Adventure 527: The Prelude Continues: Enter Boston to St. Stephen, New Brunswick

Who among us can cast the first stone?

After a simply delightful and spiritually uplifting visit to the Standish Cabin on the Boulder River, we spent a busy week at home preparing for the next leg of this year's adventures. We shut down the garden. I winterized Davey Boy, the sailboat, with the able assistance of my first mate, Liz Ulmen. I boxed up Judy's bike and all of our bike gear and sent the package off in the able hands of the Mr. Brown (UPS). Judy shuttled the Drouins to their flight to Boston on Tuesday. Liz shuttled us the next morning. We arrived safe and sound at Boston's Logan airport, took ground transportation to John Logue's home in Braintree, where we spent the night. We joined the morning rush of traffic through Boston, and now, after six hours of driving we find ourselves in St. Stephen, New Brunswick. As my cousin, Douglas, often says, "It's good to be us." Thanks once again to traveling mercies, I managed to drive us here without incident. We enjoyed a fabulous dinner on the waterfront of St. Stephen, looking fondly at our home country across the river. We have another long day of driving before we reach our real destination in Nova Scotia, where we'll spend most of the next two weeks. We're traveling once again with our good buddies, the Drouin's with whom we've broken down enough barriers to share a hotel room if we desire. So, basically, life is good, especially today.

 Two buddies, arm-in-arm once again.

 My view of the soft Massachusetts morning as I practiced the form.

 Our host, John Logue's humble, yet welcoming, abode.

 Boston's morning traffic.

 Libby's market serves the best lobster roll in Maine.

 I could eat a dozen, but only had one today. 

 A bit later, Mrs. Drouin opened the galley for olive bread served with peppers, ham and cheese. 

 Happy we are to take a rest at the Winsome Inn.

 Here's a couple of winners.

 The view down river from our table at the Five Kings Brew Pub. 

 The USA in the distance.

 We shared a house salad. Fresh greens with pickled red onions and cherry tomatos, tossed with a tart vinaigrette, and topped with toasted cashews.

We shared the Mussel Bowl: mussels, ramen noodles, colorful peppers, and a lemon grass, coconut milk broth. Simply and surprisingly exquisite.