New Brunswick Canada-The Picture Perfect Province

New Brunswick Canada is my home, and most of the time my vacation away from home. There is much to see and do in this aptly named "Picture Province". But, in order to see all the beauty of this province one must visit in each and every season. The four seasons are very much apparent in New Brunswick with maple sugar sparkled spring days, warm sunny summers, vibrant colorful autumns, and cold crisp snowy winters.

Spring doesn't arrive early enough for most of us who live here but when it does arrive it is welcomed with open arms. After our cold and snowy winter, flowers rise as if from nowhere and color the landscape like a rainbow. The grass and trees welcome the warm sunshine and cover themselves in a coat of green. The Maple trees not only receive their green leaves they also produce sap that we use to make special maple treats with. The sap is boiled down to obtain a certain sugar content and used to make taffy (candy) on the snow, maple syrup, maple sugar, and maple cream.

Tourists come here in the summer for our bearable temperatures, our relaxed atmosphere, and our great seafood. Activities such as hiking, biking, swimming, kayaking, canoeing, boating, whale watching, and golfing are popular in summer. Our Acadian coast has some of the warmest salt-water beaches north of Virginia and our Fundy coast has some the highest tides in the world.

Autumn brings with it some cool crisp nights that aid in turning those sugar maples their vibrant red, yellow and orange colors. This happens within a short time frame, and usually remains beautiful for a couple of weeks before the leaves fall to the ground. This is harvest time also and that is apparent at our vegetable stands and farmers markets.

Winter brings an entirely new set of activities for the young and young at heart. Skating, snowshoeing, skiing, sliding, and snowmobiling are all the rage this time of the year. There is no shortage of indoor/outdoor rinks, groomed sliding and ski hills and a network of snowmobile trails throughout the province. For some people, curling up beside a warm cozy fire is the best activity of all.

As long as you enjoy nature at it's best you are sure to enjoy New Brunswick in whichever season you choose to visit.

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