Here we are on Wednesday, already, still in Fredericton, yesterday was a 'tablet' day, catching up on a lot of things... I did go out, again, for a long walk, ending up at a shopping center to buy my winter boots... Yes, with the amount of studded tires I am hearing on the road, soon will be time for my ear muffs, toques (can hardly wait for toque hair, ha)... All in all, a pretty mellow day, and a pretty much sleepless night, you know why, I AM GOIN' TO THE BIG APPLE :-) to be continued..

Further to the tide I witnessed on Monday a m in Moncton, forgot to mention the river's name, which is Petitcodiac River, flowing through' Moncton... The Rodd lists the low and high tide times each day... What I witnessed was the low tide, very dirty water, the wave was appr. 1' high, yes I was impressed, that's for sure...

On Monday, had a great bus ride to Fredericton, but have tell you 'bout the tide... When I 1st arr'd in Moncton on Friday, had dinner @ The Tide & Boar, wondering what that name was all about, well, finally on Monday morning, before departing The Rodd, found out what it was all about... The Rodd is on the river where this all takes place, cool, huh? The boar part is easy, think at one time, pig farming was all important in the Maritimes, but like the grain farms in the prairies, pretty much a thing of the past, too expensive for the young to start out, sadly... Anywho, back to the tide... All weekend had heard 'bout this one wave twice a day, low tide/high tide... Being very skeptical, but wanting to believe, thought, gotta' see this... So, made sure I was available Monday morning @ 9:53, allowing 20 min either side, sure enough right after vveerrryyy calm water, this wave appeared, gotta' tell you, had I not witnessed it, wouldn't have believed it... After the wave went through, the water was very fast flowing with several undertows, etc... According to the hotel, Calif. surfers came up to surf this wave this summer, Carrying on, after the bus trip on Monday aft., arr'd in this province's capital on another sunny, but brrr cold day, at Howard Johnson's, Plaza Hotel in Fredericton... This is one of the cheapest I have stayed at so far, on my adventure, but very suited to my needs... Namely, price - all important, onsite laundry facilities, close to everything, feeling very well taken care of, in a room with a king sized bed, geeslouise, life is good, ha! So, 'til next time, gotta' go for dinner, talk Manama, dude... h

Happy Sunday... Great sunny day, but, below zero, not mentioning the wind factor... Really wanted to see the Hopewell Rocks, but again, past tourista season, sssoooo after brekkie, walked over to the Avis car rental, rented a car to take me to the rocks... First, made arrangements to take the bus tomorrow to Fredericton... Next on the agenda, drove south to the Hopewell rocks, did that, tide was high... Decided to drive on to Alma, had been recommended for great food, therefore enjoying the best corn chowder with home baked roll, then apple crisp, seriously? Wow! On the way back to Moncton, actually drove through' a covered bridge, viewed another, but it had been quordened (sp?) off because it wouldn't be able to support a vehicle any more... Had a great day, bright sunshine, good little car, back in my little room, 'til manama, dude, then I'm off to Fredericton by bus for my next adventure, yahoo! stay tuned :-) h

Golly, I have had just THE best weekend in Moncton, really, really enjoy being here! This hotel supplies "hot" breakfasts, cool huh? enjoyed brekkie, which got me off fairly early Sat... Luckily went into a gift shop close by, owner an ambassador for Moncton... Without her help, this visit wouldn't have been nearly as enjoyable :-) Says she, there is a weekly Saturday market which is huge in area, I went amd it is, reminds me of Granville Island, same quality... Very nice! There just happened to be an Int'l Wine Festival in town, which I could not resist... Travelled over by bus, gotta' tell you the bus drivers here are much different, people actually wave to them from the street and the driver knows everyone by name, totally different, which begs the question; which came 1st, the rude bus driver or the rider who just won't take it anymore, what do you guys think, gotta' tell you, I was impressed! Got to the Colosseum, paid my entry and was amazed, this wine tasting began @ 1:00, ending 4:00ish, there was everything worn, After 5:00 to jeans... Very interesting!!! I really enjoyed, hit every champagne/sparkling wine kiosk in the joint plus very, very uptown appies... The whole afternoon was very sweet! Certainly got my money back, from my consumption of both, teehee! After, everyone there were transported back downtown free of charge, drinking and driving, et al... The lady in the gift store, you know me and names, geeslouise!, also told me of a dinner theater, within walking distance and very reasonable... I attended and was sssoooo much fun, fabulous, fabulous entertainment! The theater was a satire on a Newfie Kitchen Party, which I have yet to experience (hopefully a Fredericton experience, which, if I do, will share). We were all so well taken care of, entertainment was fabulous, food also fabulous, also sitting with a great crew of people, had a great time... The name is McSweeney's located @ 700 Main St., Moncton, absolutely worth it! Then, home to bed... A very happy day! 'til mamana, dude! h

Here I am again, from Moncton, N B... Today was very interesting and very much an adventure :-) First, I really enjoyed staying in the Aloha Guest House in C'town... The house I was in, really reminded me of my North Van house that I loved so much... Kelti's house is much older but all the character took me back to my ESL hosting days, to be sure! Took a cab to Maritime Bus to take me to Moncton... It was very stormy all night, 60 - 80 k winds and rain, but very warm, the storm is from the southern US... We got to the Conf. Bridge only to find out our shuttle bus was too high, exceeded 7 1/2', therefore we all had to be transported over the bridge in smaller vans... Apparently, when the winds exceed 60k, higher vehicles really rock and roll on the high part of the bridge, especially the semi's, that by now were lined up on both sides of the bridge... The shuttle bus was full, 28, in all, so all were concerned to make their connections whether they be by bus, train or plane... We waited over an hour for these vans, stormy weather, really windy... Finally, the vans showed up and we were off... The waves on the water were white caps, the wind was fierce, very exciting, but very safe... I sure do like that bridge, wow! We tsfd to a bigger bus on the other side and literally fish-tailed ourselves into Moncton... For some reason I liked the feel of Moncton right away, relief??? don't know... It is still windy... My hotel room is very nice and is downtown... I am staying at The Rodd, Moncton... Tomorrow, will be an investigating day, for sure... Hope you all had a Happy Halloween! Stay safe... h

Good evening from Moncton, N B... Just got back from having a bite to eat and had a very interesting, and good, salad... Thought I would share... The salad included oven roasted root vegetables.. Maybe you guys already use this as a different slant but this one is new to me... The root veggies were oven roasted in, olive oil, which were cubed carrots, turnips and beets... The lettuce part was a spring lettuce combination tossed with a shallot dressing... I didn't taste onion, but it was really good... With the holidaze coming and all that left over turkey and gravy, this salad with be such a nice compliment for a hot turkey sandwich... Thought you might find this one interesting, sure was good... bon appetit... h