Day 7: Leaving Kennebunkport, heading to Saint John, NB

bj
Mom's still frustrated with how to format this blog.  Every post is shows different html tags!  I can't figure out why some pages automatically show grey text, and some black (which have to go in and fix by replacing black text with white).  I wish there was a standard template!!!

We left our B&B Captain Jeffries at 9:00 a.m. this morning after another 3 course breakfast!  Strawberries, walnut coffee cake, and spicy cheese quiche with salsa garnish.  The drive to Saint John was uneventful, we travelled inland as opposed to following the shore, as Dad wanted to get to Saint John early.  Our TV is on the weather channel and we are tracking Earl .. no worries, we will be safe :).  We didn't have lunch today, so we're going to head out shortly to find some crustaceans!


mike
The drive to Saint John was pretty non eventful. Lot's of speeders who don't pay any attention to the speed limit, both US and Canadian drivers. Got to Saint John around 5:00 pm. Went to the gym for a run on the tread mill and after an hour able to log in 4.75 miles. Really needed to burn off the extra calories from all the eating and drinking.

Off to Billy's Sea Food restaurant for dinner. Great home made clam chowder soup. But really disappointed in my Sea Food medley dinner. The pasta part was bland and tasteless. We may decide to stay in Saint John for an extra day and give up trying to get to Halifax tomorrow. The ferry across the Bay of Fundy to Digby NS has already been cancelled and not sure I want to face a 4 - 5 Hr drive over land directly in the middle of the storm hitting this area. Going to play it all by ear and see what it's like when we get up in the morning. More to come on the storm issues.

 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Thunder Bay to Winnipeg .. nope ... Brandon, Manitoba

Image
Beautiful day for a drive!  I was taking in all the beautiful mountains, lakes, very tall trees knowing that once I got into Manitoba and then across the Prairies, it would be flat and some say, pretty boring. Here was my route for today A couple of pictures I meant to send with yesterday's update: Note the trees are super tall and really skinny.  I think it gets really cold and snowy up here ... here being about 1/2 way between Timmins and Thunder Bay. Adding to my comment yesterday that 50% of the people who live up here Timmins/Thunder Bayish... are Francophones, the store signs and road signs are bilingual. Today's Observations: It appears that Moose only like Ontario.  West of Dryden (Ontario) and into Manitoba, I've only seen watch for deer signs.  And between Winnipeg and Brandon, it appears that the roads people know that there are only deer within a defined space (ie. watch for deer for next 2 km). Lots of cyclists on the road today.  Roads a
Read more

First Stop Timmins

Image
They say that Shania Twain comes from Timmins.  It's hard to believe that someone so famous came from this little town of 41 thousand people! Timmins is a very pretty town on the Mattagami River.  It's the 4th largest city in Northeastern Ontario.  The economy here is based on natural resource extraction and is supported by industries related to lumbering and the mining of gold, zinc, copper, nickel and silver.    Now it makes sense;  some of the signs I saw on my drive up here "DANGER" "DO NOT ENTER"  "BLASTING ZONE!" are everwhere. The drive up Highway 11 was pretty uneventful even with all of the road construction.   This must be the year to dig up and repave the roads!   Looks like they are doing a major widening of Hwy 400 North of King Road.   Lots of construction on Highway 11. I'm surprised that more truckers aren't using it, rather it appears (because of the lack of traffic) they are either going up Hwy 144 or Hwy 1 North of S
Read more

Cape Town

Hi Babes Just back from a wonderful dinner at Martin's Thumb seafood restaurant.   We had yummy calimari appetizers and fish.  Food is very cheap here! Luggage arrived last nite so all is good :) Today was a very packed day.  Breakfast at 7 and on the bus by 8:15, back at 5:30, lecture on the history and culture of South Africa, and dinner reservations at 7:30, back now at 9:30, blog at 10 .. and hopefully in bed by 10:30.  Another full day starting with bfst at 7 and on the bus again at 8:15 tomorrow. Today was a trip to Robben Island, where Nelson Mandella was imprisoned for 16 years.  A 30 minute boat ride to the island; felt like we were on a roller coaster!  Our tour started with a 45 minute bus ride around the island to see the town.   There are about 200 people who live on the island which is now a national museum.  The people who live and work there are government employees and former prisoners who are tour guides. I haven't figured out how to attac
Read more