Thursday, July 18, 2013

Hopewell New Brunswick

 
 
 
 
30 feet low sea level  high tide goes to the top of the whole on the third  picture
 
 
 








Hopewell New Brunswick


raveled 140 miles to Hopewell Cape, New Brunswick, on Fundy Bay tides runs 45 feet, changes 6 feet an hour. Tomorrow a side trip 38 feet below sea level when the tide is out. Wi-Fi is poor . Alma Harbor the truck hauling gravel to level areas for boats to park



Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Ferdericton New Brunswick


 
Pictures are from the last 1/2 yesterday and the first 1/2 of today. Had chance to kayaking New Brunswick are staying in the capital of the province's morning and went to City Hall and a walking tour of down  downtown Fredericton, lunch downtown restaurant. Kayaked in the St. Johns River/Lake influenced by the tides.  Saw the changing of the guard.





provincial capitol building(they call it the legislature)


Every time this family had a child they added to the house with the latest style of building notice no corner is the same.





 


Sliced beef brochette
 


 


 Fruit smoothie made with fresh fruit.
 

Monday, July 8, 2013

Belfast Maine


Move 70 miles up the coast to Belfast Maine beautiful area my RV is right on the beach 71ft from water's edge 75 ft above high tide. Was able to kayak the tide was going out. Now kayaked in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

















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Saturday, July 6, 2013

Phippsburg Maine


Today was 200 mile road trip to visit Dorothy failed to take any pictures check out Sandra’s blog for pictures. Yesterday Boat tour of the seven lighthouses 3 1/2  hours; departing Bath (Maine Maritime Museum) on Kennebec River, the Atlantic Ocean returning by the Bath River and inland waterways (saltwater). On the trip shipbuilding (red a destroyer under construction), river lighthouses, harbor seals, Osprey nest, sailboats, the fort (boat view) ocean lighthouses. The buoys you see are marking lobster traps around the sailboat near the light house; they were everywhere (800).

Ocean ride video going out the bar (river meets ocean) once in the open ocean smooth ride.

A video on the river

A video in the Bay


There were models of the wooden ships that had been built


Bath Iron Works-General Dynamics Shipbuilding--- destroyer (red) being constructed in dry-docks .


Full-scale replica of the largest wooden ship built in the United States was built in this shipyard


Boat used for light house tour








Bath Iron Works-General Dynamics Shipbuilding