It’s going to be a long drive today. We knew the chance for rain had passed, but fog? Wow, it got really thick. Down the valleys clear,up the hills foggy. Stewiacke is on the 45th parallel. That is exactly between the North Pole and the equator.

Goodbye Nova Scotia. Hello New Brunswick.

The Kiwanis club owns the Camp Grounds in St.Andrew. It is a lovely campground right on the water. These  beautiful marble fish at the two entrances to the campground. It’s interesting, St. Andrew is located on the Bay Of Fundy as well. The tides are high here as well. Where we were the tides would come in at about 25 feet.

Going into St. Andrews to check out whale watching tours we found the road straight to the pier. In our travels we have found many beautiful murals painted on the sides of buildings. We stopped at the Harbour Front Restuant to relax. The wheel in their main lobby was used to haul kegs and spirits into the warehouse. In the 1840’s it was an importing house. Ah…and the tide keeps coming and going. Out there is the Bay of Fundy. Here it only boasted a 23 foot tide today. It will be coming in around 10 to 7.

From the back of our campsite this was our view. Awesome cloud.

On the pier is where all the tour companies are. All the bright colors make you smile.

Off to see the whales. The campground where we are staying is over there. There are many ways to get out to the whales. The slower way is by tall ship. That ship was sailed here from New Zealand by the late Marc Watteveen in 1989. Now she shows people the world of whales.

These are our neighbors in the campground., Robin and Scott. Getting to know them we found out they have known each other since they were 12 years old. Now 26, they married last year and this is finally their honeymoon. We invited them to join us whale watching as our wedding gift to them.

First thing you learn to look for is the spray from the whales blow hole. About 3 to 4 then by golly you will watch it surface and flip it’s tail.

Allison, a marine biologist was on board to tell interesting facts about whales and all creatures out there. The boat out there had people out on the bow and up in the top. Allison told us they were counting  whales, humpbacks and finbacks. What were seeing were finbacks.

Aye, it’s Captain Matt. Looking for whales🐋

We saw a lot of whales in the distance and on the way back in this one cruised around then next thing we knew…Going,Going,flip of the tail, GONE!

Headed back into port we passed the eagle perched on the post. Honest that’s an eagle. Harbor seals in the water. Great Day for whale watching.

Back at the Harbor House resturant for the sunset. Evening finds us around the fire. Today again was the best day ever.

In front of one of the seasonal trailers this interesting statue. Never did find out about it. The Celtic cross is dedicated to the Irish who did not did not survive the potato famin. In the 1840’s over 84,000 immigrants came to Canada, 70% percent Irish.

Walking the beach we found Scott and Robin’s initials.

When the tide is out you can drive across the Passamaquoddy Bay (say that fast 3 times) to the Ministers Island. Be sure to get back across before the tide heads back in.

Sir William Van Horne was the president of the Canadian Pacific Railway and built what  started as a modest cottage he envisioned became a 50 room mansion on 500 acres. The island was self sufficient with a working farm with dairy, windmill, a huge gas powered generator.

This is his bath house. The picture at the top shows Van Horne standing at the end of his pool he dug. The tide would come in and fill it. Over the years it did fill in with sand. The bath house has this wonderful vista of the bay.

Best sunrise ever in St.Andrews

Robin and Scott heading out to Nova Scotia. Their trailer is a 1977 vintage they got from Scott’s uncle. Their truck is 1979 Ford with over 391,000 miles. Have a marvelous honeymoon and happy life together.

All packed up up and ready to roll we are going back to the USA. We will land in          Bar Harbor Maine. We arrived in Canada on August 3 and we are leaving September 11th. Canada you have been a great adventure. Bye to all our friends we visited and all of the friends we met along the way.