CCCT Part II - Florenceville-Bristol to Nackawic, NB

Sunday, June 23, 2013
First of all I must apologize for the lack of postings of late. As you will learn Wi-Fi was not always available or of very good quality.
We got up at 7:00 AM and went up to the dinning room for our "Free Continental Breakfast". There was cereal, juice, toast, fruit, etc. After breakfast we returned to our room and finished packing and loaded our bags on our bikes. We set off for NACKAWIC at 8:30 AM. We followed hwy 130 to HARTLAND. Because the bridge was under repair we had to take hwy 105 which turned out to be quite hilly and quite rough. We met a young couple who were cycling from Quebec City to St. John's, NL. They were also from Ottawa. we stopped for lunch at 12:00 noon by the hwy at a home where there was some shade. A lady came out to quieten her dog and she offered us a cold drink of water which we gladly accepted. She brought out a jug of cold water which we used to refill our water bottles. We caught up to the young couple who had made a pit stop and passed them and left them far behind. With about another 20 kms to go to NACKAWIC it started raining. We had to stop to put our rain covers on. Eventually we reached the intersection for the ???  It was raining. While we were deciding which way to go a Lady stopped and said we could use her gazebo to get out of the rain. She also told us where to find the Nackawic Motel. We stopped at a gas station for further directions and supplies for dinner, breakfast and lunch. We found the motel but it had a NO VACANCY sign at the office window. By this time we were thoroughly soaked and chilled to the bone. There was nobody around. The motel appeared to be deserted so we both went around the back and pissed on it!!! We noticed that several cars were stopping at a building a couple lots over so we decided to go over and ask for help in finding a place to stay. It turned out to be a Vietnamese Restaurant. We were told that there was a camping site across the river about 9 kms back or an RV camping site a further 1/2 km up the highway. We chose the latter. We wasted no time finding the RV park and as we were about to call the manager he appeared from across the park. He advised us to put our tent up in the "ring toss" area as it was flat and had some nice grass. The rain had stopped so fortunately we were able to set up our tent in the dry. Our location was also next to the reception area where the showers and toilets were located. It would also provide shelter in case a further storm should develop. After setting up our tent we had a snack under the shelter. We shared a "Pumpkin Chip Whoopie" pie and a bag of chips. After freshening up we cycled back to the Vietnamese Restaurant for dinner. I was feeling rather hungry so I ordered 2 spring rolls  and the Cantonese Noodles. Bev ordered a combo plate which included chicken fried rice, chicken balls, fried wonton, etc. The restaurant was not licensed so we had to settle for some soft drinks. NO BEER - NO WINE!!! After Quebec it's a bit of a letdown. My dish was huge - I couldn't eat it all!!! We cycled back to camp. Tried to connect to Wi-Fi but without any luck. George, the park manager, even got out his notebook with the Network Key which was a string of 32 or more characters. The flack flies and mosquitoes were gaining on us so we decided to seek shelter in our tent and have an early night i.e. Off to bed 9:00 PM
Springall Residence, Lawrencetown, NS