July 24th New Brunswick. Mont Farlagne.

Edmundston was a spot on the map that seemed like a reasonable place stop for a bit. Initially we were booked for a couple of nights….but…having decided that there was not much to do around here….and that we needed a few days of a break…we extended that to five days. Edmundston, New Brunswick is a quiet little town…..right on the border with the US. It’s one of those places that if you take a wrong turn you end up in the US…we did not do that…this time…!!!( I’m not sure if I admitted to the almost accidental border crossing in Osoyoos)

It was a quite lovely little campground…a young couple with a newly renovated campground…would highly recommend it to anyone out there on the road looking for a nice place to stop. ( Just off the Trans Canada )

There were an abundance of Ontario plates in the campground. We ended up chatting round a campfire with a bunch of Ontario people. (Hi Jim and Sharon..!! 😀)

Some wandering around the town was in order….and a quick visit to a little bit of the history of the area. There are a bunch of these little forts along the border here.

Feeling the need for something more active….I picked out a trail 9 minutes drive from the campground…Mont Farlagne…..seemed appropriate to me…LOL…..

So the Iroquois trail was the choice…….lovely forest walk, nicely laid out trails….not entirely flat and not too challenging.

We met up with some of my favourite guys almost immediately.

Did I mention there are a lot of trees here…..and not a lot of elevation…so it was a very pretty forest walk through avenues of trees. That put our focus more to the forest floor.

At about the halfway point we found this little guy sitting…..closer inspection revealed a whole heaping bunch of tadpoles……

Not sure what the deal is with porcupines……but this trail was apparently affected…!!!

The return path per Alltrails was following the outbound route. We opted for the St Jean trail back….a little further but a different vista. Turned out to be a good move…we found ourselves trekking through a Maple Grove, with all the tubing in place for sap harvest. It was quite an impressive operation.

What we also found was a whole different set of fun guys…….cool alien looking things…!!!

…and another cheeky little chap that seemed to want his picture taken…!!

A good day out. A bit of leg stretching happened with some interesting sights along the way. ……..and a short drive home……

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