Saturday, August 21, 2010
Day 5 - Ahhhhh Vacation
Today was booked as a quiet day. Sleep in, leisure breakfast, watch the porpoises and seals off the coast, explore the lobster ponds on the island, and the kids played with the other children in the campsite. A great day to dig into some of the books we brought along and enjoy yet another glorious, sunshiney day. Ahhhh, vacation!
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Day 4 - Adventure!!!!
Being typed as I sit overlooking Passamaquoddy Bay from our campsite, on the morning of day 5. Yesterday we again woke to glorious sun, and Mark and I wandered around the shore since we could no longer sleep...that fog horn...no so quaint at 5 in the morning! We enjoyed watching the sea life and the fishermen, and I even saw, what I would later learn was a porpose jump!
We had breakfast, put on long pants, socks, shoes, and shirts, packed sweaters, coats and gloves, and headed out (!?!?!?!) We were going to go WHALE WATCHING! We arrived just in time to watch the 9:30 ferry pull away from shore. Oh, the stresses of living by ferry time! Fortunately, it runs every half hour, and we have given ourselves enough time so we could just enjoy the sun and the shore until the next one. We had a quick lunch and walk around town, and then boarded the Jolly Breeze for our adventure. Here's a picture of the ship:
And the seals we saw:
And the Finbacks we saw. They are huge!!! (40-80 ft long) and break the water so slowly and gracefully. Beautiful!
We also saw many proposes, but they were too quick to get pictures of.
They did a great job keeping the kids busy, dressing up as pirates:
Driving the ship:
and showing them various sea creatures:
For extra excitement they even drove over a rope, which got caught in the propeller. Called another boat over to try to pull it out, and then finally called over a scuba-diver who was finally able to free us! All that for no extra charge!!!
We met up with my cousin's daughter Allissa, who is working at the Fairmont Algonquin for the summer. After pizza and ice cream it was time to head home...a long, memorable, enjoyable day!!! (and yes, we wore almost all of the extra clothing we brought along...the winds get VERY chilly on the Bay of Fundy...even when the temp on shore is in the high 20's!)
Sorry...the pictures are taking too long...will wait for a rainy day...maybe...
We had breakfast, put on long pants, socks, shoes, and shirts, packed sweaters, coats and gloves, and headed out (!?!?!?!) We were going to go WHALE WATCHING! We arrived just in time to watch the 9:30 ferry pull away from shore. Oh, the stresses of living by ferry time! Fortunately, it runs every half hour, and we have given ourselves enough time so we could just enjoy the sun and the shore until the next one. We had a quick lunch and walk around town, and then boarded the Jolly Breeze for our adventure. Here's a picture of the ship:
And the seals we saw:
And the Finbacks we saw. They are huge!!! (40-80 ft long) and break the water so slowly and gracefully. Beautiful!
We also saw many proposes, but they were too quick to get pictures of.
They did a great job keeping the kids busy, dressing up as pirates:
Driving the ship:
and showing them various sea creatures:
For extra excitement they even drove over a rope, which got caught in the propeller. Called another boat over to try to pull it out, and then finally called over a scuba-diver who was finally able to free us! All that for no extra charge!!!
We met up with my cousin's daughter Allissa, who is working at the Fairmont Algonquin for the summer. After pizza and ice cream it was time to head home...a long, memorable, enjoyable day!!! (and yes, we wore almost all of the extra clothing we brought along...the winds get VERY chilly on the Bay of Fundy...even when the temp on shore is in the high 20's!)
Sorry...the pictures are taking too long...will wait for a rainy day...maybe...
Day 3 - Chips and Chocolate!!!!
Today we woke up to beautiful sun and warm temperatures. Warm enough that Devin, Shannon and Mark went for a quick, refreshing dip in the Upper Kent River. Brent and I sat and watched them shiver.
We packed up and headed out around 10:30, and arrived in St. Stephen at 1:30. The trip down was lovely, climbing our way through the hills/mountains of NB. We made a quick stop at “Potatoe World” but decided to forgo the tour and just buy some “Covered Bridge” chips...NUMMY!!!! We were going to by pass St Stephen, but still needed to find a spot to stop for lunch, so we headed downtown to the tourist information center. The down town was lovely. AND it calls itself the Chocolate Capital of Canada, because Ganong has its factory there. Of course we had to sample a few. Here the kids are trying to pick their favorites. DOUBLE NUMMY!!!!!!
We arrived just in time to catch the 4:30 ferry to Deer Island. We stopped here as a family when we came out East in 1979. I must ask Dad why he chose to come here as it is quite off the beaten path. (yet the path looks rather beaten!) Although rustic it is quite quaint and we look forward to exploring more of the island on Thursday. Tonight we took a short bike ride, skipped some stones, collected some shells and squished some seaweed (just like I remember). Unfortunately it was an hour away from high tide when we arrived so the children haven't seen the full extremes yet, but that will come. They have tasted the salt though! Off to sleep, lulled by the sounds of the waves and the fog horns.
We packed up and headed out around 10:30, and arrived in St. Stephen at 1:30. The trip down was lovely, climbing our way through the hills/mountains of NB. We made a quick stop at “Potatoe World” but decided to forgo the tour and just buy some “Covered Bridge” chips...NUMMY!!!! We were going to by pass St Stephen, but still needed to find a spot to stop for lunch, so we headed downtown to the tourist information center. The down town was lovely. AND it calls itself the Chocolate Capital of Canada, because Ganong has its factory there. Of course we had to sample a few. Here the kids are trying to pick their favorites. DOUBLE NUMMY!!!!!!
We arrived just in time to catch the 4:30 ferry to Deer Island. We stopped here as a family when we came out East in 1979. I must ask Dad why he chose to come here as it is quite off the beaten path. (yet the path looks rather beaten!) Although rustic it is quite quaint and we look forward to exploring more of the island on Thursday. Tonight we took a short bike ride, skipped some stones, collected some shells and squished some seaweed (just like I remember). Unfortunately it was an hour away from high tide when we arrived so the children haven't seen the full extremes yet, but that will come. They have tasted the salt though! Off to sleep, lulled by the sounds of the waves and the fog horns.
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