Northern Cruising

Leaves & Lobsters

Montréal

    A few weeks ago I mentioned that we drove from London to Lorneville in New Brunswick, where we stayed for a week in a very nice house overlooking the Bay of Fundy. We were not far from the port of Saint John and there were often ships offshore waiting to be piloted into the city. 
   Some were tankers and some were container ships, but there were also ferries and cruise ships. There are several online resources which report on the vessels and their locations. Using one, this ship was easily identified as Regent's Seven Seas Splendor, sailing from Boston to Montréal and visiting various ports in between. The itinerary is provided and shows exactly where the ship was located when I spotted it. The "splendor" was not obvious through binoculars, but if you go to the website for Regent Seven Sea Cruises, you will learn that the use of the word is more than marketing hyperbole and that the cruise is in the luxury category. 

     That ship is likely in some warmer port by now. We are back home in Ontario after doing a bit of leaf peeping of our own. My posting rate may pick up, but right now, the sun is shining, as are the leaves, and it is better to be outside than in, looking at a screen.

From London, ON to Lorneville, NB

 The Bay of Fundy
   I see that my last post was from a week ago and the subject of it was in the Maritimes. That I now also happen to be in New Brunswick is accidental, the result of an opportunity that was presented and too good to ignore. The trip illustrated above took place along a route that was mainly rural and lined with brightly coloured trees.
  The path taken was the longer one shown by the darker blue line and it was not chosen so more trees could be seen. It was picked because it remained above the border, which is a much bigger divide than it used to be. The lighter line goes through the state of Maine. From where we are, near Saint John, we can look down on the folks in Bar Harbour. 
  Although there are cruise ships passing by, they are probably full of Americans looking at the last of the leaves. It is doubtful this year that there will be as many Canadians heading south in search of the sun.

  It was a beautiful day, but it looks like it might turn rainy and I may do a bit more blogging.
Happy Thanksgiving.