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We have decided we really do like Nova Scotia, well, the Maritimes is pretty special, but Nova Scotia especially. Now what do we do? Well, it will be a while before we decide so who really knows. Those of you who know us well, know how easily we can change our minds! Today, Thursday, we say good-bye to the warm and comfortable home of the Hunstons’ and get back on the road west. We decide on Shediac, New Brunswick and the Parlee Beach Provincial Park for the night. Shediac is a nice smallish tourist town that we stayed in last trip. We easily identify the B&B we stayed at and also the Inn where we had a deluxe dinner. It is nice when some things don’t change. Friday we are on the road to Pokiok, home of my former boss at Parks Canada. Al and Lorraine have lived here since Al retired from Parks. Pokiok is quite close to Mactaquac so we decide that park is as good as anything and will enable us to stay for free at the Provincial Park near Edmonston. Quite funny that this is our third stay at Mactaquac and we finally get assigned a really nice campsite. Go figure! We have a wonderful visit, get some really good advice about retirement and then I conveniently leave my handbag behind so we can visit again the next day. I jest, but in fact visit number two is as enjoyable and if they weren’t about to embark on a painting ceiling project we may well have stayed longer. I can’t stay around open paint cans for too long or I have to start swinging a brush.

And of course this is a holiday, so we need to get on the road to Edmonston. The weather is beautiful for I don’t know how many days in a row again. We really have had good weather! I hope for one rainy day a week so we can get the laundry done … and it usually works well. About lunch time we stop at Grand Falls. I’m a sucker for water falls and so here we are again. Who can disagree with my fascination? They are really very interesting to look at I think.