We stopped at Cap Pele visitor information in New Brunswick and besides getting a road map we got nice info on where some good spots to go are. We bypassed Moncton and headed across country on the 4 lane divided to Fredericton, arriving about 1 P.M. We were driving the streets looking at old houses and buildings when I made a mistake at a very confusing intersection and started the wrong way down a three lane street! SHIIIIT!!! A quick flooring of the gas pedal and I careened towards the oncoming traffic for a few seconds before pulling hard right into a parking lot. Crises averted! Later on we happened to be at that same intersection and were first in line to turn left as before and I realized how I made the stupid mistake. The "do not enter" sign was completely blocked by the pillar of my door and the front windscreen. Lesson learned!
Fredericton held our interest for only an hour so after a quick lunch at McDonalds ( another lesson learned- no more McDonalds for us) we headed south on secondary highway 102 towards St. John. It would be very charitable to call it a highway as at times it was gravel but it sure was pretty countryside. It was a nice 90 minutes or so.
The first stop in St. John was at reversing falls (which also has a tourist info centre, which is great because we needed a city map). The falls were at a neutral point in their cycle and we saw a boat go out through them.
We picked a hotel near the harbour front and while a bit more expensive than we normally get, we had a free night from Hotels.com (not completely free but greatly subsidized as we had previously booked ten nights with them and had earned the reward).
We walked to the downtown,viewing the RCI ship in town, saw old houses that are typical of the Maritimes and finished off with a meal in the downtown pub area looking out over the ocean. Lovely time!
A walk back to the hotel; a quick hot tub and now relaxing in the room.
The view of the ship from our room in now completely obscured by fog and the temperature which topped out for us today at 32 degrees (up north) is now at 20 degrees here.
We are getting slack in our hiking/walking. We only did 8.89 km today! Mind you we were 5 hours driving.
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