At the campground we met a couple with a newly acquired Roadtrek who told us about a campground in Mount Carlton Provincial Park. Mount Carlton is part of the Appalachians and is the highest peak in New Brunswick at 820 meters. Although the weather forecast wasn’t that promising we decided take this excursion.

Along the way we saw signs for the longest covered bridge in the world and had to pay a visit. The Hartland Covered Bridge was built in 1921 and is 390.75 meters (1282 feet) long. There are a number shorter bridges like this in this area and they were covered to prevent the truss joints from rotting.

The next stop before getting back on the highway was the Covered Bridge Potato Chip factory where we did a self guided tour and saw how kettle chips are produced. We read a lot about potato farming in the area and how this family owned business branched out into making chips. The potatoes come in and are washed, sliced, cooked in oil while being stirred, dried, seasoned and then packaged for sale. We got a small bag of chips at the end of the tour and were able to season these with the 30+ flavours they had.

We continued towards Mount Carlton, driving through valleys and fields and slowly climbed into forested areas until we reached the park at a height of around 300 meters. We walked to the beautiful lake with a beach and ended the evening with a campfire and marshmallows.