This was an early and VERY COLD start to our day at 5am, but locally 6am. It was in the low 30’s as we stepped off the ship before 8am. I was prepared, however, with my Iceland long johns et al.
It was very interesting learning about the city of Saint John and its highlight, the Bay of Fundy.
Saint John is Canada’s oldest incorporated city established in 1785 by King George. The city completely burned down by a single spark in 1877. The population today is only around 70,000 and is very quaint.
Their claim to fame is The Bay of Fundy which moves 50-80 MILLION GALLONS of water with two tides per day. That is more water than the combined flow of all the world’s freshwater rivers!
We ended the tour by returning to The Reversing Falls Rapids. And now, the water was rapidly rushing back INTO the 480 mile-long Saint John River.
Here are my videos showing the morning draining of the water, and only 4 hours later, it was rushing back in.
It was incredible to witness this today, especially knowing that the west coast currently has king tides.
We attended the it show tonight to see Kimberly Davis, formerly of the disco band, Chic. She was powerfully good, especially from the 3rd row.
It’s been a long and chilly day. We are back in our cabin early to get a good night’s sleep before our excursion in Halifax tomorrow.
I will admit that I’m a little pooped tonight. It must be the cold temperature as it just cannot be my age ….
