6/27/14 -  Beautiful cloudless morning, sunny skies, pleasantly cool and dry. Rockwood Park is lovely, wooded, with a lake for swimming or kayaking, botanical gardens, and miles of trails, all outside our doorstep.

We did none of it though. Instead, we walked into St. John, about 25 minutes. Once there we started at the City Market, checking out all the fresh groceries and specialties, then followed the all-weather ‘pedway’ thru various interior malls, briefly. But we soon headed back outside to enjoy the fine day, and took several self-guided walking tours thru the city’s historic districts. Had lunch at Sagrati’s back at the market, very nice, then some more walking tours.

 

 

  Later we headed to the harbor and up the St. John River......

 

...several kilometers to the Reversing Rapids, catching them as they transition from calm to raging downstream, following the rapidly descending low tide. This is the Bay of Fundy effect, which we will see more of in days to come.

 

 

 

 

We returned once again to the City Market for dinner at Billy’s Seafood Company, again delicious and with elegant presentation. We finally dragged back into our campsite after 9 hrs afoot, but feeling we finally had done justice to our St. John visit. Tomorrow we head to St. Martins for a couple of days.