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Travelling to the far north
The day began with a drive around Acadia National Park with its numerous scenic overlooks: of a sandy beach (the only one in the area), a thunderous blowhole, various rocky points and, the highest part of the island, Cadillac Mountain. Three cruise ships were in today and again made for a beautiful scene on this glorious day.
We then set out on the long drive up the rocky coast of Maine towards the Canadian border. The churches here ...
Digby scallops but no whales
We explored Port Royal - the original French settlement from 1608 which was destroyed by the English colonists from Virginia in 1616. The site has been reproduced in great exactness and was very interesting. Port Royal was later rebuilt where present-day Annapolis Royal exists. Crossing the river from Granville Ferry there was a tidal energy project which provides energy ...
Finally to Nova Scotia
... south a short ways to Nova Scotia. Now we were on the other side of Fundy Bay and the tidal effects were very similar. Burnt Coat on the north shore of NS has had tides in excess of thirty feet. We drove the scenic north coast for a while and stopped at Windsor on the St Croix river. This is home to quite a few wineries and we managed to find one still open - Blomiden Estate. Of course we tasted the wine and bought a couple of bottles. We ...
Won't you take me to......CharlotteTOWWWWN
... bed there was where you would pee/deuce into at night. I can see many a marriage going down in flames after father folds a fresh one into a small ceramic jar right before bed. This would have made every Jane Austen story waaaaaay better.
We got into charlottetown in time to grab a quick bite ...
Whale watch attempt 2 - failed!
... spent the best part of an hour posting the Wolfville entry with some photos. I could tell JB was getting restless, so I left the rest of the posts for a later date and we drove back to the cabin for sunset. Once sunset was over JB returned to the cabin but, still being full from our seafood lunch, we only had a light snack before settling down to our regular night time pursuits of reading by torchlight (JB) and listening to an audiobook on the iPod (me). I think we might be getting ...