So, we woke in the Irving gas station this morning near Fredricton and managed not to get a lovely yellow ticket like many of the cars around us. Guess they liked us buying snacks last night ....or maybe we're just cute.
Anyhow, we jumped on the road and hit Magnetic Hill, New Brunswick. We did the hill for $6 as many times as we wanted. The deal with the hill is that you drive down a hill to a post, put your vehicle into neutral and then merely steer as your vehicle is magically pulled back up the hill. When Mike and I went there 20 years ago there really was nothing there. Just a little booth for tickets and a guy giving directions. Pretty much just a dirt hill and trees. Now it's a whole little amusement area with a water park, zoo and food. We skipped all the extras and did a little science with the kids. They came up with the idea of taking a rubber ball on to the hill to test how it really works. Very cool and a little brain work too! Not sure if Mike is going to give you the spoiler on how it really works but all I am going to say is that you will have to check it out for yourself. 🙂
After Magnet Hill we hit the road and crossed the Confederation Bridge to Prince Edward Island, the only province that Mike and I have never been to - till now. The bridge experience is pretty neat...great view!
We took about an hour and a half to find our campground and as soon as we were in we sent the kids ahead of us to the beach. Honest, we were only a minute behind them but the first photo above of their shoes right at the bottom of the boardwalk stairs is what we saw... Kid already in the water and everything. They are true nature nuts. We searched for crabs for a very long time, keeping an eye out for purple jellyfish all the while. Mackenzie made a beautiful she'll image on the sand and the kids gave themselves a challenge of making sandcastles. They were also working on another Jr Explorers booklet so they can get a new dogtag tomorrow. We are staying in a National Park so we can take our time with this one.
After a long time we got hungry and we decided that seafood was a must for tonight. We went to Pedro's and had a decent dinner there (Mike had lobster roll and I had Salmon in scallop sauce... The kids had non-seafood).
Afterwards we stopped at a little cove and found a more sandy-beach to catch shrimp by hand, still watching for the jellies. Lots of fun there too.
Back to the site for showers and bed... It's late and the kids are so overtired that they are absolutely spun and giddy. Great to see them thoroughly enjoying the trip!
Hugs to everyone back home! Will send more tomorrow 🙂
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