A-touristing we did go - Part II

Day 2 of our journey in NB:

Sunday, we awoke early and got on our way - first, though, stopping for a hearty breakfast at the Broadleaf Guest Ranch, which was, in a word, scrumptious! Every Sunday they host an all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet... so we certainly lucked out, being a Sunday and all. Aside from the ladies room smelling like a horse barn, our visit there gets 5 stars. We ate enough to tide us over for the entire day. The buffet choices looked entirely homemade, complete with biscuits & jam, 3 choices of juice, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, French toast, hashbrown casserole, Dutch apple baked French toast, along with more "lunch-y" choices, like garden salad, vegetable stew, chop suey, macaroni & beef casserole... I'm sure I'm forgetting something... and that was the first table - further on down the line, there was a full dessert table - a selection of homemade pies, fresh fruit and whipped cream. DIVINE. I'm sure we ate enough to feed a small country. If you're in the area, you must get to this spot - try to wait til a Sunday morning :).

With full bellies, we began the day's journey at the Hopewell Rocks - Unfortunately, it was 'high' tide when we arrived, and 'low' tide would have been after the park closed for the day, but it was still a sight to behold, nevertheless. When I say "high" and "low" bear in mind that it takes 6 hours to fill or empty the area, so even though it was during a 'high' tide time, the water was already starting to recede between looking from the top lookouts to reaching the bottom of the stairs to the ocean floor. The different rock formations, shaped by erosion were very, very cool. We took many photos, and walked thru the information centre. I hope to go back sometime to see a full 'low' tide.

After the rocks, we then headed toward Alma, stopping at a covered bridge for pictures (a kissing bridge - first time I'd seen one). We kept driving around, looking at the scenery, and found a gas station that sold Timothys coffee, so stopped for one. From there, we spotted a sign for a studio -Town's End Studio & Gallery advertising fine art photography, so Chris wanted to stop. The sign indicated, "open by appointment or by chance" - witty! Unfortunately, Brian, the photographer ,was out shooting, so we missed chatting with him, but we did pick up a few note cards with his work on them.

Tune in tomorrow for a conclusion of our journey :)