Fraises: Le Fruit de L'Amour
Distance: 114.3 kms
Riding Time: 5:08
Average Speed 22.2 km/h
Max. Speed: 57.7 km/h
# of enormous steel salmon spotted: 2
A gorgeous day right from the beginning. I got on the road shortly after 9 am, which is early for me (I'm getting better at being a morning person). After reaching the coast of Chaleur Bay the views were amazing. I took the long way to Campbellton, opting to stay off of the busy NB-11 hwy that would have cut out the hilly town of Dalhousie. The views across the bay were well worth it though.
I stopped by a fruit stand selling locally grown strawberries, and after a long day cycling I devoured the whole quart on the spot. A very kind lady named Rita from a nearby town named Val D'Amour offered them for free after we had a long and interesting conversation.
Arriving in Campbellton with the sun shining off of the water of the Restigouche tide head and public fountains providing a welcoming cool mist, I am blown away by the beauty of the place. There is a huge steel salmon monument jumping out of a large fountain who goes by the name of Restigouche Sam. Restigouche Sam is a protected species and cannot be harvested by those without a permit, so there goes that plan (I brought my fishing rod, but so far no fish). Restigouche Sam is sitting almost directly across from a large bridge that spans the waterway and connects New Brunswick and Quebec. Tomorrow I'll be entering the land of the Quebecois.
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A crazy idea became a spontaneous adventure when I decided to pedal a bicycle to Calgary, Alb. from Halifax, NS in the summer of 2011. Inside you will find stories, pictures, routes and the equipment I used for this journey.
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