Tidal Bore Truro N.S., Canada

What is a Tidal Bore. Well at most places along the ocean shores, high tides occur regularly every 12 hours, 25 minutes. In the open ocean the tide only rises and falls a fraction of a meter. However, in most V-shape bays and inlets the tide enters the broad end and the water literally "PILES UP" as it moves up the bay. At the very head of the bay this advancing tide becomes a wave varying from just a ripple to several feet in height and this wave continues in and up the rivers which empty into the bay. This wave is referred to as the "TIDAL Bore". You can see this wave coming in around the corner in the photos. Water keeps coming in until tide is high.

Peggy's Cove and Lighthouse

According to legend, Peggy's Cove was named after the only survivor of a schooner that ran aground and sank in 1800.... a women named Margaret. Local folk called her " Peggy " and her home came to be known as Peggy's Cove. The original lighthouse was built in 1868. Scottish bagpiper playing for the tourist.

Swissair Flight 111

On the way to Peggy's Cove, N.S., we stopped by the Swissair Flight 111 Memorial. Peggy's Cove and Blandford , N.S. were central to the recovery operations following the crash on Sept. 2, 1998

Lunenburg, N.S.

Here we are in Old Town Lunenburg, Nova Scotia down on the South Shore. This is a very nice town and harbor to walk around and explore. We had lunch at the Old Fish Factory and then drove across the harbor to get a better view of the town.

Entry Road

So when you turn off the highway going down this road to campground (you hope) for 3/4 of a mile on single land road with a river on one side with a good 4 knot current. When should you get nervous ???? Well of course we made it. These are just a couple of shots of the road. We did not meet anyone on the road and are hoping to have same luck on the way out. Towing the car we can not back up !!!

Lobster boat and catch

So after the Light House we headed about 10 miles down the road to visit Ballantyne's Cove Tuna Interpretive Center to learn about the life of the Bluefin tuna and the Bluefin Tuna Catch and release Boat Tours. Guess what. They hadn't open for the season yet. We walked around the wharf looking at the boats. We noticed this green Lobster boat coming in, so we drove over and watched them unload their catch and talked with them for awhile. They were the ones we saw from the light house. They brought in 191 lbs. of lobster. The large one weighed 6 lbs. Then we walked down to this beach area an looked for some sea glass and drift wood. We only found some small drift wood pieces. While at the wharf (where they unloaded the catch of lobsters) we visited with a young couple (they were the two who were weighing and packing the lobsters from the boats, to take to the Lobster pound)they were so interesting. Very Scottish, red hair, blue eyes, Scottish accent, a little hard to understand. We swapped stories about the difference between our Lobsters and their Lobsters. She is the one holding up the large Lobster in the photo. What a lovely afternoon.

Trip to Cape George Light House, N.S.

Here are some photos of our car trip to Cape George light house. There were some very nice views from the light house. Notice that green lobster boat, we met the Capt. and the crew down at the Wharf later.

Just outside RV door

Looked out the door this morning and sitting up in tree right across from us was this big Bald Eagle looking on the bay.

Northumberland Ferry Trip

Today we got up and drove from Cornwall, P.E.I. to Woods Island P.E.I. to pick up the Northumberland Ferry. It will take us across the Northumberland Straight to Caribou, Nova Scotia. The ferry ride was a 75 min trip. As you can see it was rainy cold and windy, seems to be an every other day event. When we disembarked we had a 45 min. drive to campground. Taking the ferry saved us about 3 hrs. of driving in the rainy weather.

Cornwall / Charlottetown KOA P.E.I.

Here are some photos out our front windshield and some of the campground. Another beautiful day 65 deg. and clear right now

Downtown Charlottetown,P.E.I.

Today was a beautiful day. Sunny & clear light breeze 62deg. We visited downtown Charlottetown. The stainless steal sculpture of a Blue Fin Tuna was very good. The scales are made of spoons. They had other sculptures through out the area. We visited the St. Dunstan's Basilica and it was very impressive. Finished off the day with lunch at The Lobster on The Wharf with P.E.I. mussels and a cup of lobster bisque.

Prince Edward Island

Here are some more shots of Prince Edward Island landscape and some gift shops and their items.

The Sea and Wind

It's just amazing what the Sea and Wind can do to the shore line when it gets rough. Up here no one builds close to the water like they do in Florida. Because of the erosion up here Prince Edward Island looses an average of 1 meter of shoreline annually. All the shoreline is natural. No one comes along and spends government money on bringing in sand just to wash out again.

Site # 2 enough is enough !!!!

Well the same story early today. This wind can be wicked. Went up the office to see if we could move and they said yes. We drove around and found a nice spot with some trees to stop the wind, so we unhooked and moved over to the other side of campground on the beach. There are trees behind us and then the beach area. A couple of spots away from us is a pathway leading to the beach. HAPPY CAMPERS again.

Twin Shores Campground, Darnley,Prince Edward Island

Well here we are on Prince Edward Island at Twin Shores Campground. As you can tell there are not a lot of people here. This was our first site. Last night was our first night and it blew about 25 to 30 gusting a lot higher. The way we were facing at about 4:00 a.m. we had to get up and pull the full wall slide in to keep from tearing up the slide cover. This was also our first sunset. It's all fun and games until the wind starts to howling and the slide cover starts slapping.

Light House

This Light House is on it's own island just off the point of the mainland. The first picture is the steps leading down to the cut. The second picture is the water flowing thru the cut at high tide. Then you can see the steps up to the Island Lighthouse. We never got over to it because high tide just set in.

Lunch in Lubec, Maine

We ate lunch today at a nice waterfront restaurant and watched the fog roll in and then it just rolled back out. Today is one of the nicest days since we have been here.

Roosevelt Campobello International Park New Brunswick, Canada

We visited FDR family summer cottage on Campobello island. The cottage was filled with family mementos. Next door was a friends cottage( Hubbard Cottage).

Sunset Point RV Park, Lubec, Maine

Here is the RV Park and some views we have.

Tides

Here are some low tide then high tide photos of Eastern Bay from our campsite. Sunrise here is damn early, 4:52 a.m. and the sunset is 8:09 p.m.

Drive through Acadia National Park

On our drive through Acadia National Park there are scenic overlooks. We stopped a spot called Sand Beach walked down to check it out. On the way back to the car I noticed someone climbing the mountain wearing a florescent jacket. Along down the road we could see these lobstermen pulling their traps.

View from Cadillac Mtn. Bar Harbor, Me

There is a walkway that goes 4/10 of a mile around one side of the mountain. Elevation is 1,530. It was a cloudy day, 47 degrees and the wind was blowing about 20 from the North, so it wasn't the best day to be there. But then again it was not that crowded.

Our drive up to Cadillac Mtn. Bar Habor, Me.

Today we decided to take a ride up to Cadillac Mtn. Bar Harbor, Me.

The Coast and Harbor at Kennebunkport, ME.

Kennebunkport shoreline and harbor. The whale watching boat only looks about half full but it was windy and pretty cool. We have not done that yet.

Bush compound Kennebunkport, ME.

This is the Bush compound. We had our binoculars and could see Barbara Bush sitting on the wall. It looked like the boat and some people on the dock were trying to upright the little floating dock. That was really something to watch they never succeeded. I was looking through the binoculars at the man in a blue shirt on the right side of the house and he was looking back at us with his binoculars. I started waving to him as I was looking at him but he was not too friendly. The boat helping with the dock sped off and the name on the side was Protector. Jeb Bush is building a house on the compound. It will be the largest house and cost 1.4 million.

Caverns at Shenandoah Valley, VA

When we arrived at the caverns a large group had just finished up their tour. We had to wait about 10 mins. for the next tour. We lucked out and Clare & I were the only ones for the next tour. I'm glad we brought jackets because it was 50 degrees. Some of the Stalactites hanging from the ceiling looked like slices of bacon. The deepest part of the cavern is 200 ft. below the surface. This is definitely something to see if you are ever in the area.

Mt. Jackson, VA

We went out hiking and exploring today and came across this covered bridge, glad we were not in the motorhome. On the way back to the campground we ran across these old abandoned buildings.

Shenandoah Valley Campground in MT. Jackson, VA

This is where we stayed in MT. Jackson VA. The Shenandoah Valley Campground had very nice level sites and as you can see not very busy. The campground is only two years old and family run. Very nice park will come back here. Found an excellent butcher shop D&M Meats. They raise their own beef (grass fed) very good.

Old Salem, NC

Drove car to Old Salem visitor center. Bought tickets to go into old historic area. This allowed us to tour the historic homes that were open to the public. A lot of the old historic homes are private residences. This is like Williamsburg but larger and better guides. Had lunch at an Old Tavern in town. Later in the day the place was over run by school field trips.But it was time for us to leave anyway.

Clemmons, NC ( Winston Salem area)

We are staying at Tanglewood Park and RV Campground. Asphalt parking pad, pretty level lots of high trees for shade. This is a city run facility with two golf course, horse trails, hiking trails. Two fenced dog parks one for small dogs and one for large dogs. You can only stay here 14 days a month. Very nice park and area.

77th Annual Blessing of the Fleet

We started our 2015 trip in Brunswick, Ga. on May 6 with our Good Sam Chapter, Palm Coast Traveling Sam's. Everyone met at Coastal RV. Resort. There were 12 RV's that showed up. We all had a great time eating, drinking and doing some sight seeing while there. The weather was great while we were there. Our hosts did a great job feeding all of us. While we were there a group of us went to the 77th Annual Brunswick Ga. Blessing of the Fleet. Which took place at Sidney Lanier Park in Historic Downtown Brunswick on  Sunday May 10, 2015. There was entertainment along with food and arts & craft vendors in the park. There were 20 boats that joined the procession that passed by the fishing pier to be blessed by a Catholic Bishop that was on board a anchored fishing boat. He blessed each boat that stopped  by briefly.
 Below are some of the photographs.