Oct 19, 2019
We slept in this morning. It was 1 degree outside and the furnace had kicked in several times in the night. We were also snuggled in under our electric blanket. We quietly tiptoed into the house to use the shower, but Jerry and Lynn were already up.
Jerry had fed the resident blue jays and they were busy snatching the peanuts that he had put out on the deck, and taking them into the trees to hide for the winter. Several crows were also sitting in the trees watching to see where they were hiding them.
Jerry and Lynn are driving us to Sussex today. We are visiting a Liqueur distillery in Sussex that Jerry’s cousin is a part owner of. We are also going to visit their friends Gail and Fred. Gail is a very accomplished quilter and Lynn knows that Debbie will love to see her projects.
The hour and a half drive to Sussex was pleasant and they gave us a running commentary of the various points of interest along the way. We noticed a small cruise ship in the St. John’s harbor as we passed through the city. Jerry grew up in Sussex and has many relatives in the area. Sussex is known as the Dairy Capital of New Brunswick.
We enjoyed sampling the many liqueurs that the Sussex Distillery produces and we bought several bottles that the distillery will ship to our home. Our visit to Fred and Gail was fun. Fred is also a retired police officer so we connected easily and enjoyed each other’s twisted humor. Debbie and Gail disappeared into Gail’s quilt room and finally reappeared about an hour and half later. She is very impressed with Gail’s quilts.
We said goodbye and headed back to St. George, but then decided to stop at the Reversing Falls Restaurant in St. John’s. This restaurant is built on the banks of the St. John’s River. There is a skywalk built outside of the restaurant that patrons can walk out over the river and look at the phenomenon directly below. Directly below the restaurant, the St. John’s River pours through a narrow gorge into a basin. The tides of the Bay of Fundy travel upstream into the river and when it meets the river at the narrow gorge it creates a huge set of rapids and whirlpools. We arrived just as the tides reached their highest 22 ft peak and forced the current upstream. While we were eating we watched as the tide started to ebb and the water started to flow downstream again, picking up speed and creating a new set of rapids. I watched a short video presentation in the restaurant and learned that the enormous tides of the Bay of Fundy effect water levels of the St. John’s river as far away as the City of Fredericton about 90 miles upstream! We enjoyed a wonderful meal with our friends.
It was then time for us to return to St. George. When we returned Jerry and I watched the final ALCS game of the Major League Baseball, while Debbie and Lynn visited and told stories in the living room. The game was being played in Houston so we only watched the first 5 innings. It was then time for bed.
Quilting in a Kayak 