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Topic: Camping Suggestions in Canada's Maritime Provinces

Posted By: lostagain
Subject: Camping Suggestions in Canada's Maritime Provinces
Date Posted: 15 Jul 2023 at 4:49pm

We are trying to plan a two or three week trip from our home in eastern Connecticut up into the Canadian Maritime Provinces. The Bay of Fundy is, of course, a must stop, but I know nothing about camping in New Brunswick or Nova Scotia.

Any suggestions would be most appreciated.

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Fred & Maria Kearney
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Posted By: GlueGuy
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2023 at 10:24am

Would this be a good year to go up there? The weather report last night showed the vast majority of the entire country on fire, and the prevailing westerlies were driving all the smoke to the east.

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bp
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Posted By: lostagain
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2023 at 11:23am

The biggest problem right now is the rain that's been hitting the north east. Plus, who knows what hurricanes will find their way far north as the western Atlantic is practically as warm as a bathtub; good hurricane fuel. The smoke is swirling south the the mid-western states in the US and not making it to the north east.

We were camping at Hapgood Pond in Vermont last weekend and decided to leave on Monday instead of Tuesday. We had no idea how serious the rain was when we pulled out of the campground, despite me being soaked from hooking up the trailer. On the way out of the campground we got our first taste of the flooding situation as we had to drive through campground roads over flooded with water from small creeks. When we got to Londonderry, VT, on the way to I-91, we were turned back by local fire department folks who said all the routes in that direction were washed out. Thankfully, Mx. Google GPS routed us home via a westerly southerly route. We saw plenty of flooded rivers, but none made the roads impassable. Our next trip was supposed to be to Winhall Brook campground, but our reservation was cancelled. The campground is now closed for the season.

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Never leave footprints behind.
Fred & Maria Kearney
Sonoma 167RB
Our Pod 172
2019 Ford F-150 4x4 2.7 EcoBoost

Posted By: GlueGuy
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2023 at 11:00am

Originally posted by lostagain

The biggest problem right now is the rain that's been hitting the north east. Plus, who knows what hurricanes will find their way far north as the western Atlantic is practically as warm as a bathtub; good hurricane fuel. The smoke is swirling south the the mid-western states in the US and not making it to the north east.

They touched on that this morning on NPR. The reporter was saying the ocean temperature off the coast of Miami was 98° F. That's almost hot tub temperature. Unbelievable for us in the Bay Area where the ocean temp is usually close to 59° F.

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bp
2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River
2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost

Posted By: lostagain
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2023 at 3:43pm

Yikes, that's almost enough to cook a fish. Around us it's in the low to mid 70's, so it doesn't cool down at night. I miss the fog coming over twin peaks and blasting through the Golden Gate. Makes for very nice evenings anchored out at Angel Island.

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Never leave footprints behind.
Fred & Maria Kearney
Sonoma 167RB
Our Pod 172
2019 Ford F-150 4x4 2.7 EcoBoost

Posted By: StephenH
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2023 at 4:51pm

Originally posted by GlueGuy

They touched on that this morning on NPR. The reporter was saying the ocean temperature off the coast of Miami was 98° F. That's almost hot tub temperature. Unbelievable for us in the Bay Area where the ocean temp is usually close to 59° F.

I'd like to see the context of that. Ocean surface temperatures can be high, but how deep do those temperatures go? Is it inches, feet, or yards deep? What are the sub-surface temperatures?

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StephenH
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Posted By: mjlrpod
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2023 at 5:56pm

Originally posted by lostagain

Our next trip was supposed to be to Winhall Brook campground, but our reservation was cancelled. The campground is now closed for the season.

How do you like winhall?? Never been, but it was recommended to me. Of course it'll have to be next year I guess.

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Posted By: lostagain
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2023 at 7:51pm

Our reservation for Winhall got cancelled. I looked at the reservation.gov site and it looks like everything has been shut down for the rest of the season. Maybe they'll get it fixed up by next year and we can try to go there again.

I haven't checked out other campgrounds' status after the flooding, but I imagine a number of them got hit pretty badly. It's pretty sad since national forest camp grounds are quite rare around these parts.

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Never leave footprints behind.
Fred & Maria Kearney
Sonoma 167RB
Our Pod 172
2019 Ford F-150 4x4 2.7 EcoBoost

Posted By: StephenH
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2023 at 9:47pm

We just got back from Vermont. We were in the driveway of a VRBO rental, pretty high up. Waterbury got hit with flooding, but not as bad as Montpelier. Our plans had to be rather fluid because of the situation. The field where we usually conduct Vacation Bible School was a lake for a couple of days. It drained, but might have flooded again with the additional rain that Vermont got after we left. I sympathize with those who had plans that are out the window now. I just hope that those areas that got hit hard can recover quickly.

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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,...

http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=7712 - ouR escaPOD mods
Former RPod 179
Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS

Posted By: nicklee
Date Posted: 16 Aug 2023 at 2:19am

Extreme weather and disasters are such a nuisance these days.