We have had 2 and 1/2
beautiful days in Eastport, Maine. We are at the eastern most city in the US. It is a quaint fishing village and is just across the bay from Canada. We can see the bay from or coach and the tide changes are very dramatic here. It comes in a 5 feet per hour and when it is out the area really looks bad, but when it is in, it is beautiful. We came through Pembroke, Maine, which is halfway between the equator and the north pole. We have been to the East Quoddy Lighthouse a couple of times, one when the tide was in and you can't walk to it then, and once when the tide was out, and Bill went up and down the ladders and across big boulders to get to it. Dianna and I watched the whales in the bay while he got all hot and sweaty getting to the light house. This light house is in Canada on Campobello Island. We also went to the West Quoddy Lighthouse, which again you cannot get on the rocks to see it from the front until the tide is out. Again Bill did his rock climbing act to get the photos. While we were in Canada, we went to see Franklin D. Roosevelt's summer cottage. He was three when he first went there with his parents. The flowers here are spectacular. We really enjoyed it and the house, of course, is huge. This has 34 rooms, 18 are bedrooms and 6 are bathrooms. It has 6 fireplaces and while he lived here there was no electricity. This is the house in the picture. The time in Canada is Atlantic time, which means they are 1 hour faster than we are. We also went to Michais, which is the Blueberry capital. They were having a festival and we drove through, but as most places here there was no place to park. So we went to the Blue Bird restaurant and ate and, of course, had Blueberry pie. It was wonderful. The waitress then told us where we could go to get fresh blueberries. It was a working blueberry far. They use a rake to pick the berries. This is a very back breaking job as they are low to the ground. This farmer had pattened a picker that could be used by a tractor and also a machine for cleaning the rough off the picked berries. We bought blueberries and froze many of them. This farm has 45 acres of wild blueberries. Today we went to Calias, which is at the border of New Brunswick and Maine. We will head up there tomorrow and on to Nova Scotia. We have had wonderful weather. It is the hottest it has been here for quite a while, 84. There normal temperature is low 70's. We have had a wonderful time here and seen many little villages and lobster fishing is one of the main occupations here. We regret that we will be out of cell phone range for the next two weeks, but hopefully we will find internet access.
beautiful days in Eastport, Maine. We are at the eastern most city in the US. It is a quaint fishing village and is just across the bay from Canada. We can see the bay from or coach and the tide changes are very dramatic here. It comes in a 5 feet per hour and when it is out the area really looks bad, but when it is in, it is beautiful. We came through Pembroke, Maine, which is halfway between the equator and the north pole. We have been to the East Quoddy Lighthouse a couple of times, one when the tide was in and you can't walk to it then, and once when the tide was out, and Bill went up and down the ladders and across big boulders to get to it. Dianna and I watched the whales in the bay while he got all hot and sweaty getting to the light house. This light house is in Canada on Campobello Island. We also went to the West Quoddy Lighthouse, which again you cannot get on the rocks to see it from the front until the tide is out. Again Bill did his rock climbing act to get the photos. While we were in Canada, we went to see Franklin D. Roosevelt's summer cottage. He was three when he first went there with his parents. The flowers here are spectacular. We really enjoyed it and the house, of course, is huge. This has 34 rooms, 18 are bedrooms and 6 are bathrooms. It has 6 fireplaces and while he lived here there was no electricity. This is the house in the picture. The time in Canada is Atlantic time, which means they are 1 hour faster than we are. We also went to Michais, which is the Blueberry capital. They were having a festival and we drove through, but as most places here there was no place to park. So we went to the Blue Bird restaurant and ate and, of course, had Blueberry pie. It was wonderful. The waitress then told us where we could go to get fresh blueberries. It was a working blueberry far. They use a rake to pick the berries. This is a very back breaking job as they are low to the ground. This farmer had pattened a picker that could be used by a tractor and also a machine for cleaning the rough off the picked berries. We bought blueberries and froze many of them. This farm has 45 acres of wild blueberries. Today we went to Calias, which is at the border of New Brunswick and Maine. We will head up there tomorrow and on to Nova Scotia. We have had wonderful weather. It is the hottest it has been here for quite a while, 84. There normal temperature is low 70's. We have had a wonderful time here and seen many little villages and lobster fishing is one of the main occupations here. We regret that we will be out of cell phone range for the next two weeks, but hopefully we will find internet access.
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