Once again, we joined forces with Dan and Kathy, Carol and Ron, in a minivan this time driven by Roy. He was a former lobster fisherman and was quite a salty old dog.
Sometimes when we'd stop he'd go off for a smoke. He says he's trying to quite. With this on the Canadian packs of cigarettes, it's a wonder that anyone is still smoking:
The weather was still overcast and threatened rain, but it held off until the afternoon. We began by a trip to the City Hall where we viewed a world famous spiral staircase. Why world famous? Because of the way they are built... they have no support and are carved out of sandstone. A Scotsman chiseled these out and they were thought to be so unstable that the people who hired him refused to pay him. They paraded 35 prisoners up and down the stairs for 10 hours and when they didn't fall down, the Scotsman was paid.
Our next stop was the downtown indoor market.
Look closely at the ceiling. What does it remind you of? Think of something that has been turned upside down.
If you said a ship's hull, you are right. Since this is a harbor town, the people recycled old shipping vessels. This is a picture of St. John from the overlooking hill. You can see our cruise ship and how lovely the weather was.
And I had to take a picture of this bus for obvious reasons:
Perhaps the most interesting thing about New Brunswick is the Bay of Fundy and the extreme low and high tides. We were there at low tide. Sometimes people can get caught in the caves if they are not careful.
The tide comes up to where you see the line of seaweed at high tide.
A person could find themselves in 15 ft. of water if they aren't paying attention.
This is what the ocean floor looks like.
I look mad here, but I'm really not!
When the tide comes in, these boats are usable.
We took a short hike to these waterfalls and more views of the coastline:
We stopped at a little curio shop and there was time for lobster claw shenanigans. That is a
real claw:
We also saw several covered bridges that were oh, so cute:
The Irving family has a great presence in New Brunswick. There are a lot of Irving gas stations. Our driver stopped at one to get gas and for us to use the facilities. The other ladies and I thought these signs on the restroom doors were hilarious, however some of the Canadians in the convenience store couldn't figure out why we were laughing and taking pictures:
We saw some very quaint homes and churches.
We also saw a lot of trees with these red berries on them. But not a lot of fall leaves.
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