Saturday, April 16, 2011

Canada is cold but it's good to be home.

We wondered how we'd do getting back into the country, but we were at the border a total of about 2 minutes.  Our first stop was St John, NB.  It's the first incorporated city in Canada.
 This is what Yvette saw at the St. John Walmart before she pushed Tori back saying, 'boys boys boys boys...'
 St. John, the Hollywood of the maritimes. 


 We like art we can interact with

At the Legislature in Fredericton we got to park closer than you can at any other legislature.
The old architecture is beautiful.
 This chandelier fell in 2001, and took quite a while to be restored.

The first meeting of the NB executive council happened around this table in 1784.
 Sussex, NB was an important stop for James, as he's out grown his bike.  He found a really good deal on this Rocky Mtn, Fusion.   The bad deal was Janna trying it out and going head over heals because of the sensitive front brake. 

 We drove to Magnetic Hill in Moncton with Michael Wilson, the principal who hired me 18 years ago.  The best part about magnetic hill was that it was closed and we got to drive around the gate.
 Michael and his mom, Mary are two of the most gracious people on earth.  They showed us around, hosted us for supper, and let Tori, James and I come over to watch the canucks game 1 which started at 11 p.m. here.

 This old baptist church was phenomenal.
Nice little organ.
We toured out to Lunenberg near Halifax after saying goodbye to the Wilsons.  This is the only campsite open in the maritmes this early in the year.  It's good to be plugged in and have good Wifi again.

Some sights near town.

 Blue Rocks is a gorgeous fishing community.


 Lunenberg is the only place that packs high liner food, so we're having haddock for supper tonight.

 It's also where the bluenose II was built and is now being refurbished.


 Wow! I caught up to where we are!  I almost forgot to tell you, I got pulled over in New Hampshire for a right turn on a red against a posted don't do that.  The State Patrol man seemed quite irritated by me, but he let us off.  That was the second best thing about New Hampshire.

2 comments:

  1. Hey James - that's quite a bike! I heard you got a really good deal on it. Sweet.
    Ryan can't wait till you get home so the 2 of you can hit the trails. He joined the mountain biking club at school and they've gone to Canoe for practice.

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  2. So great to talk to you Yvette. Forgot to mention that you have to drop in so we can watch the "royal wedding" together! Enjoy these last couple of months on your great adventure... We will be sure to see you this summer as we pop in to check on our kids.

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