St Andrews and Campobello Island

One of the things on my must do list was to go to Campobello Island which is where Franklin D Roosevelt was taken as a toddler by his parents for summer vacation and he in turn took his family. The property now is an International Park, the only one in the world as it is run by both the Canadian government(as it is still in New Brunswick) and the US government as it is a great part of their history.

We probably should have left earlier but decided 830am would do, we first had about a 30 km drive to the first ferry crossing.

We had to drive through St. George where we found this cute little scene.

Our first ferry ride was from L'Etete to Deer Island and it runs every half hour and is a government ferry.

Once we got to Deer Island we had to find our way, not well marked, to the other end of the island to catch the ferry (well kinda a ferry) over to Campobello Island. We were the only riders and it took us half an hour and cost 20.00

Campobello Island is accesible from the US by automobile, this is the FDR Memorial Bridge which crosses in from Lebuc Maine to New Brunswick.

Look how close Lebuc Maine really is.

The lighthouse is no longer important as the bridge has all the lights.


We are seeing lots of the Atlantic Salmon Farms.

The FDR International Park is free to enter and at the visitor center they show a 20 minute film of why the Roosevelt family ended up vacationing in New Brunswick.

The grounds were very lovely and you could tour the cottage at your own speed, it was wonderful.

The cottage was fully furnished, look here at the dining room.

Oh the dalhias were so beautiful.

This funny shaped rock is in the park and it got it's name after it was used as target practice by the navy and it turned out to look like a friar with a hood.

The island is 10 miles long and on the southern shore is the Herring Cove Provincial Park, here we had lunch at the golf course, so good and so cheap.

Next it was up to the most northern part of the island and this is when we found out we should have left earlier as if we had we could have walked out at low tide to the Quoddy Lighthouse, oh well next time.

However we had an excellent time at the lighthouse as we saw so many good things, first there was a working herring weir.

The lighthouse from afar.

We got to see a seal, but he was camera shy.

And finally some whales, they played in the waters for some time before we moved on.

We caught the same ferry boat system back to Deer Island and again we were the only passengers.

We got a better view of the lighthouse out on Campobello Island from Deer Island.

Heading home we went through Leonardville and got a good view of a Lobster pound.

Was a wonderful day, so glad we went, got home and went for a good walk, tomorrow they are forcasting rain.

St Martins

Our last day in St Martins so we worked hard in the morning getting our chores done.

After lunch we went for a very long walk and just took a few pictures.

Don't the easterners love their colorful houses.

There were three buses of tourist in looking at the covered bridges.

Going back we cut down by the water and walked the beach home, our coach is parked just halfway down the beach and over the bank, we have a fantastic view of the caves and the beach.

A quick little drive out to the lighthouse, couldn't miss one you know.

On the way back stopped to take a picture of the Anvil, or so the locals call it.

Off to Saint Andrews tomorrow.

Hopewell Rocks and Fundy Park

So it has been a couple days but we are having a little down time to catch our breath.

Friday morning Sharon and Larry left us to start their long journey home, it has been a good summer with them, hope they enjoyed their time. It rained quite a bit Friday so I made an apple pie, reservations for the south and took it easy.

Saturday was foggy, oh so foggy, we took a drive back to Saint John to do a little shopping.

Yesterday was clear so we were up early to depart at 730am for the Hopewell Rocks, it was two and a half hours away and we needed to be there during low tide to be able to walk on the ocean floor. It was amazing and so worth the early start.

We took our time coming back stopping at a couple covered bridges and lighthouses.

The tide was in when we got to Cape Enrage so the scene was not as dramatic as if the tide had been out. It was a gorgeous but rugged spot.

We stopped in the Bay of Fundy National Park and did a little looking around, quite different for a park as they had a big swimming pool and golf course, a little bit for the whole family.

The weather has certainly changed with it quite cool in the evenings and soon you will be seeing lots of pictures of colorful trees as everyday now we see more color.

Fundy Trail and Saint John

This morning we set out for the Fundy trail as we wanted to go into Saint John in the afternoon.
There were lots of pull outs to overlook the Bay of Fundy


And the trees are starting to change color more every day.

A little walk down got us to Fuller Falls

At one time the Hearst Corporation owned all this land where the Fundy Trail is and was purchased back in 1990, now this is not the National Park we will get there in a few days.

Ron and I tried out the suspension Bridge.

End of the road for now, they hope by 2013 to have it open right to the National Park.

So we went to see the falls as soon as we got into Saint John so that we could go back later and see the difference.

Did just a little walking down town, through the old City Market.

So it was not quite low tide but it had gone down enough that you could see the difference in the direction of the river.

PEI to St Martins New Brunswick

Yes today our journey continues, leaving beautiful Prince Edward Island behind with a promise to return. Our crossing over the bridge was uneventful as the wind was at our back giving us a push off the island.

We arrived in St Martin to find our campground was very lovely and on a spectacular piece of beach, Ron and I will be here six days, Larry and Sharon have one more day before they head for home.

After setting up and finding out the tide was going out we took a brief drive over to the caves for a walk along the ocean floor.

Here are some boats that rest high and dry at low tide and notice the covered bridge, I was so afraid we would find one of those with the coach today but hurray no such event.

When we got to the Bay of Fundy this afternoon the tide was going out so I piled some rocks so I could see the progress and it was unbelieveable. I checked it again at 5pm and the tide was out another 100 feet but when we went down at 620pm and it was low tide I could walk for a long way and barely get my feet wet, wonderful experience.