My Turn

Dan has all of the best photos, but he's really too nice to tell you all of the dirt of the trip. That's my job. 

Flights were fine, and we had a lovely time, as we hauled ass through the Charlotte airport, reliving our lovely spend-the-night opportunity that we had there in February. When we landed in Boston, other than going the wrong way out of the airport, navigating the roads went smoothly. We got to Freeport, checked in under the shadow of the very large Native American than Dan posted earlier, and drove up to meet Susan and Dennis for dinner. On the way, back we passed - for the second time - some BBQ place, and Dan decided that he wanted a t-shirt. OF COURSE, HE GOT THIS ONE:


The next day (Labor Day), we headed to Oak Bay to invade the home of Lynne and Rick Noble, who stupidly invited us to visit. Their home is great, and Canada is amazing. People are SO nice here... They move to the right lane of the highway without you riding their tail, and they are just so friendly. 

Tuesday brought us to the gardens and Ministers Island, which dan already posted about. Here are my sad photos to share:

Rick

Love these!

Look at how tall these are!

Anemones


A labrynth made of thyme

I can't remember what this is called, but it's whale-ish.

A cute baby goat

They planted these teapots and plopped them onto branches.


One of the sculptures (not real!)

Would you please look at the size of those hydrangeas???

Her majesty and Paddington

This looks like something that I can't remember the name of... Grok maybe?

This is all the same plant. 

I love these sculptures that hold plants.


On whatever day came next, Rick was our tour guide to Fredricton (named after him), which is the capital of New Brunswick. We did our steps, and I saw these things (not in the order posted):

This is a bench on the bridge that crosses the Saint John river. Cool, right?

Aforementioned bridge

Aforementioned river - quite an impressive size

Someone named a ramen place after me. :)

The architecture in this area is SO COOL! There are so many Victorian structures that seem to be in great shape...

Today (Thursday), we bid adieu to Lynne and Rick (I'm sure that they must be celebrating not having anyone in their home, but they were lovely hosts!) and headed north to Saint John, the Hopewell Rocks, and Moncton. I'm sure that Dan will post photos much better than mine, but here they are:
Blueberries at McKays, where we had ice cream, pie, and muffins at 9 am 😋


Stores made from shipping containers 

Stores made from shipping containers 

The cruise ship in Sant John harbor… just huge!

Look at the size of these rosehips!



Hopewell Rocks when tide is out



Tide is out


Reminds me of the balsam forest on Mt. Mitchell. ❤️

Weird, MC Escher-like pavement 

Tomorrow, we head to Nova Scotia!


Comments

  1. AnonymousSeptember 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM

    Great pictures from both of you!! Love reading the descriptions. Keep it coming.

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM

    charles and Jan you are making us tired

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  3. Jennifer HurstSeptember 12, 2025 at 10:34 AM

    You photograph many of the same things I would. Thanks for confirming this would be a great trip.

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