The Caravan tour is winding down as this is the last day. The city tour took us to many of the same places we walked around yesterday but we got a little more information about what we were looking at. Homes in the Heritage District must maintain the look of the late 1800’s. The guide pointed out the former homes of Walter Pidgeon, Louis B. Mayer (of Metro Golden Mayer) and Donald Sutherland. We shopped at the Old City Market and then visited some of the small city parks and other neighborhoods, including the guide’s home.
The Carleton Martello Tower is a National Historic Site. The tower was built by the British during the War of 1812 but not completed until 1815 when the war ended. It was used to protect the harbor and town during WWI and WWII but mostly it was neglected until made into a Historic site. It is being renovated so we could not go inside.
No visit to Saint John is complete until you stop to see the Saint John river change direction and flow backwards. The tides in the Bay of Fundy are so high and strong that when the bay waters meet the river it actually forces the river water back up stream until the tides turns. If one has patience you can see the river flowing down stream then it stalls as the tide rises and then it flows backwards.
This evening was our farewell dinner and party. The dinner was nice but the party afterwards was better. We gathered outside around the TV at Mellow and Janet’s RV and watched a slide show that Mellow had put together about all the things we had seen on this trip. Then Pat and I led the group in a song that Pat wrote to the tune of “God Bless America”. She is quite the poet. Cathy and Bill put together a little piece of prose about each person on the trip and some were quite funny. Like Barry having too many Hot Rum toddy’s and dancing, me and a name change, Janet being too cold and Conrad’s tire thumping to name just a few.
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