The plan for today was to spend the day
hiking and biking in Fundy National Park. Based on the information I
had been given at the visitors center yesterday afternoon, I decided
to ride the Goose River Trail first. According to the park guidebook,
this was an 11.85 km trail that followed the coast line South of the
park. It was rated as a “difficult” trail.
As it turned out, the rating was a
little understated! The trail had a lot of very steep sections and
hairpin switchback turns. The good news, was that it was VERY smooth,
with an almost gravel like based for most of the way. I had to walk
the bike up a lot of the steeper sections, but at the end of it all,
it was good ride, an excellent workout, and I was glad I did it.
After that, I needed a little time to
recover so I ate lunch and planned the next part of my day. I decided
to do the very short, and beginner rated Ship Haven Trail, which led
to a covered bridge. I figured this would be a good way to get myself
going again.
After that, it was time for another
hike, this time on an “intermediate” rated trail. The trail was a
4.5 km loop that led to a point overlooking the bay called Matthews
Head (of course there was no way I could pass this up). The hike
turned out to be a little more difficult than I expected, but that
was probably because I was already pretty tired from the bike ride.
After that, I debated heading back to the campground for a shower,
but there was really one more bike ride that I had really wanted to
do on the intermediate rated Black Horse Trail. It was only 4.5 km
long, and with an intermediate rating, I figured it might not be too
difficult, even though I was really tired from the earlier part of
the day. As it turned out, the trail was perfect ... exactly what I
had been hoping for. It was a nice, easy and fun ride, and it only
took me about 25 minutes.
I headed back to the campground and
grabbed a much needed shower. After that, I got in the car and headed
into the small nearby town of Alma, New Brunswick. There was a local
brewery, so I stopped into for a beer. Then, it was back to the
campground for dinner.
Tomorrow, I'll be leaving New Brunswick
and traveling to Prince Edward Island National Park.
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