Romance, mystery, entriege; what is it about covered bridges and the emotions they evoke? This question we cannot answer, yet we know covered bridges call to us and we will travel out of our way to visit one. In the past with our big Ram 5500, we could not drive across any of the ones we visited. Now with our Honda Element we were ready and we found the longest covered bridge in the world.
While staying in northern Maine, the campground owner told us about the Hartland Bridge. This bridge is the longest covered bridge in the world and it was only about 30 minutes from the park in New Brunswick, Canada. Our next stop was Canada, yet in a different direction from the bridge. So one dreary day, in the Honda, we head to Canada and the Hartland Bridge. Laurie was so excited to be able to drive across a covered bridge and the longest one.
Arriving in the area we began seeing signs “Bridge Closed”. This was not good – we did not drive here for this. On the road to the bridge was a gift shop so we stopped to inquire about the closing. The owners were not the least happy and told us the bridge is closed more than it is opened. This time it was closed to decorate it for Canada Day, July 1.
Even though we could not drive the bridge, we stopped and walked the bridge for a while. It is not the same as driving, yet we were there and experienced the Longest Covered Bridge in the World.
Canada is a land of discovery…
