Showing posts with label New Brunswick. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Brunswick. Show all posts
Monday, September 28, 2009
September 28 Monday 2009 St John NB
It pours rain all night and is still raining when we leave for a drive to St Martin and the sea caves. We stop at a covered bridge with some craft shops. We pass 4 tour buses with cruise ship people. We drive through the covered bridge .We stop for lunch with a view of the caves. The rain subsides and the fog rolls in. We return to the RV park after fueling up as we leave for Maine tomorrow. I don't know when I will have WIFI again but will post when I can.
REMEMBER-Learn from yesterday,live for today,and hope for tomorrow.
It pours rain all night and is still raining when we leave for a drive to St Martin and the sea caves. We stop at a covered bridge with some craft shops. We pass 4 tour buses with cruise ship people. We drive through the covered bridge .We stop for lunch with a view of the caves. The rain subsides and the fog rolls in. We return to the RV park after fueling up as we leave for Maine tomorrow. I don't know when I will have WIFI again but will post when I can.
REMEMBER-Learn from yesterday,live for today,and hope for tomorrow.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
September 27 Sunday 2009 St John NB
Today we take the 3 hour drive to Hopewell where the flowerpot rocks are. These are sand stone stacks with trees growing on top of them in the tide line. At low tide we walk the beach with the huge rock formations where the tides rise up 30 feet. Awesome. We have a late lunch at the interpretive center. We pass some covered bridges and stop and take pictures of 2 of them. Weather is overcast but no rain.
REMEMBER-Tough times never last but tough people do.
Today we take the 3 hour drive to Hopewell where the flowerpot rocks are. These are sand stone stacks with trees growing on top of them in the tide line. At low tide we walk the beach with the huge rock formations where the tides rise up 30 feet. Awesome. We have a late lunch at the interpretive center. We pass some covered bridges and stop and take pictures of 2 of them. Weather is overcast but no rain.
REMEMBER-Tough times never last but tough people do.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
September 26 Saturday 2009 St John NB sunny
We have the first frost of the season this morning so leaves will be turning fast from now on. At 10am we board a city tour bus that picks us up right at the RV park. We learn some facts about the park- it has 13 lakes and a golf coarse. Horses that run the tour wagons stay at the farm here all winter. The park is only 5 min. away from downtown St John. We pass the Red Rose Tea mansion which was used in the film “Children of the lesser Gods”.We also pass the Irving house now called the Cedar Cliff house. Irving is one of the richest person in Canada.(6.7 billion according to Forbes magazine. We learn about many of his investments. St John like many of the Atlantic cities had a big fire (1877) 2/3 of the city was destroyed. We stop at the city Market. I buy some fresh vegetables. We pass many Victorian style homes, Kings park and Queens park. Our next stop is at the reversing falls. Very interesting we watch a jet boat maneuver over the cascading water. We pass Barbours general store, and a interesting clock called Impression of time. Marigolds line the center of the highway planted by school children in the Spring. Impressive. We go to Irving park with many statues overlooking the river. The Earl house and Martello tower (9 a circular stone fort) as well as Partridge Island NB answer to Ellis Island.(quarantine station). We return to the RV park at 12pm. After lunch we find a visitors center to find out about Hopewell Rocks where we want to go tomorrow. We check the tides and find we have to leave early.
REMEMBER-Life resembles a novel more often then novels resemble life
We have the first frost of the season this morning so leaves will be turning fast from now on. At 10am we board a city tour bus that picks us up right at the RV park. We learn some facts about the park- it has 13 lakes and a golf coarse. Horses that run the tour wagons stay at the farm here all winter. The park is only 5 min. away from downtown St John. We pass the Red Rose Tea mansion which was used in the film “Children of the lesser Gods”.We also pass the Irving house now called the Cedar Cliff house. Irving is one of the richest person in Canada.(6.7 billion according to Forbes magazine. We learn about many of his investments. St John like many of the Atlantic cities had a big fire (1877) 2/3 of the city was destroyed. We stop at the city Market. I buy some fresh vegetables. We pass many Victorian style homes, Kings park and Queens park. Our next stop is at the reversing falls. Very interesting we watch a jet boat maneuver over the cascading water. We pass Barbours general store, and a interesting clock called Impression of time. Marigolds line the center of the highway planted by school children in the Spring. Impressive. We go to Irving park with many statues overlooking the river. The Earl house and Martello tower (9 a circular stone fort) as well as Partridge Island NB answer to Ellis Island.(quarantine station). We return to the RV park at 12pm. After lunch we find a visitors center to find out about Hopewell Rocks where we want to go tomorrow. We check the tides and find we have to leave early.
REMEMBER-Life resembles a novel more often then novels resemble life
Friday, September 25, 2009
September 25 Friday 2009 St John New Brunswick 52(11)
Today we make tracks to St John. We get off to a slow start as we still are having difficulty with the time change. We travel in sunshine taking hwy 102 to Turo. GPS doesn't work .(don't you just love electronics. )We take a toll road $5.25 .Going through Springville-home of Anne Murrey. The temp. drops to 46(8) and it pours rain. With a stop for lunch at McDonalds we arrive at Rock Wood Campground at 3pm under sunny skies but very windy. $21 a day we traveled 257 mi 415k Bill gets the satalite working with no difficulty and I have a strong WIFI signal in the rig . Hurray
REMEMBER-If you can't have what you want-want what you have.
Today we make tracks to St John. We get off to a slow start as we still are having difficulty with the time change. We travel in sunshine taking hwy 102 to Turo. GPS doesn't work .(don't you just love electronics. )We take a toll road $5.25 .Going through Springville-home of Anne Murrey. The temp. drops to 46(8) and it pours rain. With a stop for lunch at McDonalds we arrive at Rock Wood Campground at 3pm under sunny skies but very windy. $21 a day we traveled 257 mi 415k Bill gets the satalite working with no difficulty and I have a strong WIFI signal in the rig . Hurray
REMEMBER-If you can't have what you want-want what you have.
Friday, July 03, 2009
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
July 1 Wednesday 2009 Happy Canada day
Today we step back in time to early Acadian life as we visit settlements brimming with devotion of historic culture traditions which stand in stark contrast to modern 21 century economic life as we know it now. The Acadians (marsh settlers) from 1770-1939. More than 40 authentic Acadian structures transported to the site and restored, include houses. A chapel, a school, a general store a printing house a cobbler's shop a tinsmith a smithy a gristmill a tarvern and the 1910 Chateau Albert Hotel . Interpreters in period costumes bring ancestral customs and traditions to life. Admission $16 each we were there for 4 hours very interesting. The weather wasn't that great we used our umbrellas at times. But well worth the effort. We get ready to leave for Prince Edward Island tomorrow. Hopefully at a KOA with free WIFI. in the rig.
REMEMBER-If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.
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