Kiwanis Oceanfront, NB
We arrived at Kiwanis Oceanfront after our PEI trip and day’s stay at Stonehurst. We planned to stay there for 4 days and then go to Southwest Harbor, Maine, but hurricane Lee had other plans…
But first, a bit about St. Andrews and the campground. Our site was ocean facing, basically just cross the road and a stone breakwater wall and there you are. Passamaquoddy Bay is an inlet to the Bay of Fundy with large tides of 28 feet or more. The town is just north of the peninsula point where the campground is located. It’s a nice, quaint shore town.
Anthony met us at the campground, after we all settled in (it was drizzling later), we went to explore the town. It was about 5 minute walk to get there and since it was dinner time (or a feeding interval per Tom), we found a nice place to eat. There was plenty of restaurants to chose from, but we met some folks from Nova Scotia at the campground, who recommended something with red door. First place we came across that fit that description was the Red Herring. We had a nice meal, fish chowder and fish cakes for me with a good local beer.
I took a walk along the shore next morning, the tide exposed a long sand bar going to the bay. It was peaceful and quiet, just few people around. You could see how far the tide goes in, most of the rocks were covered in barnacles and piles of seaweed were scattered everyday. We continued to explore the town, visiting the market square (empty), the pier with it’s whale watching boats, overlooking working boats anchored in the bay. The original lighthouse has great view of the bay, but it’s closed to the public.
After all that walking we needed food, so we visited another recommended restaurant, the Char and Chowder. It interesting concept, basically outdoor seating but with full root. I had one of the best chowders ever, filled with bay scallops, cream but light, yummy.
Our conversation turned to weather and Lee. The predictions put the landfall directly onto Nova Scotia and Maine coast. Though we hated to do it, we made arrangements to leave for Bangor, Maine and then home. I spoke to our new neighbor in the campground that afternoon, he just retired and took his wife, who had some recent health issues, on a camping trip. I suggested that they go north. I hope that they had no issues.
We left next morning, had interesting border crossing, no issues, just waiting for over 40 mins and getting our trailer x-rayed, which was pretty cool, we arrived in Pumpkin Patch Campground outside of Bangor.