Our third Port of Call was Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. Once we arrived we met a friendly park guide, who I had previously talked to on the phone. Somehow she remembered my name and everything about me, which is a sign of a very good hospitality worker. She pointed us to a beautiful church that still has Boston's Coat of Arms from the Revolutionary Way days, a courthouse that has the only self-supporting spiral staircase in the world, and a place called The Reversing Falls.
It was after this that Emily took her first step onto Canadian Soil. Now Costa Rica is the only country Dave has been to and Emily hasn't. (Meanwhile, Emily can't count the number of countries she has been to.)
We soon found our way to the church:
Boston's Coat of Arms:
The locals were very friendly, and very proud of thier city. After we saw the church, someone pointed us to the courthouse. Fortunately, that was exactly what we were looking for.:
From there we walked to the other side of the city and saw the Reversing Falls. Despite what the locals tell you, it really is better termed the "Reversing Rapids." It basically amounts to a freshwater river that flows through the side of a salt water bay, where there happens to be the largest tide in the world. Because of this, the water right at the border of these two flows violently in during high tide and violent out during low tide. EIther direction would be fun to raft through. We walked to it, trekked over the bridge across it, and had a snack at the reasturant overlooking it.
On the way back, Emily was very excited to see some otters in the bay:
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