Being on an extended RV trip as we are can have its ups and downs but today is what makes up for days like yesterday. We really did not enjoy Saint John very much, probably mostly because of the campground and weather but we were definitely ready to leave this morning.We awoke to a beautiful blue sky and got on the road by 8:30AM to have as much of today as possible to see the St Andrews area before crossing to Calais, ME Wednesday morning to meet Jeff's Uncle Carroll and Kevin for lunch.
We drove about 50 miles down the coast to the Kiwanis Oceanfront Campground in St Andrews that friends Tim and Jan Lynch stayed in a few years ago and Betty Brewer mentioned to us a couple of weeks ago. We came around the corner and saw the campground looking over Passamaquody Bay and knew we had made the right decision in leaving the Saint John area. After checking in and pulling into our campsite looking out across the bay Jeff called Carroll and postponed Calais until Thursday; we just have to spend a couple of days here enjoying the glorious view!
We did drive up to St Stephens, the NB side of the border crossing, this afternoon to visit the Ganong Chocolate Museum. Ganong's is a fifth generation maker of candies and boxed chocolates in St Stephens that still make their signature candies like the Chicken Wing, a cinnamon flavored pink, hard candy jacket over a chocolate center that was created in 1885!Now being charged $4.00 to enter a businesses museum might seem expensive but when they set out trays of their boxed chocolates to sample as you watch videos and tour the museum it gets to be real reasonable, especially after going next door to the Chocolatier and seeing what fine chocolates cost! It was a bad day for weight control but Jeff got the price of admission back several times over!
We then returned to St Andrews following the Passamaquoddy River down to St Croix Island, the first French winter settlement in Atlantic Canada. Pierre de Monts and his cartographer Samuel de Champlain chose this small island as their first wintering location while exploring Le Cadie (Nova Scotia) in 1604. Unfortunately they were late getting established and did not consider the consequences of being stranded on the island by ice and a harsh winter. 35 of the 70 men died of scurvy and sickness that winter and caused the party to choose Port Royal as the location of the Habitation the following summer.
We went down to the waterfront at St Andrews for dinner and strolled around the beautiful little seaside town admiring the murals and boats moored in the harbor. 
This is obviously a tourist destination with golf courses, a large hotel and many good restaurants. We will enjoy our stay here!
The sun was setting as we returned to the motorhome and it is getting quite cool; fall is coming!
