Miles today: 41.
Miles to date: 13,289.
Day 57 was a Wednesday and the big adventure for the day involved a 3+ hour ride on the St. John-Digby ferry. A brief drive around the St. John waterfront led me to accidentally discover a ship being unloaded of its shipment of wind turbine blades and pylons. Very interesting to see and I tried to capture a few shots, but couldn't quite get the right perspective to best showcase this most "of our times" deliveries.
Following the photo stop, I headed off to the ferry terminal to sit in one of many line-ups of vacation goers, RVers, commercial truckers, and various State plated vehicles to board the Princess of Acadia. I was also fortunate enough to be beside some loud Americans who seemed to think discussing the details of a family member's rather ugly divorce with their windows down and speaking loudly on their cell phone was enjoyable to all those in a blue Audi TT.
Once aboard, I lounged in the, ah, lounge and we were soon sailing away from port. Not 15 minutes into our voyage, our captain came across the PA system to announce that we would be returning to the ferry dock to offload a passenger that was experiencing a family emergency. Ugh, could my life get any worse?!?!? About 20 minutes later, we departed St. John for the second time and steamed steadily across the Bay of Fundy and into Digby, NS. A short drive later and I found myself in the sprawling metropolis of Annapolis Royal, population 440. I checked into the Bailey House B&B and ended one of my easiest travel days with dinner with friends T&S who have been building a house across the way in Victoria Beach. Nicey nice.
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