2019 New Brunswick – part 10, Saint John: walking tour of history
If you love history, the full story is at the end of this post. For now, French explorer Samuel de Champlain landed at the mouth of a mighty river on...
2019 New Brunswick – part 11, Saint John: NB Museum – agriculture, timber, and ships in the 1800s
What a perfect activity on a rainy, chilly day: walking through a lovely downtown museum and seeing so many sides to New Brunswick. Our first stop was the coatroom—only in...
2019 New Brunswick – part 12, Saint John: NB Museum – from mastodons to exploring space
The rest of the museum had exhibits ranging from local mastodons to health in space. In between we’ll see the War of 1812, whales in Bay of Fundy, and quilts....
2019 New Brunswick – part 13, St. Martins: low and high tide, lobster lunch
Today’s outing was a drive north from Saint John about 45 minutes away to St. Martins on Fundy Bay. Our main goal was to drive the Fundy Trail, but first...
2019 New Brunswick – part 14, St. Martins: Fundy Trail drive, the “why,” portable saw mills
Little did we know that we’d learn the “why” behind the huge tide differences happening here in Fundy Bay; we had learned about the mechanics, but now we get to...