Oh, how time flies...

**Photos from this excursion can be found in my New Brunswick Album. As you can see in my blog posts I am currently on a Cross-Canada adventure, so my time is limited to add photos to this old-ish blog**

It’s really quite scary how fast time flies by. It felt like yesterday that I was patiently waiting for June 9th to come so that I could finally fly to Saint John and see my boyfriend.

This past weekend marked the last weekend my other half and I would be living in Saint John. After a year at UNBSJ taking his MBA, my boyfriend is done another degree! Congratulations!!!!

To try and wrap up our touring of New Brunswick, this weekend we thought we’d cap it off my hitting up TreeGO in Fredericton and going to Hopewell Rocks…one of the most visited natural tourist attractions in New Brunswick.

Friday night after work we took off for Canadian Tire and WalMart and Superstore so that we could pick up a few more supplies that would help with our packing..(Tupperware, tape, etc.)

Once we got home we rested a little and had supper before we headed out to the movies..We had seen advertisements for Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, so we thought why not head out to the opening night of it.

By the time we got home it was wayyy past bedtime- especially since we had to get up at 6:45am so that we could make it to TreeGo, in Mactaquac Provincial Park, just outside Fredericton, NB by 9am.

Early Saturday morning we were on our way…to Fredericton. Using google maps we made it ..almost…to where we needed to go…! You know that suspicion you get when you’re looking for somewhere you have never been before and google maps takes you to a dirt road that barely fits one car? That was us.

With a little back tracking…a stop at a random gas station…and a quick call to the place we needed to go we finally found where we were supposed to end up. I’m going to blame our being…somewhat lost on the fact that google maps is sometimes not accurate and on the fact that TreeGo had signage that was the perfect size for a mouse to read.

Anyhow…I keep mentioning TreeGo, but what the heck is it? It is an aerial obstacle course, where you test your balance, joy for heights, or lack there of, fitness level and trust in a safety harness for an entire 3 hours.

It was mega fun—the zip line by far the funnest. Despite my enjoyment of heights when I was little I’m beginning to think ..not so much…anymore.

It was a definitely a rush and I would totally do it again, but during some obstacles I was scared to death.

Once we were done there we were back on the road—to Saint John. With Alex driving I had the perfect opportunity to nap, and I woke up just before we made it to our next stop on the days events. “Carleton Martello Tower”—one of only a few forts to be built in North America. This one has a strange story because it was built during the civil war and was completed after the war was over. With that being said, it has never been used in battle but has since become a National Historic Site.

Back home, bite to eat…then back to Jerusalem for a 2+ hour drive to Hopewell Rocks.

Hooray! More driving…for…my boyfriend…!

Somedays in and around the Bay of Fundy are clear as can be…some days are foggy as heck. Saturday..it was crazy foggy.

It was a tiring ride to Hopewell Rocks having to be on our game so that we could stay in between the lines, but once we arrived we were able to rest a little.

We parked outside Hopewell Rocks gates as it was after park hours. They do allow patrons inside after hours, but the risk is all ours. It was no where near high tide..actually it was low tide, so we ventured out to the rocks to see them. The fog blocked our view to see the beauty of the Bay of Fundy during out drive, but once we were up close and personal with the flower pot rocks, the fog become and quite interesting backdrop for our eyes…and for photos.

We took photos and we roamed the beach….and my side-kick walked around in mud…(“just to see what it was like…”)..Time flew by and before we knew it the sun was down and it was almost dark.

That was our cue to get back to our car.

By the time we were on our way from Hopewell Rock’s the fog had somehow been able to get thicker and the visibility even less (we could only see maybe 20-30metres) in front of us. With that being said we decided we were in no rush, despite the time and took our time driving.

If you know me, I have the ability to fall asleep in moving vehicles quite easily, so I did…with a quite rude awakening…

We were sailing along at a reasonable speed considering the conditions and all of a sudden my sleeping body was awoken by the car’s brakes being slammed on…I opened my eyes to see out the window a GIANT moose directly in front of our moving car.

Within a split second my other half had managed to slow down and swerve so that the front passenger corner of our car missed the back side of the moose…though we figure we were within 1 metre of its back side.

We had never seen a moose while we were driving, though we had heard there were tons out here. While sitting the car, we could pretty much see directly underneath his belly—that’s how tall of an animal moose are. Being that close to one..while driving was a bit too close for comfort.

After our hearts started thumping back at normal speed we continued on our way… hoping desperately not to see another moose up-close and personal

40km from Saint John I looked over at the gas gage and it was almost empty…in my head I went “oh crap, please nothing else”. Alex promised we would make it home with enough gas…and he was right…but oh man did I have my doubts. I was really hoping we didn’t have another adventure.

By the time we got home we were wiped. We put some appetizer’s in the oven and then Alex had a few MBA friends stop over to say their goodbyes because within the next few days we will all be on our way.

It is hard to believe another chapter in our life’s story is almost over—we have been noting that we definitely have mixed feelings about leaving Saint John.

Thank you New Brunswicker’s for being so friendly and opening. I will always remember my time on the East Coast and will sing my praises to the people and places I met and saw.