Travel Dates: August 8-11, 2018

After our morning-turned-afternoon bike ride to Montreal, we packed up and checked out of our campground late. Motivated to get closer to Nova Scotia, we opted for a long evening drive that took us all the way into New Brunswick.

I had found a small Provincial Park and made a reservation over the phone. We had to move sites to stay longer, but the park was peaceful, the signal was great for work, and they had a pool! We spent most of our afternoons playing in the water which was incredibly relaxing.

I had found a trail system nearby and although the trails were rated ‘green’ on TrailForks, Sam and I decided to test them on a biking date before taking the kids over. I’m so glad we did! They were more difficult than the kids would have enjoyed but Sam and I had a blast.

Edmundston is right across the border from Maine and we looked longingly over the river. Its been a running joke for 4 years that we are on a road trip to Maine and just really bad at getting directions.

Yep. Not actually going there for another 3.5 weeks after this.

“Kind of loving New Brunswick so far. We are just over the border from Quebec so there’s still a lot of French, but we feel less dumb since everything is also in English.

Work, school, a mountain bike ride, some Ukelele playing, sweatshirt and an actual campfire tonight with s’mores and the brownies Rachel made. I’m not sure today could actually get any better.” -@currentlywandering

We never have campfires. Like, ever. But since the temps were low enough at night we decided to pull out the roasting forks and go for it! Rachel also made brownies for us and the results were delicious. I promptly ate way too many.

Meandering through the valley is the Madawaksa River. I kept looking longingly at it and finally decided to paddle a section on our new SUP from Sea Eagle boats in kayak mode. Sam & Rachel joined me at the dock to grab some drone footage and then drove down and picked me up at the other end. It was beautiful, peaceful, a good arm work out and exactly what I needed!

“Before we left Edmunston, NB @telegramsam shuttled me on a paddle down the Madawaska river. Since there was very little current, it really was quite the paddle but the evening light made it picture perfect.

Still loving the @seaeagleboats SUP. I added the kayak seat this time and with the needle nose and the fin we tracked pretty straight! Also, this thing can really MOVE. It’s a blast!”- @currentlywandering