The Moncton Experience

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After a long absence from the Canada East blogging scene I have returned with a new soapbox however I must say that I have sorely missed Moncton, having been away for nearly a year. Being home for merely a week I had what I think may be one of the little experiences in Moncton that is truly part of living in this city.

I was getting into my car at the Press Club parking lot on Saturday afternoon and a woman tapped on my window and wanted to know if she could ask me a few questions. She pointed to the river and asked if her and her husband had missed the Tidal Bore. They were traveling up from Florida to see the Atlantic Coast and they saw this as one of the highlights. Had they watched the bore from the wrong vantage point? Where was this 25 foot wave?

Wow. What do you say to this?

I think many Monctonians have gone through this exchange with tourists from all over the world who have heard of the tidal bore and come to Moncton with high expectations of seeing one of the great natural wonders and only to return home a little disappointed. I personally think that we should put a sign in front of Bore Park that says "We are renovating." Well, I guess it depends on the outcome of this election whether things get fixed... oh.. I think I am straying into political territory... anyway.

I spent the last five months attempting to experience the most out of life and subsequently spent months in Northern Ontario, planting trees. I traveled to Mexico and then took the Greyhound through the American South West, Texas and then north from Mississippi. I have seen the Grand Canyon, I visited Roswell, New Mexico to experience a town that has engulfed itself in UFO mythology, tramped through the tacky streets of Las Vegas and visited 13 states in a little under 3 weeks only to return to Northern Ontario for more treeplanting. However, none of those experiences can compare to actually being home once again in Moncton.

That woman from Florida may have been a little disappointed that her and her husband had taken time off from traveling to stop to see our Tidal Bore but coming home to Moncton has not been a disappointment for me.

I am excited to start this new blog and I hope to provide some unique New Brunswick perspectives on some of the crazy events going on in this world of ours. In the meantime, it is good to be home.