Bob and I travel a great deal in
the Maritime Provinces of Eastern Canada. Being that I do not drive, I
have a chance to see many strange yet wonderful things along the highway.
Below is just a small sampling of these "Roadside Oddities". All the following
pictures were taken in New
Brunswick in the fall of 1996. As we gather more, they will be added.
Unfortunately the summer of '97 was not too productive because we had so
much rain, it was not conducive to picture-taking, but maybe next trip!
Well this is the summer of '98
and now I have a couple more to add. A silver fox, an apple and maybe
one more! So keep an eye out.
Well summer is coming, so maybe, just maybe I will be
able to find some more. All we can do is wish, so please folks, say a little
prayer that I find more!! *s*
This was taken in just outside
Penobsquis, NB on the Route 114 (the new TransCanada Highway is stilled
called Route 2 and runs parallel to Route 114) just east of Sussex,
NB standing just outside a restaurant specializing in Blueberries.
Great blueberries in this area of the province.
This fellow stands out in front
of the Timberland Motel also in Penobsquis,
NB inviting all travellers in for a wonderful home-cooked meal.
This little guy lives next door
to the Timberland Motel (see above) in a place called Animal Land .He is
an invitation into a very unique "Animal" land. All the animals within
are the same as him!!
Just off the TransCanada Highway
Route 2, heading towards Saint
John, you are heading into dairy country. These cows mark the beginning
of the area. It seems
though that they have been temporarily moved because of construction of
the new Highway.
This Silver Fox stands outside the
Irving
Oil Big Stop in Salsbury, NB located on Highway 2 heading west of Moncton.
It is a great truck stop and has a big gift show and wonderful facilities
for the truck drivers. Everywhere you go in the Maritimes you will find
Irving Stations with resturuants that have good food at reasonable prices.
This giant chicken was found in Riverglade,
a little suburb of Shediac
NB (on the north shore of New Brunswick, not far from Nova Scotia) Now
I can only assume that the restaurant it stood out in front of specialized
in chicken as it was not opened when we were there!
If you have ever been to New Brunswick,
you will know that Shediac
is the home to great lobster and this proves the point - the "World Largest
Lobster"
This was taken in just east of Fredericton,
NB on the TransCanada Highway Route 2 in front of a Farmer's Market. Potatoes
are a big industry in this part of New Brunswick!
This was taken in rural Quebec.
This is located in Rougemont,Quebec route 116 south of Montreal.
Apples are big industry in Quebec, as well as the Maritimes.
If anyone has any "ROADSIDE ODDITIES"
they would like to see on my homepage, please forward the picture with
a detailed description of what it is and where it is to my e-mail address
(cmcurran@usa.net ).
I will create an additional page for other people's contributions. Space
is limited, so please do not send anything too large and BTW nothing lewd,
rude or crude please. Everyone have a really nice day !!
