Slow start as a combination of rain and traffic accidents
made the trip through Toronto excruciatingly slow.
Took 5 hours to cover a 2 hour distance.
A couple of short stops for some shut-eye
and we reached Fredericton early Saturday afternoon.
Found Raelee's destintation and dropped her off
as she bravely began her new life.
I was anxious to go on but decided I'd best stop at the local Walmart
and get myself a good pair of rubber boots for walking my presumely wet land
I found the 490 leading out of Moncton and hurried on as the sun began to set.
As I crested the final hill before the Douglas Rd cut-off...
there in the middle of the road was a black bear!
That certainly answered my question as to whether there were bears in the area!!
The bear ran off the road into the large ditch by the last farm house before the cut-off.
I continued, turning on to Douglas road.
At first it went well but about 2/3 of the way along
I came to a large area of water covering the road.
I got out to put my new boots on and test the depth of the water,
(also grabbed my knife and bear bangers, lol)
It didnt seem overly deep but I decided it was too late in the day to chance it.
Getting stuck in the morning is preferable to being so at sunset,
so we turned around and headed for Brad's.
Before going on though I decided to stop at the farm house where the bear had been to let them know they had a bear in their yard.
What ensued was an enjoyable hour talking with farmer James and his son Jamie.
I'm been pleased many times now by the
