SARA AT KEJIMKUJIK PARK-MY FAVORITE PICTURE-WHAT A BEAUTIFUL GAL |
USE THIS MAP TO FOLLOW OUR TRAVELS-YARMOUTH AT THE TIP TO WOLFVILLE ON THE LEFT TOP SIDE |
THIS WAS ONE OF THE TWO FERRIES USED TO GET TO THE WHALE WATCH AT BRIER'S ISLAND |
ONE OF THE WHARFS ON THE WAY TO THE WHALE WATCH |
AN ABANDONED FISH FACTORY ON THE WAY-NOTICE THE LOBSTER TRAPS ALL IN A ROW |
THE WOOD OF MOST BUILDINGS IS WEATHERED FROM THE SALT AND SEA BREEZES |
THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF ATLANTIC SALMON GROWING TO MARKET SIZE IN THESE FISH WEIRS |
A FISH SHOP ON BRIER'S ISLAND HAD OYSTERS, SALMON, THOSE GIANT SCALLOPS, HADDOCK, CRAB, LOBSTER AND COD JUST TO NAME A FEW.. |
IT IS A SEAFOOD LOVER'S PARADISE |
SARA LOVED THESE PJ'S WITH LITTLE WHALES ON THEM |
DON LOVED THE SEAGULL ON THE ROOF |
THIS WAS OUR WHALE WATCHING BOAT COMING OUT TO GET US AT THE WHARF |
THE SCENERY OUT TO THE WHALES WAS AWESOME |
OUR FELLOW WHALE WATCHERS WERE EXCITED TO SEE THE FIRST FIN |
SARA ON THE WATCH FOR WHALES |
DON WAS ON THE LOOKOUT TOO |
SARA SAW THE FIRST ONE |
SOME FELLOW WHALE WATCHERS WERE TOO SEA SICK TO SEE ANYTHING |
THE FIRST FIN BREAKS THE WATER-SARA SAW IT |
THE HUMPBACK APPROACHES THE BOAT ALL 40 TONS |
THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER HUMPBACK |
THE WHITE PATCH IS THE WHALES MASSIVE CHIN |
CAN YOU TELL WHY THEY CALL THEM HUMPBACKS |
IT WAS RIGHT NEXT TO THE BOAT=WE COULD HEAR IT SQUEAL AND ALMOST TOUCH IT |
HOW IS THAT FOR CLOSE |
THE WHALES SEEMED TO LOVE TO PLAY WITH THE BOATS |
WHAT AN AWESOME CREATURE |
WE COULD HAVE WATCHED THEM FOR HOURS |
TWO OF THE HUMPBACKS LINED UP IN A ROW NEXT TO THE BOAT |
THAR SHE BLOWS.......WE GOT WET AND COULD SMELL THE FISHY BREATH |
AT ONE TIME THERE WERE THREE IN A ROW |
THIS ONE LOVED SARA |
GOING UNDER THE BOAT CHIN UP |
THE WHALES GAVE US A FINAL WINK |
ONE LAST WAVE TO THE CROWD |
AND THEY HEADED OUT TO SEA-WHAT AN EXPERIENCE |
THE GUIDE SHOWED US THE WHALE 'S BALEEN-IT IS USED TO SIFT OUT THE TINY SEA CREATURES FOR FOOD |
BY THE TIME WE HAD RETURNED TO THE DOCK THE TIDE HAD DROPPED OVER 28 FT LOOK AT THE RAMP IT WAS FLAT WHEN WE LEFT |
WHAT AN INCREDIBLE TIDE YOU HAVE TO SEE IT TO BELIEVE |
OUR GRAVEYARD GUIDE ALAN MELENDSON WAS DELIGHTFUL AND SO ACADIAN.... |
SARA GOT HER OWN LANTERN |
IT WAS A FULL MOON-WHAT GREAT TIMING |
ALAN HAD A SPOOKY STORY AT EVERY STOP |
MOONLIGHT SHONE ON THE MANY GRAVE STONES |
WE ALL LOVED THE TOUR |
ALAN FINISHED WITH STORIES OF THE ANNAPOLIS ROYAL'S MOST FAMOUS CITIZENS |
JAKE'S DINNER WITH ALL THE TRIMMINGS |
THIS DINNER IS THE FAVORITE OF SO MANY IN THE MARITIMES |
THIS WAS RAPPIE'S PIE MADE IN THE RV BY DON.....GOSH IT WAS GREAT TRY IT |
A BOAT AT ANNAPOLIS ROYAL AT LOW TIDE-IT IS AMAZING THAT THEY DON'T FALL OVER |
THE BLUE BERRIES AT THE FARMER'S MARKET WERE SO FINE |
SO WERE THE FLOWERS |
THE FARMER WAS SO PROUD OF HIS WARES |
REG AND HIS BOAT-HE WAS SO PROUD |
BINDING THE SEAMS ON REG'S BOAT-WE TALKED TO THIS GUY FOR AN HOUR |
THERE WERE WORKMEN EVERYWHERE PAINTING AND SCRAPING |
THESE ARE THE GATES THAT TRAP THE WATER AT THE TIDAL GENERATING PLANT |
THE SURGE IS INCREDIBLE AND VERY DANGEROUS-ONE SLIP AND YOU DROWN |
ANOTHER PICTURE OF THE TIDAL SURGE |
HIGH TIDE AT ANNAPOLIS ROYAL |
LOW TIDE FROM THE SAME LOCATION WHERE DID ALL THE WATER GO? |
HIGH TIDE AT FUNDY BAY |
LOW TIDE AT THE SAME PLACE-WATERS EDGE IS A QUARTER MILE OUT TO SEA |
SARA LOOKED FOR SHORE BIRDS FEEDING AT LOW TIDE OFTEN |
AT LOW TIDE THE WHARFS SHOW THEIR SKELETON |
ONE OF THE MANY MANSIONS OF ANNAPOLIS ROYAL |
THE MANSIONS ARE USUALLY BED AND BREAKFASTS |
WE LOVE THIS ONE |
THIS B&B IS THE MOST FAMOUS-QUEEN ANNE AND THE MOST EXPENSIVE |
MANY OF THE OLD MANSION WERE BEING RENOVATED |
IMAGINE HAVING TO PAINT THIS ONE |
THE PARK AT KEJIMKUJIK WAS SO RELAXING |
THE WATER WAS CRYSTAL CLEAR |
WE LOVED THIS LITTLE FOOT BRIDGE ON OUR WALK ALONG THE RIVER |
THE FALLS SO BEAUTIFUL |
THIS ACADIAN FLAG WAS A 12 FOOT WORK OF AMAZING ART |
SARA SPENT HOURS LOOKING AT THE EXHIBITS AT THE ACADIAN MUSEUM |
A MODEL OF THOSE AMAZING DIKE BUILDERS |
THIS IS A MODEL OF THE DIKES BUILT BY HAND BY THE ACADIANS TO HOLD BACK THE SEA WATER |
IMAGINE DIKES SEVEN MILES LONG, ALL BUILT BY HAND, SOME OVER 18 FT HIGH AND STILL HOLDING BACK THE WATER TODAY |
MAP OF THE SCATTERING OF THE ACADIANS DURING THE GREAT EXPLUSION |
THIS SCENE CAPTURES THE DESPAIR OF THE ACADIANS DURING THE GREAT EXPULSION |
WE FOUND THIS TINY CHURCH BUILT ON THE DIKE OVERLOOKING THE MEADOWS AND FIELDS LIKE A SENTINEL |
SARA LOVES THE INSIDE OF A CHURCH ANY CHURCH |
THERE ARE MANY ARTISTS AND CRAFTSMEN IN THE ANNAPOLIS VALLEY |
WE LOVED THIS CHAIR BUT IT WOULDN'T FIT IN THE RV |
THE CANADIANS ARE PROUD PEOPLE AND FLY THEIR FLAG |