Fundy Coastal Drive

It was rather cool this morning when we got up and we tried to run our electric heat. We kept getting low voltage readings and couldn't run the electric heat. . We have 30 amp service here, but it’s not “strong” enough to run the heat pump. We used the gas heat just long enough to take the chill off the RV.

Today is Father’s Day and we are celebrating it by going on the scenic drive along the Fundy Coast.

From New Brunswick

We took Hwy 114 and then Hwy 915 down to the Cape Enrage lighthouse. According to the travel brochures Cape Enrage has been designated the “Best view in Canada” and we weren’t disappointed. The light station was established in 1848. It is the oldest lighthouse on mainland New Brunswick and is still active atop the 150’ cliffs overlooking Chignecto Bay.

A group of students were in the process of scraping the old paint off and repainting the lighthouse as a school project.

From New Brunswick

We took Hwy 915 up to Hwy 114 to Alma. We entered the Fundy National Park south of Alma. There are 3 campgrounds inside the park, but we had decided not to stay there since Ponderosa Pines Campground  is closer to Hopewell Rocks.

After leaving Fundy National Park we stayed on Hwy 114 to Hwy 1 to go back to Moncton. We stopped in Riverview, across the Petitcodiac River from Moncton, to buy groceries at Atlantic Superstore (similar to Wal-Mart Supercenters) and get gas at the Corner Store. We paid $1.369 Canadian for 9.74 liters, which is $5.182 a gallon and 8.686 gallons US.

We use RVer's Notebook software to record campground information and vehicle expenses and service. The software will convert Canadian $$ and liters into US $$ and gallons. When I enter the gas purchase, I select the Canada button and enter the Canadian liters and dollars into RVer’s Notebook software. Then I select the US button and the program converts the Canadian $$ and liters into US $$ and gallons.

Our round trip from the campground and back again was about 130 miles.