It starts as a nice forest trail

An hour's drive up the road is Kouchibouguac National Park. I found that nearly impossible to pronounce. We asked the waiter in a diner how she pronounced it, and it came out one way that I couldn't say. After she went back to the kitchen, a guy in the booth next to us said his people (he was First Nations) call it, another name I can't pronounce. There is a sad history about how this park came about.

In any case, the park is pretty impressive. Lots of trails, and Kelly's beach, which I went back to a number of times. I think 4 times but I'd have to look at the trip diary to be sure. So you'll be seeing more photos from this park. But today I want to start with a lovely forest trail.

1. Linda leading the way.

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4. We are teased with views of this structure along the way.

5. Once past it, there is an abrupt transition from forest to bog. This is the view from the structure.

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7. The boardwalk leads out to about the middle of the bog and stops.

8. Coming back there's a better view of it.

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10. One of the reasons for the trip was red.

11. Another reason was the light.

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15. This is where we were walking. But if I'd put this first, you probably wouldn't have scrolled down. I mean, a bog, after all.

Of the Day

Driftwood (NZ)

Film There will be a batch of photos from 20231130 that I had somehow overlooked blogging. These are Acros II, for those that are interested. The photos from this roll will show up over the next week or so. I haven't exposed much film lately, and didn't do any in New Brunswick, even though I brought a camera and lot of film.

Newfoundland

We were wondering if these were the cannon holes. Not.

New Brunswick

I'd never seen this on a beach before, with the wind blowing the plant around and around enough to leave a mark, quickly enough before anything else happens. I saw a bunch of these.

Why ever didn't I publish this, and maybe I did

90 days, or so ago and Flower

Oh, and I just realized I missed another Flowery Friday yesterday. Sheesh. 

Landscape

An ocean scene that isn't particularly a beach scene.

Dino related

I had to wait a while to get this big display to myself.