A Busy Weekend on the Bay of Funday

Someone once said that you can’t see the Bay of Fundy too many times. Maybe that was Elder and Sister Foley. This time there was more work involved and less partying. We did get a few glimpses of the Bay but this trip was mostly work.

Bay of Fundy from St. John

As part of our assignment to oversee missionary apartments, we had to make a two-day trip toSt. Stephen, New Brunswick to finalize a rental apartment for a new senior couple being assigned to work there. St. Stephen is on the Bay of Fundy opposite Calais (pronounced ‘Callus’), Maine. The drive down the bay was very pleasant.

Kitchen of the new couples' apartment

On Friday Bishop Doskos and his wife, from the St. Stephen Ward, were a huge help to us. They not only found an apartment for us to look at, but they dropped their kids off at her parents' house and spent several hours with us. After getting the apartment taken care of, they took us across the border to Calais to help find furniture. As we crossed the St. Croix River from New Brunswick into Maine, we were excited about setting foot again on US soil. The river is especially scenic. We crossed back in the evening when the sun was setting and saw some great views of this peaceful river.

Border crossing into Maine

St. Croix River

Another view of the St. Croix river

We then took the furniture to Sister Doskos’ parents' home to store until we can get it moved to the new apartment. We next visited Elders Jensen and Tagg, the two elders working in St. Stephen, and were pleased with how nice they had their apartment. On Saturday after we finished buying furniture for the apartment, we drove to Houlton, ME to buy cell phones for our missionaries working in Houlton and Caribou, ME (we are also in charge of phones in the mission). The 90 mile trip to Houlton was especially scenic as we passed through the Grand Lake area. We were able to meet Elders Hill and Tongish in Houlton and see their nice apartment.

Elder Tongish and Elder Hill

Elder Foley at the Grand Lake lookout

After we finished our work, we met with the Lindquists, the senior couple living in St. John, New Brunswick. They have been so kind in helping us inspect and set up apartments. We went with them to St. Andrews, New Brunswick for dinner. It is sometimes called "St. Andrews-by-the-sea." It is very quaint and peaceful. We had a lovely dinner overlooking the bay.

Restaurant on the Bay

Store in St. Andrews

Downtown St. Andrews

Beautiful Old Aldonquin Hotel in St. Andrews

We finished dinner about 7:00 pm and decided to drive back to Dartmouth which is a five-hour drive. We were bone-tired by the time that we climbed into bed at 1:30 am. We were pleased with what we accomplished and the wonderful people that we met in spite of the effort that it took.