Edmondston New Brunswick to Miramichi New Brunswick 243 miles
Today is mostly sunny and a little warmer. We left late because we had to do yesterday’s blog and make a plan for travel today and get a place to stay. As usual the car would not start. Almost all of the hotel guests had left so Rob walked down the street. He knocked on the door of a house with a pickup and that guy agreed to help. It took a couple of trips up and down the road to get it going. The carburetor is putting out too much gas so the new trick is to start the car with the gas off and then turn it on after the car starts. This works but not on the first start of the day. The carburetor float maybe stuck. Rob wants to purchase a rubber hammer to beat on the carburetor. Now we just need to find one in a store. I forgot to mention that the odometer turned over 20,000 miles. Not all this trip thank goodness. We have only traveled 7,435 miles so far on this trip. Another thing of note is the postal delivery. Looks like areas have mailboxes at the beginning of the road. Usually quite a few. So you stop at those to get your mail. The postal delivery must be easier too. The US should consider this approach. We are driving through the province of New Brunswick. Thank goodness English is back on the signs. Sometimes it is even the first language. Obviously more English speakers here. More churches in these towns. Still a lot of forest and logging trucks. We left the main highway to go for gas. The town was having some kind of celebration. Part of the street was blocked off and people were everywhere. We tried a Tim Horton Restaurant for lunch. They are all over the country. Their specialty is coffee and donuts but they also have sandwiches. Ours was a tasty chicken chipotle wrap. Coming into town we crossed a very tall bridge over a pretty big river. Rob wants to change the engine oil tomorrow. A good day all in all.
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