Some days kids just don’t want to go for a hike. Other days they have so much fun that you can’t slow them down. The problem occurs when you have one kid that doesn’t want to hike and another that wants to run ahead. That was today’s hike on the Kouchibouguac River Trail at Kouchibouguac

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I was starting to think that for some reason I wasn’t meant to go to Bouctouche. Back in the summer my wife, my sister and I had solid plans to go and explore the trails in and around Bouctouche. We had even packed the car some the night before. The following morning I came down

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The stars fell like snow. The damp, cold breeze made any patch of bare skin numb to the touch. The bog gave off that bitter, but pleasant scent that bogs do. As I walked on the frosty boardwalk it snapped and cracked as if in defiance of being awaken from hibernation. I looked for a

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Last Sunday was forecast to be a beautiful day, albeit a bit cool. It was a great opportunity to get the kids out of the house, and to finish hiking and mapping the last couple of trails at Kouchibouguac National Park. As with all adventures the day delivered an unexpected surprise. We found a trail

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My day started at 5 AM last Saturday. I quietly left the bed and breakfast and drove from Port Elgin to Cape Jourimain in the dark. I parked in front of the visitor center and quickly went around back to the boardwalk, then around the tourism center to get to the Lighthouse Trail. The sky

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As we ate breakfast at Maison Vienneau we could hear the wind blowing outside. We discussed some of the interesting history of the town of Shediac with the owner and his wife, then we were on our way. After driving around town looking for trails that criss-crossed the back streets of Shediac we began our

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