Day One and Two ... Rolling from Prince Edward Island to New Brunswick, Through Maine

Travels on March 31, 2016 start date ... about a month late !   The best laid plans ... can go awry.   They can, they will.  But that is o.k.  Driving without a deadline and a curiosity for what lies around a corner, should allow one the advantage of change.  Change in direction, change in outcome, change in destination - Go with the flow.

I have not explored New Brunswick a great deal, so opted to take the less travelled route to the border ... not a backwoods journey, mind you, but along the coast.

Getting close to the border, i noticed a diversion through St. Andrews which looked to be promising.  Algonquin Lodge is located there .. perhaps worth a visit.   It is an impressive hotel!   Consistently rated 4 to 5 out of 5 stars and has a sister golf course rated in the top 100 for Canada, #1 in New Brunswick, and top 10 oceanfront courses in North America !  The course was originally constructed in 1893 and boasts Canada's oldest clubhouse.   The Algonquin was built in 1889, making Saint Andrews Canada's first seaside resort community. The hotel burned down in 1914 and was rebuilt one year later.

the Algonquin Resort Hotel. St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada

St. Andrews, the town, has quite a number of large and magnificent homes - stately mansions.  In 2014, this one to the right was for sale - " the mansion, which has 25 rooms and sits on 2.4 hectares of land, is up for sale for $1,345,000."    

Travelling further through the town, there is a wonderful campground located right on the water in St. Andrews - or as the tourism marketing materials say "St. Andrews By-the-Sea", named in honour of St Andrews, Scotland.



I exited for a stroll to stretch the legs and noticed the scooter was taking quite a hit from the road dirt and dust.   In the rain, there is a significant back-flow behind the motorhome !

St. Andrews Campground and Waterfront

Dirty Dirty scooter

Carrying on southward, I reach the border and the US town of Calais.... nicely lit at night.   Running for a few hours more, the coach glides in just north of Portland, Maine, for a rest overnight.

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