Final Friday

Friday July 31, 2015 – Day 46

After a busy few days, today we slept in and took it easy.  I finally was able to get the blog posted this morning, while Jim washed the Lundcruiser and the car…said it was probably as dirty as it has ever been!   We did a little shopping and sightseeing and came across some interesting things.  We saw a Mountie from the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police)!   We were driving down the street and saw him riding along the side of the road, so we pulled into a parking lot and got out the camera, and he came over for a picture.  The horse’s name was Goliath (wanted to ask if the Mounty was Dudley Dooright).

Then, we saw this HUGE dog.  I asked if I could take a picture, but didn’t stop to ask more details…like what kind of a dog is it?  It had the face of a lab, but the body of a Great Dane. 

Since this is a center for potatoes, it seems appropriate that we would find lobster flavored potato chips!!  Haven’t tried them, but don’t they sound delicious??  I bought a bag to bring home.

The entire group went to the Fisherman’s Wharf for a lobster dinner tonight.  It was really good…the meal began with a trip to the 60 ft. long salad bar (no kidding!) complete with mussels and plenty of other goodies.  We each had a lobster, and followed with dessert.   Since Spot couldn’t join us for the lobster meal, we brought him a stuffed lobster toy. He was so excited, he already pulled off a claw, and won’t let go of the rest of the lobster! 

Right outside the restaurant was another osprey nest, and it seemed as if the birds were waving to us.

The temperature reached 80 today!  Just yesterday was the first time we felt 60 degrees in quite a long time!  What a welcome change.  We finally got to wear shorts again!

Tomorrow is our last full day of this wonderful Maritimes adventure.  It’s hard to believe we’re on the last page of the travel book!  Will get a good night’s sleep and be ready to pack in as much as we can on our final day.