good morning good morning world greetings from New Brunswick we are
still visiting here this beautiful province with my parents yes no I'm just
waking up we're starting the day early to go hiking yeah so we drove all the
way out to mactaquac which is a provincial park
super close to Fredericton maybe a half hour drive
yeah like seriously so close 30 to 40 minutes at most and we're the only
people here right now amazingly right in early our whole theme the summer has
basically been at bracing adventures nearby and so this place is so close to
Fredericton where my parents live that we thought we would come here I know my
parents have been here many times but this is actually my first time to come
here so I'm really excited yeah and like I've been coming to Fredericton for a
few years now so my first time here and the plan today is to go hiking yes
there's a lot of different hiking trails we've got a map and the nice thing is
that they're all very short very manageable yeah
like I think the longest one is two point 2.4 kilometers so yeah there's
several trails there's also a little beach there's a little marina and I
think we're also gonna have a bite while we're here so that's gonna be our whole
morning let's get started let's get started
so we just crossed beaver pond saw a little frog or a toad
some kind of creature up close our first in nature encounter of the day and now
we've chosen a trail first up we're gonna do little mactaquac which is a
bit of a loop so yeah it's great to be out so early in the morning the weather
is very pleasant and were the only ones here even though it's Sunday in the
middle of summer so that's really nice and we're going around beaver pond as
well so hopefully we see some beavers I'd be pretty cool never seen one in the
wild next up we are going to show you a beavers home here at beaver pond as you
can probably see behind me there's a lot of fallen trees here in this little pond
and that's because beavers are very hard-working animals always chopping
down trees sharpening their little teeth so yeah building their dams and you can
really see their handiwork here behind me it's a pretty cool spot
so we've got a little boardwalk here to get across beaver pond and the trail
continues on the other side we're still looking for beaver haven't spotted one
yet what are the chances that we're gonna see beaver are you feeling
optimistic oh man I'm looking for the other ever
elusive beaver I mean we found the beaver the homes we've seen their
handiwork beaver dams but we have not seen the beaver yet the other animal I
mean it would be incredible to see it would be a moose oh yeah this is moose
country because of various ponds and the marshes that are here so yeah you see a
nice habitat for them if they were gonna be anywhere yeah this would be a
wonderful place well guys we've been looking for beavers thinking they were
still here and George just came across this info point that sadly let us know
that they are no longer around here at this pond and you want to tell us why
this is perfect habitat for them their house or the lodge is still here but I
guess they ran out of food down all the edible trees eating all the bread the
bark off the branches and forced to abandon their Lodge begin and other
colonies elsewhere yeah so yeah we didn't hear any tail flapping we haven't
seen a moose yet either but there's all kinds of all the other things that go
with the swamp yeah are still here yeah it's still worthwhile walking around and
apparently the beavers have been gone for a while we were last here in 1985
Wow before decade before Audrey was born
onward hundreds next trail trail number two this one is called alex creek trail
alex creek the full loop is 2.2 yeah but there's also lots of detours so you can
do a few shorter versions we've been eating quite well at home so I think
we'll do the 2.2 kilometers and we still have about two hours at lunchtime the
restaurant we want to go to opens so what else are we gonna do we may as well
Charlie so this is probably gonna be the second of three trails so we're gonna do
yeah yeah we have one more than something sugar something maple sugar
maple sugar how could I not remember that one was easiest one to remember so
we still got maple sugar and then we're also gonna go to a beach and there's a
marina as well so lots left to do giving you the full tour of mactaquac indeed
we just had a wonderful nature encounter I know we've been thinking maybe we'll
see beavers move something we ended up seeing what muskrat that's correct
just swimming along here in Alex Creek chillin out here on a Sunday
he's been basically dipping in and out of the water
we saw him scuttling along a log yeah and he got out of the water and Jannik
himself off a couple times but yeah he was just he wasn't afraid at all he was
right at home with the cameras great I mean that but if that's the wildlife
encounter of the day I'm thrilled so yeah we're still looking at we're still
holding up for moose and whatever else we can see but you know at least we saw
how random is I
next up lunchtime lunch we did two fantastic hike beautiful trails hardly
anyone using them worked up an appetite yeah we worked up a ridiculous outfit
that I didn't have any breakfast so you've been watching a little chocolate
yes now we've come to moco there's actually another location in Fredericton
this one's are at the launch the golf launch I guess they don't Regent Street
and downtown Fredericton yeah so we've heard good things about this restaurant
yeah we are hungry and we're just waiting for them to open their doors in
a matter of minutes d-dan one little thing is apparently
they have a slightly different menu than the one in Fredericton so it'll be
interesting to see what's on the menu I remember seeing scallops when I was
researching scallops have been oh yeah and what unique scene did you see in the
swamp today we saw muskrat you didn't see any beavers but you saw um lots of
grass dried and I thought I saw Pompey in the wild what do you think that
you're having poutine mmm good stuff it's very good appetizer
very juicy and cheesy and why don't you dig in our dream Canadian dish yeah chop
the fries gravy cheese curds it is delish look at all that cheese yes
please oh yes more of that please we earned it
today with all the hiking come to the plate come to me
now is it very good very good this is a favorite classic Canadian food
always happy to have Bettina and I always think of the gourmet protein that
we had in Ontario yeah when means that our trip like five
six years ago blankies yeah with bacon and goat cheese yeah this is just her
curds and gravy but it's a classic classic it's very good it has a black
pepper on top and I think I taste a little bit of rosemary as well yeah good
the mains are here tell us about yours Oh mine is the burger is Bubba burger he
bobbing it up I love boarded up the bottle of green between I also got some
sweet potato fries as well looking good awesome and Audrey and I got pasta I
went through the fettuccine alfredo with scallops shrimp and it also has white
fish what did you try your burger but your fries are there well we're gonna
hear it yeah that's always the best food strategy get everyone to order a
different dish and then you can just try a bit of everything
exactly I love that
it's a silk premium it's a good the noodles are still white all right so I
am trying this right now oh my gosh Oh guys food casserole was it yes look
at it actually it's called a cheese bake CBD mine oh that isn't to the sauce so
all right juicy juicy shrimp tried to sautéed veggies Garrett over here
overnight I think they've been drizzled with a little bit of olive oil
all right let's enjoy this lunch we'll be back with those our guys don't worry
so much talk about dessert the verdict what happens our way to get well I mean
when you have patinas an appetizer that's not a good sign that did a sin we
ate so well the food was great that restaurant was awesome and we saw a
video where someone else's eating dessert there it looked amazing but uh
just not today not today maybe we can do that in Fredericton
another time we'll go to the other moco locations only three blocks from our
place yeah but now we are in the car and we are driving too I think we're going
to the marina there's a marina to piscina and if each one one of the two
are both we'll see
well guys we are back in Fredericton a few hours of pause rotunda rotunda this
is what happens when we eat a big meal we make great plans about having dessert
and hiking for beach marina let's do this and then after the meal we were
like Oh comatose we all came back and take naps
and all fairness we did dabble with a little bit of that we went to the beach
for like five minutes we did a hike five minutes and then we drove back home and
we all passed out yeah long nap so long that we needed coffees now we're awake
feeling a bit more fresh that's already going down so what did you think of Mactaquac
overall I thought it was great you know what I love is that it's so
close to Fredericton it's like just outside the city you don't have to go
too far you can enjoy nature just 30 minutes away which is great exactly you
can do a half day trip if you want to do more hiking could turn it into a full
day trip and if you want to stay for a weekend you can actually count their
beautiful campsite options galore in Mactaquac and if you're in New
Brunswick be sure to visit so there you have it that was our day trip and we'll
see you soon with more adventures peace