We packed up and headed out around 10:30, and arrived in St. Stephen at 1:30. The trip down was lovely, climbing our way through the hills/mountains of NB. We made a quick stop at “Potatoe World” but decided to forgo the tour and just buy some “Covered Bridge” chips...NUMMY!!!! We were going to by pass St Stephen, but still needed to find a spot to stop for lunch, so we headed downtown to the tourist information center. The down town was lovely. AND it calls itself the Chocolate Capital of Canada, because Ganong has its factory there. Of course we had to sample a few. Here the kids are trying to pick their favorites. DOUBLE NUMMY!!!!!!
We arrived just in time to catch the 4:30 ferry to Deer Island. We stopped here as a family when we came out East in 1979. I must ask Dad why he chose to come here as it is quite off the beaten path. (yet the path looks rather beaten!) Although rustic it is quite quaint and we look forward to exploring more of the island on Thursday. Tonight we took a short bike ride, skipped some stones, collected some shells and squished some seaweed (just like I remember). Unfortunately it was an hour away from high tide when we arrived so the children haven't seen the full extremes yet, but that will come. They have tasted the salt though! Off to sleep, lulled by the sounds of the waves and the fog horns.
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