Day 15: St. George, New Brunswick

Day 15: St. George, New Brunswick

June 27, 2016

Miles: 30
          
Lubec, ME to St. George, NB

  
We got up early this morning because we wanted to get an early start.  We had to ride through customs at the border and then ride to St. George, our destination town via jumping two Island, Campobello Island and Deer Island, both NB territory. I will tell you that it was hard to leave Lubec this morning.  Unlike leaving the campground the night before that was very easy.  Lubec was gorgeous!

More Blueberry Pancakes for Steve

 More of the view outside our room in Lubec.

Calm waters

Floating solo

Set to moorn

  
Getting ready to leave, just waiting for Steve's clothes to dry.  They didn't take long.

Finally, we were off.  This is at the foot of the ramp before heading over to Campobello Island.

Canada here we come!

A short ride over, but a windy ride to the other side

Here is the Canadian customs checkpoint.

Steve scoping the area

At first, we thought it would be easy to cross, but then Steve asked if mace was legal in Canada to be respectful; we were carrying it for the dogs.  The women said that it was not legal and that they needed to confiscate it.  We were asked to go inside and fill out paperwork agreeing to surrender it without the possibility of getting it back.  We had two stray bottles of mace.  I just hope we don't encounter any leashless dogs, but if we do ... we can always buy some milk bones.

Negotiating a swap

 The view from Campobello Island.

Deer Island in the distance, the next island hop

Campobello lighthouse

  
It was only 9 miles to the first Ferry.  It was about .5 miles to Deer Island on the Ferry.  It ran on the hour and we arrived there at 11:10a, so we had a lot of time to kill before 12:00p.  So what do you do ...

You enjoy your surroundings.

You wave at the camera.

Then you start playing games.  What do you see I asked Steve.  He said he saw a man with a cloak with one arm crossed.  I saw it too!

What do you see I asked Steve.  He said a whale.  

Now, what do you see.  He said a coolie.  

 

Thank you, the Ferry has arrived.  We really did need to stop playing the 'what do you see' rock game.

This Ferry ride was about 30 minutes long and it cost $5.00 per person with a bike.  This Ferry went slow and steady.  It was a beautiful ride over to Deer Island. Really another amazing day!

Steve standing guard

Now me standing guard

Ready to rock and roll

Deer Island had very little in terms of restaurants.  In fact, we never past one.  We did pass quite a few fishing villages.

Fishing for Lobsters - quite an industry

We continued riding to the other side of Deer Island to catch the second Ferry.  It ran every 1/2 hour and it was at no cost.  It was about 10 miles to the Ferry so we tried for the 1:30p, but the Island was so very hilly.  Campobello Island was hilly as well.  We ended up taking the 2:00p Ferry because we stopped off to get a gatorade and some snacks before rolling onto the Ferry at 1:55p.  It was a 20 minute ride traveling much faster than the previous Ferry.

The Ferry was packed.  Not even room for one additional car.  We tucked our bikes into an unuse stairway on the side and then venured out to take in our surroundings, take pictures and eat our snacks.

Windy ride - holding on

Steve ready to roll

We had 9 miles remaining to get to St. George. It took over an hour to get to our hotel.  Basically, very hilly - one after the next.   The hills were gentler, but never ending. We never stopped for lunch; we just rode straight to the hotel.

We checked into our hotel, Granite Town Hotel, at about 3:40p NB time.  NB is 1 hour ahead of EST, so all the time estimates above are NB time.  We took advantage of the early arrival by lounging around the room, we took showers and started our laundry early.  By the time we decided to go get dinner, everything was closed except a market about 1.5 miles away.  So we decided to walk it rather than ride it.  While walking back to the hotel, we both regretted not taking our bikes.  We were tired.  So this is what we had for dinner.  It was good for a change.  I was missing my Cheerios and had some fruit too, and Steve ate a turkey sub with chocolate milk.

Yummy!

The weather forecast for the next three days looks pretty bad, so we plan to play it day-to-day as to when we ride.  Originally, we thought tomorrow would be a rest day, and it still may be, but it is looking like Wednesday will be a complete washout.  We need to be in Saint John, NB by Thursday night to meet Andy, Jen and Ben (whaa hooo! can't wait!), so we need to squeeze in 65 miles between now and then.  

We basically have three days - no problem!

*****

Bonus Pics - Lupine, a native plant that grows all over ME and NB. The seeds from the lupine plant are edible and high in protein, dietary fiber, and antioxidants, very low in starch, and like all legumes, are gluten-free (wikipedia).