The gift shop bandit...

The bandit was named Robin. She was an aussie(Austrailian) about five feet tall at best. She was on a nine week holiday with a friend from work. They had planned this trip plus a coach tour of the Western U.S.A, and an Alaskan cruise since 2007. Every gift shop we were close to she made a significant purchase. She mailed the grand total of 4 boxes home of gift shop paraphenalia. It became a running joke that brought joy and love for her from the whole coach. She was hard to understand due to significant hearing and speech impairments but loved life intentionally and that was contagious. She also gave a speech today to thank the tour director and driver then proceeded to lead us all in "for he's a jolly good fellow "and so on to its duration.

Hangman

Wendy first of all is wonderfully creative. One of her brillant ideas was to play hangman. We played on the bus in between stops. The answer to her first game was DO YOU WANT TO GET SOME BAGGY SOCKS LIKE DAVID'S? All the while we were enthralled in hysterics, side hurting and eyes watering. Well, we played again today, and laughter again was euphoric. Laughter doeth the heart good like a dose of medicine, no doubt. I never enjoyed this game until Wendy and her beautiful mind. Now, David is a Brit/Mike Myers-ish type, mainly in dialect and teeth. As, Wendy put it, he is cluelessly brillant, and one pair of his socks literally stood away from or totally didn't touch his legs just above his pale ankles. Now this chemist and travelling junkie is odd yet full of life, and we voted for him to receive the "eager beaver" superlative for our coach tour. He really is a delight and our lives have been enriched by this man, David. More to come later on another old guy named David H. with the sweetest shoes money can buy...

Peggy's Cove

So after almost 2 weeks of travelling through the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and New Brunswick...we're back to Nova Scotia, where it all started. Just when we thought we'd just about seen all that Eastern Canada had to offer, today we were introduced to a little place called Peggy's Cove. We think they might have saved the best for last. This place was, as our British friends would say, marvelous and sensational!!!

Hopewell Rock

Hopewell Rock is another cool place in New Brunswick. The tide was out, so we were able to go down and walk on the ocean floor.

The Fundy Trail

Another amazing place...

More pictures from Saint John

St. Andrew

St. Andrew was a really neat city..one of my favorites. It's very small, it sits on the water, and it's very well maintained. While in St. Andrew, we had the opportunity to go on a whale watching expedition. It was unbelievable!...although we didn't see any whales, we did see seals (lots of seals!) and bald eagles. While we were out, some pretty heavy fog came in for awhile, so the pictures of the seals aren't very clear. Hopefully, you can still see them. We loved being out on the boat, and seeing so many beautiful things. What an experience!