Day 6 - Mon 7/19

Up the coast of Maine, into Canada at Calais then across New Brunswick to St. Johns. Tomorrow we take noon ferry to Digby Nova Scotia. After cheeseburger, beer and fries with gravy at local pub, I'm a bit groggy. This will be brief.

(Morning of day 7 - waiting to check out and go to ferry to NS. Random stuff - St. Johns, especially the area around Holiday Inn is harbor town. That's why it looks bleak. The ocean and winter take their toll. Aspects of coast of Maine reminded me of NC - the guys are like some mountain men - rough fellows who live doing physical work. Which makes the accents more jarring. And southern boys have longer hair. The women - some of them - appear hard and dour.)


(Pub where I had cheeseburger and fries with gravy (in dipping cup on side -a hearty au jus). Couple blocks from Holiday Inn. Patrons gamble on NASCAR and ice hockey. Paying with Canadian money a small challenge. This is the real deal.)

(Reversing Falls in St. John where tide comes in, revserses and goes back out. Not too spectacular. Have we become jaded? However the French speaking rednecks were interesting.)


(In line waiting to go through border into Canada at Calais, Maine. We caught the interest of the Canadians and they searched our bags and did background checks on both of us. Maybe it was something about two old men in sports car. But everybody was friendly.)

(We took a lot of side roads bordering Maine coast. Beautiful. But many houses were for sale and based on cars seen in driveways it looked that many people had not gone to work. Fellow directing traffic at road paving side said economy is always bad up here. Aside - saw houses with front door opening several feet from ground. Bob has seen same thing in upstate Michigan, Said it is a snow thing.)

(Worcester wreath company in Harrington Maine. Most elaborate business enterprise we saw in Maine.)