After leaving Ellsworth, ME on Monday noon, we crossed the border at Calais without incident and arrived in St Joseph, NB where we stopped for an early dinner and look around. It’s a nice little town and we found a restaurant that had an eclectic menu. There were items from many different ethnicities and all sounded good. We continued on to St John and arrived before dark at the ferry terminal. Was expecting the trip to be longer but after playing with the grandkids for 3 days, we were ready for some down time. We decided to just spend the night at the terminal after okaying it with the staff. We watched the 8PM Digby ferry leave then later there was a departure at 11PM. We were scheduled for the noon departure and settled down for some movies and snacks and a dusk walk on the beach. There were some kids having a drunken bonfire on the beach and had an undisciplined large dog so we didn’t spend much time there.
The next morning we lined up in our assigned line at the front of the row as we were the first to arrive. Soon the parking lot was full and loading commenced. We were surprised when every other row boarded the ferry, even the 18-wheelers were getting on. We were stuck with a few other overheight autos. The loadmaster came over and explained it all had to do with the height and we would be loaded appropriately according to the ferry deck space. Although we were nearly the last ones loaded, we were nearly the first ones off, so that made up for the long wait. Stopped at the tourist info center and got maps and guides shortly after we got off. Then drove right in to the Digby Campground and found a spot near another Roadtrek from Ontario. Nice campground within walking distance from town.
We looked in a few gift shops then found a nice restaurant with an outdoor deck and had some of the famous Digby scallops. Delicious as I remembered them from 10 years ago. Lila then had to explore the sailboat docks. It was interesting to see the ramp down to the docks had a flat surface for half of it and a stairway for the other part. When the tide is in you can use the ramp part, but when it is out you need the steps. There is a nearly 30 foot difference between the high and low tides,
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