On to Canada Maritime Provinces -

We left NY City around noon on Thursday, Sept 30  and stayed overnight in Bangor, Maine.  Got up the next morning and drove to the Canadian border to get to Saint John, New Brunswick.

Entering Canada

We were held up for almost 3 hours at the border for them to check us out!  Seems we were supposed to have submitted some "tour" paperwork that nobody knew anything about.  They took one of our passengers aside and interviewed him and finally let us go, after unloading all our luggage and having the drug dog sniff them out.  Luckily we didn't have anything illegal in them and they let us go.     (Click photos to enlarge)

Reversing Falls

Market Place

We travelled to Saint John and spent the night.  The next morning we had a guide to show us about the area.  We went to "reversing falls" which was most interesting.  When the tide goes in and out the rivers will be pushed back.  He took us back the next morning when the tide was receding and going in another direction. We enjoyed going to the City Market Place which has been in existence for over 100 years. We had fun looking around. Cruise ships pull in port here and support the markets.  Tourism is the main industry in the ports.

Hopewell Rocks at Bay of
Fundy

 Our guide traveled with us all day.when we left Saint John and went to the Bay of Fundy to walk on the ocean floor at low tide.  High  tide makes the water rise to 48 ft.at the place we visited.    

Nell walking on ocean floor at Hopewell Rocks

Magnetic Hill at Moncton, NB

We left the Bay of Fundy and drove to Moncton, New Brunswick where we experienced Magnetic Hill.  You drive down a small hill, put your vehicle in park, and gravity pulls it back up the hill (an optical illusion that you cannot see up close).   Then we located a great restaurant for dinner.

I would go walking every morning and found tread mills at all the hotels.  I would go around 6 am and get in my 30 minutes of walking before going to eat breakfast.  I was usually the only person in the fitness room.

Moncton was the last town to visit in New Brunswick, before leaving the next morning to go to another province, Prince Edward Island, known locally as P.E.I.

We always ate breakfast at the hotels where we stayed and most times they were hot buffets. No grits but some great omelets and lots of fruit and rolls.  And of course cereal and juices.  And the Canadian bacon was so good.

There was always a sea of luggage in the lobby every morning around 7:30 a.m.  The men on the bus helped the driver load the luggage (51 bags).  We bought 2 new pieces of luggage for the trip to hold clothes for 15 days.  They were really packed, and heavy.  Glad we had handles and wheels on them.