The Summer continues in part II

The continuing saga of our adventures around the Maritimes.

By Ron Scott July 4th, 2010

Day Five: June 30

Third day of VBS was awesome! The kids are really getting the hang of the songs. In the afternoon we rested, and in the evening we traveled into Moncton so Alec could play floor hockey in the gymnasium of Hillside Wesleyan Church with his college friends.

Day Six: July 1

Day four of VBS was excellent, however in the afternoon I began to feel sick with a head cold. A local family took us to the Hopewell Rocks, where one of them worked as a guide. I would have enjoyed them more if I wasn’t feeling so bad, but they were still really nice. In the evening we spent some time at the Salisbury Big Stop to catch up on email and Facebook, then we went to Petitcodiac with some teens from the church to see the Canada Day fireworks.

Day Seven: July 2

Alec was sick as well today. However, It was the last day for the Lewis Mountain VBS program so we still had to “go to work”. It went very well! Stephanie (a teen volunteer) and I were soaked with water and covered in whipped cream afterwards, as a reward for the kids who raised over $150 for missions. In the afternoon we took down all the decorations and made an attempt to put the church back to normal, then rested at the house.

Day Eight: July 3

We woke up feeling somewhat better, but still full of cold. We spent the morning packing up, doing laundry, and making necessary phone calls. After lunch we said goodbye to the Burgess’s and left for Keswick. We met Pastor Jon and his wife in Fredericton and went to their house for the night – it was definitely a highlight to be playing XBox with them.

Day Nine: July 4

We attended church in the morning at Keswick Baptist, then went to our next billet’s house, on a farm just a mile or two from the church. Our hosts, Freddie and Ethel, are pretty cool people. I got put in a room with a bunch of awesome stuffed animals, including Fozzie from the Muppets. Very cool beans. The temperature was in the 30′s celsius today, which wasn’t fun, but thankfully there’s a pool next door. Awesomesauce.

Tags: keswick, summer, traveling