There and back again... Petit Rocher, New Brunswick

After 3,100 miles driven in the car, I don't think that I want to be taking any driving trips in the near future. As some of you may know, David and I took a trip to New Brunswick, Canada to visit with our friend Rae, her friend Erin and see Rae's hometown and parents. After pretty much a two-day trip, stopping off in Boston to pick up Erin, staying over the night in Freeport, Maine and do some shopping, we finally got to our destination. I should mention that it wasn't that easy. We were about 1/2 hour away from our final, final destination in Canada and were travelling on the only highway that cut across that part of the forest. We came up to some stopped cars in the road, which is never good, and realized that an accident had occurred not long previous to our arrival. It was so bad that the road would be closed for a few hours atleast. So, we had to take a detour that was approximately 1 to 2 hours long in order to cut around.
When we arrived in Petit Rocher, we met all of Rae's family and had a nice cookout that they had prepared for us. Long story short... we spent a great week in Petit Rocher walking along the beach, Mackrel fishing, picking blueberries and hazlenuts and even made a sidetrip to Percé, Québec. One of my favorite parts was the Mackrel fishing. We all went out to the wharf and paid the fisherman 20 bucks to take us out where the fishing was. We all threw out our lines and just jigged our lines up and down until a fish bit. It was exciting to catch the fish but I felt bad for them. They were good though... especially the way Rae prepared them in tinfoil packets with onions and mustard, etc. Yumm! Also, we decided to go to an Acadian Village in which they had people who acted as if they were living in that time period. The buildings that were on the property were all brought from various different parts of New Brunswick and were restored. The individuals who were "living" there had a trade that they did. There was the blacksmith, teacher, baker, etc... you get the idea. All in all, it was a very well done museum. Aside from that, I was also fortunate enough to see Rae's brother Marcel put on a concert at the local arena for an Acadian festival they were having. Great music and great dancing all around.