At the exit gate another long chat with Burt. We learned more about his work in Banff at the Inns in Banff. Greg is sure he probably met him as he stayed there when he went skiing at the same time Burt was there. It was a lovely day and we got our first glimpse of the Saint John River. This is a 673 km river that flows from Maine into NB and empties into the Bay of Fundy. It is obvious that the river is still high (Burt told us that it is about 3 meters (10 ft) higher than usual at this time).
Much of the trip was through forests and agricultural land. We saw near Perth- Andover reference to the Appalachians. We often think of this mountain chain as only being in the US but they extend from Newfoundland and St Pierre and Miquelon down into Alabama. The names of the towns we passed were familiar to me (though I still don’t know how they got their names). We saw a mother black bear and 2 cubs and later saw a deer that was very different. It was essentially white with brown splotches. An albino? We arrived in Gagetown (my home town) early in the afternoon and with more excellent maneuvering by Greg we backed into David and Sara Jane’s yard (nephew and wife). It was in the low 20s so we sat out in the back yard sipping on wine and beer. Keith and Marg (brother and sister-in-law), Marg’s sister Jean and my other nephew Raymond and his wife Gerry all stopped by. Later nephews and spouses , along with Greg and I went out for a wonderful dinner in the village at a place called Gulliver’s.
When we were growing up this was a Pentecostal church and the pastor and family lived in the tiny flat over the church. Thane, the chef and owner of Gulliver’s had a successful career in Moncton but said to his wife (co-owner) that one of the things he had on his list of things he wanted to do was to run a restaurant. So he took off to France to chef school (which only takes 10 students ata time and he was the only Canadian) and saw this tiny place in Gagetown for sale and the rest is history. We highly recommend it. More about Gagetown later.
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