Day 16: St. George Rest Day

Day 16: St. George, New Brunswick, Canada

June 28, 2016

Miles: 0 (Its a rest day!)

Bucksport to Bar Harbor

Today is a rest day for us and Di and I did an amazing job of resting.  First of all, I didn't wake up until 9:30.  Di said she had been awake since 8:30.  I'll have to take her word for it.  We made it to the continental breakfast before it closed at 10:00.  Breakfast was skimpy, just coffee, juice, cereal, toast and bagels.  Breakfast was so unimpressive that I didn't even take a picture of it.  The fact I forgot my camera in the hotel room contributed to my not taking a picture.

We went back to the room to rest some more.  We discussed tomorrow's bike route and downloaded the Canadian maps for the Garmin.  Then we rested some more.  At 3:30 we decided to stop resting.  We left the hotel and headed for downtown St. George.

Looking back at the hotel as we are leaving

The first building we came to as we walked into town was Terry's Beef 'N' More.  You get your meat there.  Its not a deli and has no tables.  I guess you just go there when you want to buy slabs of meat.

Meat! Get yer meat here!

We weren't interested in slabs of meat at the moment, so we continued walking.

Di in downtown St. George

We went into the Country Market to see if we could get some sandwiches, but all I had eyes for were the large jars of candy lining the wall.  Di said they could make us sandwiches, and I said, "Candy".  Then she said they had gluten free bread and I said, "Candy".  Then she said they had coffee and that snapped me out of it. "Coffee!"   It was a cool looking store and had many of the staples one needs for their kitchen. Additionally, they had candy.

Candy!

Looking towards the front (candy on right)

We got our sandwiches and cups of coffee and went outside to sit at the only outdoor table in the entire town.

Di in front of the Country Market

We both got the turkey sandwich and one of us had gluten free bread

Di sitting at the only outdoor table in all of St. George

After eating my sandwich I still had some coffee left, so I went back into the market to get a cranberry scone to keep that coffee company.

Dressed to deter conversation from strangers

I finished the scone and coffee and then thought about getting some candy. I've been trying to eat healthily and stay away from a lot of sugar, so I exerted my willpower and purchased only one bag of gum drops.  I was impressed with my strength.

We walked back to the hotel and resumed resting.

View of the river on the way back to the hotel

Di ordered some service that will allow us to watch Game of Thrones on HBO GO.  We cannot watch HBO through our devices because it blocks requests from outside of the U.S.  For two days we've had to avoid internet browsing for fear of a GoT spoiler, so Di bought the service to ease our suffering.  It would have been better to watch it on a large TV, but we watched the show on Di's iPhone while I ate my gum drops.  We've learned to make sacrifices.  The show, as usual, was full of surprises and very satisfying to watch.

Di made us peanut butter and jelly sandwiches on gluten free bread for dinner.   I've learned not to knock the gluten free bread, especially when there is no alternative present.

Di preparing dinner

It was now 9pm and we decided it was best to continue resting.  So, we did very little today and I feel I may have made it seem like we were more active than we really were.  But at least we feel rested.

Tomorrow may be a rainy day and if so, we may stay in St. George another day and ride to St. John on Thursday.  More resting!