Onto St. John. St. John is the stinkiest city I have ever been to...just a warning. Irving has a paper mill right in the middle of town...and unfortunately it permeates the air you breath. We stayed at the Vintage Bed and Breakfast. This was a nice place and conveniently located, but it was clear to us that the innkeepers really don't love innkeeping. They were nice enough people, but they had self check-in and we didn't even meet one of the owners until it came time to pay when we were checking out. Aside from all that......St. John was alot of fun. We went to the St. John Pride parade. It was raining and there were probably 100 people tops....including those in the parade and watching....but it had a nice small town feel to it. We went to the Pride dance on Saturday night and even got to slow dance to Anne Murray. We also stopped by St John City Market, listened to some music at Market Square and had a yummy dinner at Beatty and the Beastro. Now...to explain the image above. We spent the night in St. John because we had heard about this really neat phenomenon that occurs in St. John when the St. John River and the Bay of Fundy meet during high tide. They call this the Reversing Falls because the water literally changes direction. Like alot of other things in the Bay of Fundy....you really need to see this during both low and high tides to get the full effect. The above image was taken during high tide. Low tide was alot more calm. Wow...what a whirlwind St. John was. We were only there for one night, but saw a ton of stuff. One other thing to know about St. John is that there doesn't seem to be alot of people there. Overall it was fun, but it was also a little wierd. It was stinky, our innkeepers weren't happy to be innkeeping, and there weren't alot of people on the streets. One night was enough for us.
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