We began our first full day in Canada with a delicious breakfast of fresh fruit, warm cranberry muffin, frittata and bacon with oj and coffee served by "happy Guy" Dwight. The day started with pretty nice weather, got cloudy for a bit and then fairly sunny. Our first outing was to the Old City Market which was somewhat of a disappointment--a little small, kind of eclectic, but not much we wanted or needed. We did buy a few tomatoes.
By 11 we were on the road to the St. Martins and the Fundy Trail Parkway. We thought we'd hit the mid-tide correctly to explore the caves. The beach at St. Martins is rocky and the tide WAS going out but the way into the caves meant scooting across some slimy rocks or wading across neither of which turned out to be easy. But, it WAS an adventure! The beach and its 2 restaurants were inundated by people on several tour busses! The line at the restrooms was long and slow.
Our next excursion was on the Fundy Trail Parkway, touted as being one of the last bits of accessible wilderness. We had a picnic lunch at the first lookout and then drove along the new and well-maintained roadway with many stops for photo opportunities and walks to lookouts. Fuller Falls was one of these so Peter got his waterfall viewing! Rugged, high, weather beaten cliffs directly over the Bay are spectacular.
By this time it was mid-afternoon and we were an hour and a half from Saint John and our B&B. So we decided to see just a little more of rural New Brunswick before heading back. We stopped for provisions to make supper in our room and got back about 6. Early dinner, a couple of games of Hand and Foot and we retired. Tomorrow we take the ferry to Nova Scotia.
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