Kennebunkport, ME and New Brunswick, CA

 So, Kennebunkport is a classic New England town..but it was packed with tourists. Reminded me a bit of Mystic Seaport.
We stopped at St Ann's by the Sea to see this beautiful church.

 Weather permitting they do services outside. Too bad by Sunday we were gone. We stopped by Walker's Point to see the Bush compound. The Texas flag was flying, which means they're in residence. But despite waving and trying to get the secret service's attention, no one invited us over! 
Sign by the road. These SS guys don't fool around.
Walking on Goose Rocks Beach. 
Chilling at our glamping site and trying to keep up with my journal.
Stopped by The Wedding Cake House, the " most photographed house in the state of Maine". Had to see for myself why.
Cute entrance to our campground.
Stopped by Moosehorn Nat Wildlife Refuge which is just this side of the Canadian border. It did not live up to it's name as we saw no moose or wildlife! 
Only beautiful scenery.
Our first stop in Canada was Saint John, New Brunswick.
View of Saint John from our hotel window. Easy walk into downtown..until 20 min later when the fog rolled in from the Bay of Fundy.
Saint John is known for the Reversing Falls. 
At high tide the water rushes left to right in the photo from the Bay of Fundy to the Saint John River.
We returned 12 hrs later for low tide.
The drop is 28 feet and the water now runs from right to left in the photo.
In retrospect I should have done a video. Pictures don't really show it. But it was pretty cool in person.
Indigenous people inhabited all this area. You can see art honoring the past everywhere.
Sunday we went to church at this beautiful church in Saint John. It was built by sailors using wood ballast from their ships. You definitely saw the ship influence in the church.
Beautiful woodworking. 



Stopped by this cute area before going over to Prince Edward Island.
Had to stop at the big lobster in Shediac.
Have to do "touristy" things sometimes!🤣
On to Prince Edward Island.
























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