters. The murdering bastards start early in this part of the country.

We tried to get into a big Irving station along the way but it was filled with trucks all decorated in pink and blue balloons and ribbons.  We found out it was a "Convoy of Hope" in support of breast and prostate cancer.   When we drove into the parking lot, all the trucks started honking their horns, sounded like an orchestra.  We couldn't get gas there so we left.  There were vehicles parked along the Highway with people standing around with cameras, cops were directing traffic from both sides of the overpass, people were lining the overpasses with pink banners. We did find a gas station where we would fit so we filled up and proceeded to get back on the highway where we were stopped by an officer, holding up traffic until the convoy went by.  We ended up in the parade after all.  It was very impressive, however, the trucks were not close enough together to get a really good picture. 

 It just gives a bit of an idea of how they were decorated.  It was more impressive than it looks here and also the weather was warmer than it looks.

We arrived in Shediac sometime after lunch, by the time we got set up in the Parasol Camping (a Passport America Park) and found a place to eat it was 2:00 and we were starving, waiting to taste some good Atlantic Sea Food.  We went to a place call the Lobster Deck, we sat outside and had clams, shrimp, scallops plus fish and ships (no lobster and everything was deep fried).  It is now 6:00 and the thought of food is not a pleasant thing.  I guess we will try for the lobster tomorrow.

We did drive around and got some pictures.

The Lighthouse at Pointe Du Chene

Taken from our RV Park

Taken from Pointe Du Chene

Dalton just liked this scene

We did find some areas with huge beautiful homes.  Also some interesting differences; our signs for a Bed and Breakfast would say B & B, here they have a picture of a bed and an egg.

Shediac is a truly bilingual Town.  The clerks in the stores are fluent and it seems to be mostly French spoken here.  I guess that is what Acadia was, too bad Quebec doesn't take a page from their book...