First off, let me just start with how friendly everyone has been so far. This trip is only on the 4th day of 39 and we have had the best reception from the locals. They get a kick out of sharing about their beautiful city and telling about its history. So far, Canada looks like I thought it would. It is much hotter than I thought though. Right now it is 91 degrees!
Zoom Zoom and I were able to squeeze a lot in in the few hours we were in Saint John (NOT Saint John’s – that’s in Newfoundland.)
The company we are signed up with, Adventure Treks, arranged for us to take a tour of the city on a bus. Wow it was FANTASTIC! The bus driver was super engaging and so knowledgeable. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. One of the places he stopped at was the City Market. It has been around since 1887. I bought a delicious cup of coffee and Zoom Zoom had lemonade and a donut.
Hand made rain gear for little ones! 
Our bus driver, Paul. 
OMG! They even have a giraffe onesie! 
Mmmm… 
Probably the coolest thing we saw was the Reversing Falls. We went on our own with some new friends the day before the tour to see the “falls” going in the opposite direction and it just so happen that we caught them at “slack tide.” That’s when the high and low tides are about evened out. We proceeded to dinner returned and the falls had started going in (or out) I could never tell which side was the Bay of Fundy and which side was the Saint John River. BUT, you could see the river definitely flowing in a particular direction! Going left. The next day, on our bus tour, the river was at opposite tide as the night before and the falls were very strong! They were flowing extremely fast to the right! The tour guide said they can flow as fast as 60 mph. Also, there were these black birds called cormorants, diving in and catching fish. We would know they caught one because when they popped up they would shake their heads (adjusting the direction of the fish) and swallow the fish.
Water moving to the Bay of Fundy 
Water moving from the bay to the river 
Some of our new friends. 
Water moving from the bay to the river 
High tide – going towards the river 
Paper factory in the background – stanky! 
Slack tide 
Slack tide 
Slack tide 
Fisherman in a calm area in the middle of the rushing waters. 
Water moving towards the Saint John River 
Super windy here! 
Water moving to the bay 
Going down for food 
Water moving to the river 
Water moving very fast to the river 
Bird taking off. 
The birds would fly upstream, land and float down to try and catch their fish. 
Bird diving 
Cormorant- fishing bird 
Seal. He was swimming up the river. Poor guy. 
As we drove around town, I noticed all their neat signs. This section is designated to signs around Saint John.
The’?’ is the Information Center 
Camping spot sign 
Don’t you just love the checkerboard on the edge? 
I love the Incredible Hulk sticker. 
Guiness World Book of Record holders! 
American Embassy 
The maple leaf is in the center of the ‘M’ of the McDonald’s logo. 
Expensive soda 
Too cute 
This will be a shocker to my children. Zoom Zoom and I went to a brewery with our new friend to taste beer. Yep! I went and tasted beer at Moosehead Brewery! I usually say that if someone was going to make me drink donkey pee, I think it would taste just like beer! Zoom Zoom took care of me and got us a flight of beer that had flavored beers in it. We learned that neither one of us like IPA beers: gross, nasty, disgusting,and yes, donkey pee is what those taste like. We purchased a 6 pack of Radler. It wasn’t so bad.
Jethro makes this place look cool! 
ATM inside, where Zoom Zoom got our Canadian money. 
Bullwinkle got himself a day job! 
David 
David 
Ann & David 
Ann & David 
#3 tasted just like donkey pee (I’m sure of it!) 
While we were on the bus tour our guide talked a lot about how old the town was. A lot of the city was built in 1887. What I started to notice was how intricate their doors were back then. Today, there are a lot of fancy doors and front stoops. Some people can afford to decorate with flowers and flowerpots. This next set of photos is some of those doors. They are interesting, intriguing,cute, and plain doors. I wonder what stories are behind them? Some I took while on the bus tour, there might be a bit of a glare from off the window.
City Market Gates 
I can picture Grandma and Grandpa on one side and the daughter or son and their family on the other side. 
I love the cement work above the door. 
City MArket Gate open 
Assisted Living facility 
This photo is blurry. I kept it because the gentle man was sitting on the stoop looking at himself in the mirror. Daily affirmations? 
Our bus driver’s front door. 
These last photos don’t fit nicely in any one category. I tried to capture the spirit of the city as I saw it. We were lucky that the weather was beautiful the 2 days we were there. Fast and furious – but we saw a lot!
Bright buildings 
Kids out playing 
Everett 
Beautiful artwork along the road 
Community garden. Pay $10.00 a year. Name goes in a lottery. There are 5 community gardens throughout the city. 
Very nice restaurant-we ate there on day 3. 
Both of us had the Fish and Chips. I could only eat one piece of fish. 
See the Gingerbread Man? 
Marigolds planted for the Guiness record 
21- 6′ salmon throughout the city 
Ships’ captains come here to drink and eat between trips. 
Most buildings were stamped with the year they were made. 
These blocks are on City Hall. The locals call them ‘Legos.’ cost the city $250,00.00 for them. 
All the water pipes are being replaced. They are 150 years old. 
Cute bike rack. 
Mailbox 
Love the work in the cement 
Church spire with a fish on it. 
My handsome Zoom Zoom outside our tour bus. 
This lady is unloading popcorn for the movie theater. I hope she didn’t have to pop it at her house! 
More popcorn! 
The Irvings employ mostof the town. They own most of the industries in town. 
love the colorful roofs! 
The lake near our campground. 
I see Wally and Jethro. 
These stones came from inside the bottom of ships. It helped keep them from tipping over. 
Fort 
Rifle Range Hill 
Paper Factory 
Moosehead Brewery 
‘Haunted House’ 
Loyalist Burial Ground 
Bus driver’s chimney. Or as he says,’chim-lee’ 
Birds 
Rose Tea heir’s house. By now someone else lives here. 
Widow’s walk 
KC Irving 
