Port #3 was Saint John, Canada. While we were here we saw the reversing falls, Fort Howe, and explored downtown.
Reversing Falls: Water always flows downhill and toward the ocean right?? Well, not here! A strange phenomenon, known as the reversing falls, is when the level of the water can rise 28 feet in just a few hours. At high tide, water comes into the harbor and into the river with such force that it counteracts the current of the river and the flow of the river is reversed!!
in this picture the river is actually flowing uphill - so cool!
these rapids here are created by the reverse of the current
After viewing the rapids, our group split up. Brodie and I wanted to go look at Fort Howe (which was at the top of a very steep hill), and the rest of the fam wanted to go downtown. Our hike up to Fort Howe was certainly an adventure!! We didn't realize there was a nice paved pathway on the other side of the hill. The only side we could see was the "ghetto" side (in the words of Brodie)
The only path we could see looked like this. . . but that didn't stop us
after lots of bushwhacking, we finally made it to the top!
Following Fort Howe, we explored downtown. We visited some historic churches and did some shopping! By the end of the day Brodie and I had walked over 12 miles
I was so excited to find Crunchie bars!! This is my favorite candy from New Zealand, and I didn't know that Crunchie is also sold in Canada!
When we got back to the ship we participated in the mini golf competition! Dad scored 1st place with Brodie in 3rd place.
another towel creation - an elephant!
