What a weekend! Today (Monday) was a provincial holiday (New Brunswick Day) and as such a day off work. I decided to take last Friday off as a vacation day giving me a long, loooong weekend.
Friday was a day for chores. I had been putting off staining the deck boards out back all summer. I got up early to beat the sun and stay in the shade as I worked around the deck with the stain. Friday afternoon: Grocery shopping.
But Saturday is when the fun started. Up early and off to Petitcodiac for a run on the four-wheelers. It was a run organized by a local ATV club. Roughly 65 machines hit the 115 km ride, weaving through the trees and tearing up the mud. We always enjoy four-wheeling regardless of the weather or the location. We got back and cleaned up by about 7:30 at night. Donna was passed out on the couch and I was passed out in the chair when my phone rang with an invitation to go playing pool with a couple of buddies. Up and out the door to play pool, returning just before 1 am.
Sunday morning we got a call from some other friends asking if we were interested in going for a drive, a hike and a picnic down around St. Martins. We hadn’t been to St. Martins in several years. What used to be an interesting beach with shorelines eroded by millenniums of the world’s highest tides is now a beautiful groomed hiking park on the Bay of Fundy coast. It was mostly driving, a fair amount of eating, and just a little bit of hiking, but a wonderful day. We topped it off with a fattening meal at the Irving Big Stop Restaurant in Salisbury, an over-sized ice cream cone from Kings Cones and a cold drink of rum in the screened gazebo on our back deck. Another day full from start to finish.
Monday… totally vegged out and did nothing. I think I’ll sleep well tonight.
That’s it. Our weekend in a nutshell. Click the picture for more photos of our hike in St. Martins.
P.S. Happy Birthday Sharon. Happy Birthday Uncle Pat.
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