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Frank's 2006 summer vacation – Part 3

I spent a week in July on vacation with my friends Moof and Jen. We went to New Hampshire, Maine, and Nova Scotia. Here are some highlights.

So here are the results. 40 pictures.

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Part I: New Hampshire
Part II: Lighthouse and Park
Part IV: Digby and Acadia National Park
Part V: Acadia National Park

Lunenburg and the Bluenose II

Lunenburg is a cute little harbor town with some art galleries and similar stuff. I was expencting something more "looney" (what can I say, the name sounded like Looneyburg to me).

[The harbor at Lunenburg]

[The harbor at Lunenburg]

[The harbor at Lunenburg]

The first shot is looking out across the water from the dock by the Bluenose. The second two shots are looking back to Lunenburg from across the water.

[On the dock at Lunenburg]

[The Bluenose II]

[Moof and Jen watching the Bluenose II]

The Bluenose was a famous racing ship back (a schooner to use a nautical term that sounds like a made-up word) in the first half of the 1900s. Eventually it retired from sailing, and eventually was shipwrecked off Hati in 1946. In the 1960s, a replica was built, the Bluenose II, but it was intended never to race (and damage the reputation of the original). It is a tour boat.

The first shot is on the dock by the Bluenose II watching another ship get hosed down. The second shot is of the life presever on the Bluenose II. The third shot is of Moof and Jen watching the Bluenose II head off on a tour.

[The Bluenose II]

[The Bluenose II]

[The Bluenose II]

The Bluenose II leaving the dock at Lunenburg, off for a cruise of the area.

Mahone Bay

En route from Lunenburg to Peggy's Cove, we stopped briefly at Mahone Bay.

[Mahone Bay]

[Church at Mahone Bay]

Mahone Bay is probably best known for three churches that sit next to each other on the edge of the bay. Very picturesque and it is a popular postcard image. I only took a picture of one of the churches.

Peggy's Cove

Peggy's Cove is a nifty little small fishing village in Nova Scotia. They are known for their lighthouse, and have a small post office in the lighthouse, so the stamps on letters and postcards sent there will have a lighthouse on the cancellation stamped on it. It's a pretty area.

[Boscawen Inn]

[Boscawen Inn]

[Boscawen Inn]

The room I stayed in in the Boscawen Inn in Lunenburg, NS.

[Lobster traps in Peggy's Cove]

[Peggy's Cove]

[Peggy's Cove]

Peggy's Cove is a little fishing village. Reminds me of places I've seen in New England.

[Peggy's Cove lighthouse]

[Peggy's Cove lighthouse]

[Frank and the Peggy's Cove lighthouse]

The lighthouse at Peggy's Cove, with Frank in the shot. Lens flaw very visible in the first shot.

[Frank and lighthouse]

[Warning sign]

Another of Frank by the lighthouse. And a sign that was on some rocks that reads:

WARNING
INJURY AND DEATH
HAVE REWARDED CARELESS
SIGHT-SEERS HERE
THE OCEAN AND ROCKS ARE TREACHEROUS
SAVOUR THE SEA FROM A DISTANCE
Seems pretty hard-core, no nonsense.

Another shot of the lighthouse from a distance and the worker painting it.

[Peggy's Cove lighthouse]

[Painting Peggy's Cove lighthouse]

They were painting the lighthouse while I was there. In the first picture, a guy on a swing kind of seat is being supported by someone holding the rope, which is attached to a pulley. In the second, you can see how weather-worn the lighthouse is. The rocks are cool. The ones in the first shot look like a large tortoise to me.

Tidal Bore, Nova Scotia

A tidal bore is a weird phenomenon where a single wave travels upstream. Stopping at the "?" place near Wolfville, there was a sign that indicated the times of the high tide, low tide, and tidal bore. Turns out the bore was going to occur in 25 minutes, and they had a map of where to go, which was about 20 miles away. We followed the directions, walked to a small bridge over a creek and waited. There were some other people there waiting for something too.

Eventually, I had to ask, "So...we haven't missed...it yet?" The woman next to me said no. After a few moments of uncomfortable silence, I then asked, "So...what IS it that we're waiting for?"

It happened within a few minutes, and I took a few pictures.

[Tidal bore]

[Tidal bore]

[Tidal bore]

At first, there was nothing to see, just the stream. Then, we started to hear the sound of stirring water.

[Tidal bore]

[Tidal bore]

[Tidal bore]

Then, a wave could be seen slowly working its way upstream. Maybe it was moving a foot every second or so. And beyond it, the water was a little more disturbed, but not that much. Along the edge of the bank, mud was kicked up as the bore passed us. It was odd. Not a huge event, but the fact that it was happening at all, and could be predicted, was weird, yet fascinating.

[Tidal bore]

[Tidal bore]

Two more shots of the tidal bore approaching.

Wolfville and Look Off, Nova Scotia

Wolfville was a nice little town we stopped in overnight, after seeing the tidal bore. The next day, as we drove towards Digby, we wanted to check out the Bay of Fundy, as well as the view of the valley from Look Off. But it was a foggy, misty day, so no view was viewed.

[Room at the Blomidon Inn]

[Room at the Blomidon Inn]

[Room at the Blomidon Inn]

Pictures of my room at the Blomidon Inn in Wolfville.

[Bay of Fundy]

[Look Off lookout]

[Look Off lookout]

In the morning, we walked by the Bay of Fundy. We couldn't see anything. So we continued out to Look Off, which is a place that looks off into a valley, 600 feet below. As Ash from Evil Dead might say, "There were only two things we could see there: Jack and Shit, and Jack left town."

[Looking off at Look Off]

[Looking off at Lookoff]

[Lookoff]

I continued to try to look off out of Lookoff, but we were in the clouds. The third picture is of a little store at Lookoff.

Low tide at Halls Harbor, Nova Scotia

Halls Harbor is a small little fishing...well, it's more like a dock than a town. They get extreme tides, +18 feet (6 meters) difference between low and high tide. We got there just perhaps an hour after low tide.

[Halls Harbor]

[Halls Harbor]

[Halls Harbor]

The boats are pretty low, although the channel goes almost dry at low tide.

[Boats in Halls Harbor]

[Boats in Halls Harbor]

[Boats in Halls Harbor]

More boats tied up at low tide in Halls Harbor.

[Upstream of Halls Harbor (left)]

[Upstream of Halls Harbor (right)]

[Upstream of Halls Harbor]

Looking upstream a bit, it was almost dry. And the tide was coming back in, so it was actually wetter than it had been. The first two pictures are panoramic of a sort, and do mesh together.

[Halls Harbor 'dry dock']

[Halls Harbor dock at low tide]

[Halls Harbor]

Docks at Halls Harbor. The first shot shows the launching ramp which is completely dry. The second is looking at the downhill slope to the docks. And two other boats in the inlet.

[Mist in Halls Harbor]

[Mist in Halls Harbor]

[Mist in Halls Harbor]

It was a misty day, and the mist was constantly changing. It was neat to watch as the visibility changed from moment to moment.

[Halls Harbor]

[Halls Harbor]

[Halls Harbor]

The first two shots form a panoramic view of the dock opening up onto the harbor. The last shot is one across the inlet. A sign by the pier says "Danger drop off" as it is all dry below. Kind of neat to see, especially knowing it'll be completely water-filled in a few more hours.

End of Peggy's Cove and Tides

Part I: New Hampshire
Part II: Lighthouse and Park
Part IV: Digby and Acadia National Park
Part V: Acadia National Park

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