October 12 - Quebec City to Fredericton, New Brunswick

We survive the freeway maze getting out of Quebec City but it takes patience with a capital “P”. We are indebted to our GPS for doing the navigating. We’d have been (literally) lost without her. Thankfully we started just late enough that we avoided most of the rush hour traffic.

The St Lawrence River is grand this morning. We’ve been traveling in corridors of trees and rock ledges, but today we are privy to wide countryside vistas. Patchworks of trees, farms, small towns, green and brown fields plowed and unplowed, are spread wide on both sides of the road.  Fromagerie signs pop up frequently proclaiming themselves as visitor attractions.

We take an exploratory side-trip into Riviere-du-Loup, on the banks of the St Lawrence River and find a wayside along the water. Beautiful day, beautiful view. Time for a deep breath and gratitude for the privilege of living on earth.

Sunshine lights up the fall colors. Large ornately steepled churches are a frequent sight intermingled with the ever-present moose-crossing warning signs.

We lose another hour. We are now on Atlantic Time. A new time zone for us.

Our hostess tonight gives us a lead on a place to stay near PEI. She says it’s closed, but not closed and contacts the owner telling her she’s sending travelers her way.

Hartt Island Campground

Lodging:

Hartt Island RV Resort

2475 Woodstock Road

Fredericton, NB

(506) 462-9400