New Brunswick Trip - Day 8, Market and St George

 

Another beautiful, sunny morning, for coffee on the deck. Sorry to those in Ontario, I gather there has been a lot of rain and cloud lately.

The lichen growing on the deck railing is proof that the weather is not always this idyllic.

Into St Andrews and the poster in the window of one of the galleries is for a rug hooking exhibit starting this weekend!

This is what we were here for; the farmers market. We bought some local honey but not much else. Had some fascinating conversations with a local cranberry grower ( I didn't know that fresh cranberries are picked dry and those used for juice and preserves are picked by flooding the fields) and a man knotting recycled and new rope into mats, chair pads and bowls.

Briggs and Little Yarn in the grocery store. It was a third of the price I would pay at a rug hooking supplier. I had to buy some (3 skeins) and on returning back to the house I found out that the mill is located just over an hour away. Maybe a road trip?

We drove to St George, a community on the next peninsular, to check out the Deer Island ferry. Passed this old mill on the way.

It's a free ferry

and goes every half hour.

We chatted with a woman there who lives in Boston and summers in New Brunswick. She gave us directions to a lighthouse and an active fishing harbour.

This was one of the lighthouses I had taken pictures of yesterday, from the boat.

Green's Point Lighthouse.

He may be a Sandpiper, I'm not sure

We drove a little further and found the fishing harbour. The lady from Boston had been accurate, lots of fishing boats.

Some looked like other fishing boats seen in these waters

and others were geared to the atlantic salmon fish farms that are close by.

Barnacles and seaweed attached to the bottom of a boat.

The wharves were lined with boats and some were out on mooring buoys.

One lonely sailboat.

On the way out we stopped at a roadside store and bought local fresh scallops and crab and frozen shrimp from Quebec.

The next little driveway sign advertised smoked salmon so we stopped for some of that too.

Then lunch at the Clam Digger

Chris had sent me a list of top ten things to eat in New Brunswick and so I had the fried clams. Rick had a salmon burger which was literally a thick salmon filet on a bun with the usual toppings.

When we got home a phone call from Mike announced the arrival of

River Autumn Sweeton, 6 pounds 4 ounces, a sister for Maya and Avery.