When we get to the end of our trips, our only thought is to get home as fast as we can. So, this time, instead of retracing our steps back though Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, we decided to take a ferry from western Nova Scotia to Maine.
Category Archives: 2008
Long-eared Owl in SAP – December 24, 2008
We had a Long-eared Owl sitting on one of the balconies of our building a few days ago.
Journal for December 20, 2008
We’ve been having very wintry weather lately – lots of snow and cold temperatures. I didn’t walk much for a few weeks because of the deer hunters, but now they’re gone and I can walk wherever I like.
Tidal Bores
This is the second part of the story of the tides around the Bay of Fundy. But this is specifically about tidal bores – an unusual tidal phenomenon that only occurs in a few places in the world.
Atlantic Coast of Nova Scotia
The south shore of Nova Scotia is along the Atlantic Ocean and it’s quite different from the Bay of Fundy.
The Bay of Fundy
The Bay of Fundy is between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, and is known for its unusually high tides. Tides in the Atlantic Ocean are only 3 or 4 feet high. But the Bay of Fundy is a long narrow bay, so the water sloshes back and forth – like the water in a bath tub – and the tides there are much higher – between 40 and 50 vertical feet.
Northern New Brunswick
We spent a few days in northern New Brunswick, waiting for Hurricane Kyle to move through. Kyle was heading up the Atlantic coast toward Nova Scotia and we didn’t think our camper could survive the high winds of a hurricane.
Journal for November 25, 2008
It’s been beautiful – as usual – at the farm, and I’ve been busy with projects, but it’s less interesting to take pictures these days. The landscape is all brown!
Quebec
We stayed for a few days at a wonderful park on the Gaspe Peninsula – the long peninsula that sticks out into the ocean along the south side of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec.
Northern Wisconsin to Ontario
We started our trip with a visit to Richard in Ashland, Wisconsin.