Road Trip Update: Saint John

My prolonged absence, as it were, is mostly due to the fact that I stopped in Princeton, New Jersey for about a week so as to witness the nuptials of one of my friends from high school. I did not feel it necessary to blog about these in the Road Trip Update series because not only did I not have the time to do so, what with wedding preparations and suchlike, I have been to that part of the United States so often that it simply didn’t seem notable. (No offence to any of you who inhabit the Mid-Atlantic, of course.)

But now I’m back on the road, this time passing through Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine to get to Saint John, New Brunswick, where my travelling companion and I celebrated Canada Day. I call it a celebration, but what it really consisted of was hanging out on increasingly foggy docks by the harbour waiting for them not to shoot off fireworks. On the other hand, we met some extremely nice Maritimers with Opinions About Things, who were delightful, it appeared, to finally find a new audience at last. (They also had great accents, but that’s pretty much a given with Maritimers.)

Not too many photos of Saint John; we didn’t get here early enough to get any really good ones. Hopefully we’ll be able to take some more on the drive today while it’s sunny and not too foggy. As always, full gallery available here.

Next stop: camping probably somewhere outside Québec City!