Jul 8, 2008 - Goodbye America - Hello Canada

Off to Bar Harbour and these Maine coast towns are lovely. All these Maine coast towns are beautiful with loads of tourists. Apparently though it snows here in the winter, every winter and there’s loads of it. I arrive, disrobe and go to the park, sit on the grass and eat my apple and watch the passers-by and look out to sea – it’s lovely and warm. Then of to Calais – the border with Canada and its pronounced Calais, hard s. There’s a line-up at the border, only ten minutes but it’s bloody hot and eventually make it through and I am in...

Jun 30, 2008 - Saint John, N.B

June 30th Our drive from Woodstock felt as if we were driving through B.C. very scenic We arrived in foggy Saint John N.B.around lunch. We're staying at Rockwood Park and campground one of Canada's largest municipal campgrounds beautiful grounds, once settled in and rested for an hour then off to find the information center, walked around town looking at the old buildings,walked though the Market Square,then to the Museum of New Brunswick on our return home we stopped of to see the Reversing Falls. July 1st With our explore Saint John...

Sep 24, 2007 - Planning - Saint John

Less than one month away and we are excited at the Ross household!! We have places to stay and transportation in Australia and now just have to finalize the tours we want to take. We are hoping to get to the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), the Daintree Rainforest, Fraser Island, Australia Zoo, Sydney Olympic site, do lots of walking and touring, and learn to surf! We will keep you posted as our departure date gets nearer!

Aug 21, 2007 - Travel Day - St. John, New Brunswick

Got up and went for a drive to the North end of Campobello Island - we have now seen it all. Then packed up and hit the road to St. John New Brunswick. Customs was interesting. They took the shotgun because apparently, there are no predatory animals (other than man) in New Brunswick so therefore, we had no need of it. So, they are keeping the shotgun at the border until we return. Took quite some time to cross the border but didn't have to give up the fresh fruits and vegetables. wE are staying at the Rockwood Park campground in St. John...

Sep 28, 2006 - St John, NB

Sept. 28/06 Today we were talking to Bob and Linda then joined by our neighbours, Reynold and Judy from Alberta. Since we were all going into St. John's we decided to meet for lunch. We went downtown and found out that they have an indoor mall and Market place on the wharf, so went in. The mall is about 7 blocks long and you can find just about anything you want here, it's a great market place and makes a lot of sense when you consider the winters they get here. Then we met everyone for lunch at the Saint John Ale House on the boardwalk....

Sep 27, 2006 - St. Martins and Sentier Fundy Trail Parkway

Sept. 27/06 This morning we went to St. Martins and arrived around noon, we checked into the Century Farm Family Campground and parked next to our friends Bob and Linda that we met in the Gaspe Pennisula in Quebec. A surprise was to find out that the campground was Coast to Coast which we are members of, therefore we just had to pay the tax ($4.80) for 2 nights. After setting up we drove the Sentier Fundy Trail Parkway. This Parkway has a lot of nice scenery lookouts and you can either drive, walk or bike, they even have water stations...

Sep 16, 2006 - Saint John, Bew Brunswick

Saturday, Sept. 16, 2006 Drove to Saint John, New Brunswick. The name is always spelled out to reduce confusion with St. John's, Newfoundland. We told you earlier that they used a lot of the same names here. Our campground is Rockwood Park, a very large park in the middle of the city. Possibly the largest tract of parkland in a municipal area in North America. There is a golf course, a zoo, many miles of hiking trails and all within the city limits. Went to the city market which was very reminiscient of those in Europe. Sunday, Sept 17,...

Sep 9, 2006 - St. John, NB

September 1 - Our hosts for the caravan provided a continental breakfast at the campground this morning. Everyone said their goodbyes and began getting ready to pull out. Our group of three headed out around 9:00 going to Saint Johns, New Brunswick. We opted to drive the distance and not take the ferry. Got on the other side of Moncton and stopped at a truck stop to fuel up and have lunch. Fuel was $1.11/liter and the fill up was 289 liters. We got to the campground in Saint John by mid afternoon and enjoyed a relaxed time for the rest of...

Sep 3, 2006 - Saint John, New Brunswick - our last Canadian stop

Yesterday we traveled the 190 miles from Truro, NS to Saint John, New Brunswick. We had plenty of time to check out the downtown mall/Old Market area and shop for the rest of the farewell/thank you gift for our travelcade leaders. Today (Sunday) we had a bus tour of Saint John. We saw the old downtown area and drove out to the river to see the changing of the tide. Then stopped at an old fort and drove through some of the older neighborhoods. We had the rest of the day free. Frank went golfing with Steve and Carol and I went out to lunch...

Aug 17, 2006 - Saint John, N.B.

Sunday, August 13th after setting up in a beautiful campsite right beside the ocean we went into Pictou for a local celebration. They were doing a re-enactment of the landing of the settlers from Scotland in the year of 1773. They have a replica of the ship "Hector" which was in the harbour and then the new arrivals disembarked and were rowed into shore. They were greeted with a three gun salute plus a tent village complete with live sheep with everyone in period costumes. The whole thing was narrated in English and Gaelic and it was most...

Jul 17, 2006 - St John, New Brunswick

St John is the capital of New Brunswick. It is located where the St John River meets the Atlantic Ocean in Fundy Bay. The city is located on both sides of the winding river on a serious of bluffs. It's no oil painting: a rather industrial town. What is fascinating in St John however is the so-called "reversing falls". The river bed is quite deep in St John and in fact it plunges further in depth close to where the river empties into Fundy Bay. So there is a visible plunging of the water from the river into the bay when the tide in the bay...

Jul 10, 2006 - Sailing in New Brunswick

After saying our good-byes to sister Deanna and boyfriend Csabab at the airport, we drove down the Bay of Fundy National Park and on to Janet and Ross Reid's place in Grand Bay near Saint John, New Brunswick. We were warmly greeted with a hickory smoked roast that had been cooking for 3 days and friendly neighbours that were over for a visit. Along with the wonderful sailing lessons out on the 50+ year old family boat, we were taught how to t-a-n-g-o, and went to a wedding reception for a 80-something year old fellow and his new 40 year old...