Friday, September 19, 2008

Sister Visit

We made sure that my sister Joyce's recent visit included sightings of various New Brunswick icons, including:
Covered bridge
Lighthouse
Fishing boats and lobster traps
Caves at St Martins
Fundy Trail Parkway
Reversing Falls (and the paper mill) at several stages
Ferries - across the Kennebecasis and St. John rivers
Fog
Frenchy's
Uptown Saint John, including City Market
Rockwood Park walks

It also included a variety of New Brunswick tastes:
Fish and chips at St Martins
Wild blueberries in muffins and pancakes with maple syrup, on their own
Harvey's cranberry theme dinner, with ratatouille, salmon, a blueberry experiment for dessert accompanied by cranberry sorbet
Fresh Digby scallops
Stir fry with vegetables from the Kingston Peninsula

She was forced to play Cranium and listen to political discussions.

The visit did not include:
Perfect September weather
A cruise ship in the Harbour as scheduled (unable to come in because of winds)

The sun did come out a couple of times and, since previous visits featured snowstorms, ice and rain, this was the best weather she's experienced in Saint John. New plan is that next time we badly need precipitation, we'll get her here for a visit!

Wendy

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