Thursday, September 16, 2010

It is still a grey cloudy day, but we arrive at King's Landing near Fredericton, New Brunswick with hopes that the rain will hold off until we have had a good look at this historic settlement. And, indeed, it did - we had to run from the gift shop to the RV after we had had a good look around and heard from the many docents in costume and in character about the various shops and homes they were in. Most of the buildings date from 1830 - 1880 and were moved here when a dam was built along a tributary of the St John River threatening many historic farms, homes and businesses. We learned a lot from the carpenter shop, print shop, grist and sawmills, and the farm wives baking pies and making stews over open fires. With only a few visitors because of the off-season, they were happy to take their time to talk with us. We had a substantial lunch at the King's Head Inn with local meat and veggies in the tortierre and the chicken pies. At the end of the day we drove to Upper Gagetown, near the Canadian Forces Base and stayed at the Coy Lake Campground.

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