Kamping in Kouchibouguac National Park

[bevans6]

In New Brunswick, right on the coast.  What an awesome park, huge, cool and deserted!  I rarely "camp" because I hate crowded sites, the kids next door starting a fire right beside my bedroom window, and fights over who walked on whose site.  This Canadian National Park has 312 sites, about 20 are occupied, and the site I got is about a half an acre in size with a couple of nice maple trees for me to snuggle the bus under for shade.  My closest neighbour, with one exception, is about 200 yards away.  The exception - a little black bear, looked like this year's cub, was playing on the site next to ours when we got back from our walk...  No sign of mama!

Tomorrow night up in Gaspe Quebec, about 200 Km up the coastal highway.  Oh - it's "Cootchi-boo-jew-ack", said really quickly.  Gaspe is "Gasp-eh"

Brian

[wagwar]

Sounds awesome! Googled it and what a place it must be. We're always looking for a new place to explore. What are the temps there now?

Jim

[bevans6]

70's during the day is the forecast for tomorrow, but frost at night - I call that about perfect.  We are in Gaspe now, in Forillion National Park.  Not as nice, but still excellent, here for three days while we explore the area.  I have to say the road through Pierce, where they have the big rock with a hole through it, is shall we say unexpected.  All my discussion of Jake brakes is out the window, I think I would have had an accident without them.  12 to 16% grades and turns on hills that came close to lock on the steering.  The hill and road out of town is a once in a lifetime experience - I'm glad I did it, but I ain't going back in a bus.  I barely got out of town in second gear, and if I had missed the shift to first I would not have been able to start again on that grade.

Brian

[usbusin]

Brian, it reminds me of our trip around the Gaspe in a clockwise direction.  We were in our 4104 towing a Ford Explorer.  We were traveling on highway 132 and I believe approaching Forillion National Park when we encountered a grade that from the distance didn't look too bad.  We started up in 4th gear, downshifted to 3rd, downshifted to 2nd and finally we had to go into 1st gear!  If that hill was any longer we would not have made it.  I remember after getting set-up in the campground I unhooked the Explorer and went back to the "grade".  I couldn't believe it, the sign said 19% downhill!!! 

If you have the chance do take the boat out to Bonaventure Island and see the Gannets.  If the boat is running  this time of the year and the birds are still there it is a once in a lifetime experience.

Have a fun trip!

GaryD

[Oonrahnjay]

...  Oh - it's "Cootchi-boo-jew-ack", said really quickly.  Gaspe is "Gasp-eh"
Brian

       So, like, up there, eh?   Do you pronounce it "Gasp-eh" or "Gasp-eh-eh?"  I sure that like the biggest hoser there eh, wouldn't pronounce it "Gasp-eh-eh-eh?", eh?