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Road Trip 2017

First Stop...Senoia, Georgia...town of the Walking Dead...we saw the WALL and Safe Zone!

Nic and Normans restaurant

First Stadiium.....Auburn Tigers....

Heisman Drive

First Overnight stop...Lake Martin, Alabama

Russell Park at Lake Martin Entertainment

Boat Cruise with the Nolls

Thank you Chris and Susan for the hospitality,

Visiting Friend for lunch in Dothan Alabama....Dillon, local television personality

The Duffie Oak in Mobile Alabama

Largest Rocking chair in th world at Gulfport, Mississippi

Katrina high water mark on I10 overpass in Mississippi

Abita Mystery House near Covington, Louisiana

A large Palmetto Bug wearing his July 4th garb

Another Tiger stadium, this time LSU

Geaux Tigers

Baton rouge restaurant known for the Hallelujah Softshell Crab

Hard to see, but Pink birds are watering along side I10 in western Louisiana

We just love animals

Of all types?

San Jacinta Monument outside Houston

Built in honor of the Texas Revolution

15 feet taller than the Washington Monument

Arrived in Houston with view of Freedom over Texas stage in far center of picture

Making new friends

Kids stage at celebration

Look familiar?

Another stage

Hunter Hayes then DNCE

Have you heard Cake by the Ocean and what does that mean?

Houston Texans NFL Stadium

Looked for South Carolina's Jadavian Clowney

Mission National Park

San Antonio, Texas

The Alamo

Lunch at the San Antonio Riverwalk

Hard to see, but 750,000 bats flying out for nightly feeding in Austin, Texas

Texas State Capital

University of Texas

Longhorn Stadium

University of Texas Bell Tower

Texas size couch potatoes

Mural in Austin

Great Barbecue at Terry Black's

Texas style...beef ribs

Bicycle Art work

Bicycle stands, saw some that were guitar and musical notes too

Riding thru the Texas Hill Country we saw "Fat Ass Vineyard" and many other wineries.

Judge Roy Bean was quite a notorious character

with an obsession for actress Lillie Langtry.

He named his saloon and renamed the town in her honor.

This is where Judge Roy Bean served drinks and his kind of justice in this very building!.

Jersey Lilly cactus garden Century Plant, we saw one blooming on the road

and many of these blooming cacti on the roadsides..

We drove very close to the Mexican border, west of the Pecos/east of the Rio Grande

We even saw a road runner on the side of the road (not in picture, too fast!)

Fort Stockton Texas is a stop on Interstate 10

and is known for its Historic Fort, not far from Comanche Creek

and Paisanos Pete, the worlds largest roadrunner

On our way to Carlsbad Caverns, two coyotes and 10 Jack Rabbits crossed our path

Quick stop at Guadaloupe National Park

Beautiful Guadaloupe Mountains Park even has sand dunes

Toured Carlsbad Caverns

Etchy walked the entire trail

Then on to Roswell, New Mexico, hunting for Roadrunners and Aliens

The Hangar where they took the crashed Aliens and Spaceship

Similar smile?

Museum Displays

We hoped to see a spaceship, but at McDonalds?

Leaving Roswell headed to Alamagorda, New Mexico

Galloping Horses Sculptures

at the museum in Ruidoso

On the Billy the Kid National Scenic Byway

The area is also the home of Smokey the Bear.....

and this bear!

Does this image remind you of two people you know?

Heading toward Alagamordo, New Mexico

Home of the largest Pistachio in the world. (notice the Roswell tourist with her glasses)

Now this is a nut....

Have you heard of the thousands of buried Atari ET games...

It was here they were recovered in 2014, be sure to watch the doumentary on Youtube.

Next stop the White Sands National Monument

We are familiar with sand dunes, but between mountain ranges,

and comprised of Gypsum.

The dunes move up to 12 to 15 feet a year.

Then on our way to White Sands Missile Range Museum.

We saw numerous dirt devils.

It was really HOT when we arrived in Las Cruces, New Mexico

This roadrunner is sculpted completely from trash.

View of Las Cruces

Heading West on Interstate 10

Fragile Rocks on the side of I 10

A must stop on I10, The THING?

Jack rabbit feeding

This is what all the hubbub is about.....

A little creepy, huh?

Then on the road again

To the OK Corrall at Tombstone

Stagecoach Rides

OK Corral Exhibits

The Gunfight site

It was AT the OK Corral

And the last stop here, Boothill

Pina Airplane Boneyard

Diablo Burgers, rated the #1 burger joint in Arizona! (as good as it looks)

Entering Saguaro National Park

Then on our way to Phoenix

Place in Mesa, AZ where grandparents retired to back in the late sixties.

Lost Dutchman monument in Apache Juntion, Arizona

Ghost town near Superstition Mountains

In the Superstition Mountains where the Lost Dutchmans mine is located....

Oh where, oh where could that Gold be?

Canyon lake

Tortilla Flats, just another pretty face?

Artwork in the mens room at Tortilla Flats

if you climb on the saddle, be ready for the ride

Having lunch while riding on saddles!

Canyon Lake in the Superstition Mountains

First Stop Arizona Cardinals Home Stadium

The field was out when we were there!

These are the red rocks in Phoenix

No one standing in the hole....

There is Etchy in the Hole in the rocks!

Etchy looking down at the car.

trail up to the hole in the rock

Stopped at Long Wongs for lunch, a Phoenix landmark

Pretty good wings....

that is what they are known for.

Then Carefree Arizona, notice the rock, its one of their landmarks!

The Carefree area has a lot of Saguaro Cacti,

Including the largest one in the world "Champion Saguaro", on a trail nearby.

Carefree is also known for the largest Sundial in the world, and it is accurate!

Worlds Largest Kokopelli, native indian symbol found in many petroglyphs

Montezuma's Castle in Northern Arizona

See the workers in the background in the castle, it shows the scale to Etchy

This was matriarchal culture, Grandma called the shots

Foundation of Pueblos in Montezuma's Castle National Monument Park

Entering the Red Rocks Scenic Drive through Sedona

Walnut Canyon National Park

Distant Rainstorm in Northern Arizona

Meteor Crater off I40 in Northern Arizona

At the Eagles location in the song "Take it Easy"....

"Well, I'm Standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona and such a fine sight to see

It's a girl my Lord in a flatbed Ford slowin' down to take a look at me"

Headed from Holbrook, Arizona

on the Old Route 66 to

Petrified Forest National Park

Route 66 Old Motel, Globetrotter Cottage

Deserted Fort Wingate on I40, most recently an Army Depot

On the way to Albuquerque

But first a stop in Grants, New Mexico

Then the Petroglyph National Monument

Then on our way to Santa Fe

Miraculous Stairway in the Loretto Chapel

Downtown Old Santa Fe on the original Santa Fe Trail

Oldest Church in USA, San Miguel Church

And the Oldest House in the United States

And Burro Alley, where the locals used to park their Burros while visiting adult watering holes.

State Capitol government buildings area of Santa Fe

On our way from Santa Fe to Taos

To Taos Pueblo, the oldest continuously occupied housing in the country.

They filmed the start of the movie Easy Rider at Taos Pueblo

Rio Grande River Gorge

Was a gorgeous ride through the Taos Plateau

Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve

Etchy climbed some of the dunes

Next stop Fort Garland in Colorado

On the road again to Colorado Springs

Dinner in Colorado Springs at The Airplane Restaurant

We had dinner with cousins (Bob & Crystal Allison) in the airplane

Bob and Crystal piloting the aircraft after dinner

Leaving Colorado Springs

Mile High Stadium, home of the Broncos

Lunch in Paxton, Nebraska at Oles Gamehouse

Buffalo Bill Cody's Scouts Rest Ranch

in North Platte, Nebraska

The corral at the Scout's Retreat Ranch

Notice the Annie Oakley heart at the top of the eave

Her trademark was a bullet hole in an Ace of Hearts Card

Old Sod House on the property

Spring House where they kept food stuffs stored

The largest Plow in the world at the Sod House Museum, Gothenburg, Nebraska

Interstate 80 Archway Museum in Kearny, Nebraska

The Platte River in Kearny Nebraska and sod house in the distance.

On the way to Omaha we saw the largest Covered Wagon in the world

And in Lincoln, the Nebraska Cornhuskers stadium

And a teapot water tower outside Omaha

Being a Gamecock fan, just had to stop by the new ball field where the USC baseball team

won the first NCAA title after it opened and also won the last NCAA title at the old ball field

In Sioux City we learned about Sgt Floyd, the only casualty of the Lewis & Clark Expediton

He is buried close by at his own monument

And we stopped by to see the ground of Trinity Heights

Beautiful scultptures in serene gardens; Mary, Queen of Peace

and a 33' sculpture of Jesus.

And on the way to Spencer we saw many wind turbines in the corn fields

In Iowa cornfield, James Cook Centenial Farm coming up on left

James Cook Farm in Clay County, named FARVUE, razed by tornado in 2013

Used to have a lot more rockwork, home & out buildings including large trees and rock barn

These are the entrance rock work, all that is left after the tornado

This is the large rock wall on the south end of the homestead.

Found this large duck on our way to Westbend grotto

Built by a single individual with a little help, this Grotto in West Bend, Iowa

It is often called the Eighth wonder of the world

On our way to the outskirts of Clear Lake, Iowa

On Gull Avenue, to the right of "Where the Music Died"

The Buddy Holly glasses mark the entrance to the path to the site of the plane crash.

Here is the memorial built at the site of the plance crash on a snowy February day in 1959

Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper lost their lives after the performance

Cook residence in Spencer, Iowa where they grew, harvested and bottled horseradish sold with a Cook label.

Cemetery on 4th Street. Placing flowers on Aunt Mimi and Uncle Toto's gravesites

Their names were Clarence and Melba. He was also called "Cookie"

Mari Lu Larson, Grandad (Dale) Cook's sister's (Maxine) youngest daughter.

Okoboji Classic Car Museum

Area where they restore vehicles

In residence artist has built and painted a facade of Grand Avenue in Spencer, Iowa

Next to the Sinclair Station is Cook's Cleaners, Owen Cook's (grandfather's brother) business

There is also a section painted to resemble old Spirit Lake and an outdoor movie theater.

The Spencer Public Library where Dewey Readmoore Books lived. He became world famous after the librarian wrote a book on his life at the library. He was originally dumped into the night book depository on a very, very cold winter night.

Had dinner at Tweeters at Lake Okoboji with cousins & saw play at Okoboji Summer Theater, "On Golden Pond".

Bought a shirt at Tweeters, named for the Iowa Hawkeyes!

In Spencer a great lunch buffet at Godfathers Pizza then taco night at Silver Hammer.

On the way to Wisconsin we saw the Jolly Green Giant at Blue Earth, Minnesota

HIt a few storms on the way

Then stopped at the Northfield, Minnesota History Museum our distant cousin robbed.

Jesse James and the James-Younger Gang robbed the First National Bank in 1887

Clell Miller (Cook 5th cousin) part of the gang was shot & killed (age 26) during the holdup

We visited the museum and got a tour of the actual bank

Headed to Minneapolis and dropped by the Minnesota Vikings Stadium

Crossed the Mississippi River on our way to Green Bay

Next to the Packers Lambeau Field, we ate at Kroll's West, a local hamburger landmark. Thrilllist says they have best burgers in Wisconsin. Cheeseburger with onions, ketchup, pickles and butter! Was pretty good. Etchy had a side of cheese curds!

On the way north to Lake Superior, we stopped by the theoretical 45th parallel

The Peshtigo Fire Museum, mass grave, and memorial remembers the tragic forest fire that swept through the area and killed hundreds

It got very little coverage as it happened on the same night Ms O'Leary's cow started the Great Chicago Fire.

Stopped by Loopys II for duck wings

We also found the accurate 45th parallel marker

The town in Michigan shared a smile with us

And around Gladstone we found a bird, mosquito, and pig sculptures in a field.

Went through Trenary, Michigan, home of the annual Outhouse Classic races each winter

We are staying in Christmas Michigan at the Christmas Motel

We found the Scott Falls just across the street from Lake Superior

First thing this morning we found the Bay Furnace Park, old smelting iron furnaces

Then we took the Shipwreck Tour out of Munising on Lake Superior

The boat had two glass bottom observation areas

We got to see the Bermuda which was shipwrecked next to Grand Island, Michigan

Then we got to see some pictured rocks and caves on the Grand Island shore

We could all see the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

This is the East Channel Lighthouse on Grand Island, kayakers were in the area

These are some of the Pictured Rocks on Grand Island

Then we took a short Hike to the Munising Falls

We drove to the Sandy Pointe Beach Area in the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

Found a "small" bird's nest at the Museum

Then Etchy hiked to the Miners Falls

We visited Miner's Castle on the Pictured Rocks shoreline

And drove in and around the Hiawatha National Forest

We took the short hike to Wagner Falls

We also stopped at the Alger Falls

We left Christmas after 2 nights.

but we had a pasty before we left.

On the way to St Ignace, we stopped by the Seney National Wildlife Refuge

They had an assortment of old signs made into benches

Not quite the buffalo we met on the road at Yellowstone

Found lunch at a place along the northside of Lake Michigan

Then we stopped to tour the Mystery Spot tourist trap. It was interesting,

but we decided it is mostly an optical illusion, but may have a gravitational pull.

This is the view from our hotel room, this is lake Huron with Mackinac Island in the distance.

We had dinner at the Pub & Grub in St. Ignace.

We took the Ferry over to Mackinac Island

Was a Mighty Mac run so we got to see the bridge from underneath on the way to the island

The bridge connects the Upper and Lower Peninsulas of Michigan

We are on Lake Huron and once we go under the bridge will be on Lake Michigan

They are in the middle of a lead paint abatement project and once removed are repainting

This is the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island from the Ferry, they are known worldwide and the porch with rocking chairs is over two football field long. At the hotel everything is Geranium, including the flowers along the entire front porch, the carpeting inside and all of the soap/shampoos in the rooms have a geranium scent.

This is the lighthouse on another Island close to Mackinac Island

This is a view of the old fort on Mackinac Island

We took the Carriage tour around the Island and flowers are everywhere.

Horses are the main transportation since no motorized vehicles are allowed on the Island

As you can imagine, the smell of horse Manure is everywhere.

This is the arch rock on Mackinac Island left by a receding glacier

The elevation of the island is around 900 feet

Looking out over the cliffs, the view of Lake Huron were beautiful.

The water is very blue and clear.

This is one of the carriages we rode

Etchy met Jake, one of the horses

A lot of people rent bicycles so you have to be really careful when you walk on or cross the roads

We toured, ate, and shopped in the small town area where the ferrys arrive and depart

A lot of people have a T-Shjrt in their future

On the return ferry, we sat on the top deck and enjoyed the gorgeous day and scenery

We learned that you will either smell geraniums, fudge, or Manure at all times during your visit!

We stopped by Castle Rock just north of Saint Ignace

Chippewa County Courthouse in Saulte Saint Marie, Michigan

View of Saulte Saint Marie, Michigan as we cross the bridge into Canada

View of the Soo Locks from the bridge between Lake Superior and Lake Huron

Waterfront at Salte Saint Marie, Canada

Bushplane Museum

This is type of plane used at Lake Lure Wildfires

Stopped by Hold cow Dairies

Largest Baseball in the world

Fish sculpture

Man versus Moose....the Moose won!

Soo Locks on the Canadian side now used only for recreational traffic

On the American side, this is first of two ships we saw passing through the locks.

We ate at the Antler Restaurant....Etchy made some friend?

It was featured on A & E during one of the Ghost Hunting TV shows.

The restaurant decor includes over 200 types of taxidermied animals and various type antlers all over; theres even a Jackelope.

Old water tower in Saulte Saint Marie Michigan near Lake Superior University

Crossing the Mackinac Straits on the Mightly Mack bridge, 5 miles long

We headed to Hemmingway's Petosky area where he spent his childhood summers

And time after he returned from World War I

This is the building where he played billiards and we think probably drank a bit

Many area landmarks were the inspiration for Hemmingway stories

Hemmingway stayed at the Perry Hotel

Petosky waterfront on Lake Michigan

The visitors center that was the train station that Hemminway would have used

This is the old Carnegie Library

This is the old boarding house where Hemmingway stayed upon his return after the war

We got a Petosky stone on the beach here

This is the Horton Bay General Store where Hemminway frequented during his childhood summers, and also isthe inspiration and mentioned in one of his stories.

The Hemmingway Heirs still own the Walloon Lake residence

CANADA FOR 12 DAYS

Paul Bunyan at West Branch, Michigan

On the way to Canada, we passed by Flint Michigan, could not resist taking this photo

At the Steer and Moose in south eastern Michigan

First Stop in Canada was Port Stanley on Lake Erie

We dined at Mr. G's on the Port Stanley Beach, local Lake Erie Perch & chips

This is a tribute to Jumbo, and Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey elephant hit by a train here in the late 1800's.

Railroad Museum in St Thomas, the railroad capital of Canada

Downtown Port Stanley, Ontario

We went to Port Hope to Olympus Burger

This was rated as the best burger in Canada

We stopped by Coburg Beach on Lake Ontario

Then we stopped to see the Largest Apple in the world

Notice who is waving from the top.....Etchy

Then we stopped by Kingston on the Northeast end of Lake Ontario

And we stopped by Fort Henry, which is next door to theCanadian Royal Military Academy

Then we arrived in Ottawa

This is the Fairmont Hotel in Ottawa

And as luck would have it, we are here for the 150th anniversary summer celebration

This was the weekend of La Machine, two robotic animals from France

The first is Long Ma, a 32 meter high dragon

We also got to see the summer celebration on the front of the Parliament Building

We had breakfast at the Aulde Dubliner at the Byward market, aka Marche By

This is the US Embassy in Ottawa

Canadian History Museum with Grandaddy Long Legs Spider sculpture (with spider eggs)

Notre Dame Cathedral in Ottawa

The back of the Parliament building from the park

The Ottawa River from the park

Looking down on the Byward Museum by the Locks

Watched two pleasure craft enter the locks

Here are boats entering the locks from the other end

to pass thru these locks is $0.90 per foot of boat length per lock. there are five locks shown here so a 20 foot boat cost 5*0.90*20 = $90 to pass one way.

It took these two pleasure boats over an hour to make it through the five lock gates

Tourist can walk across the lock gates when closed

The locks are drained during the winter and the city side freezes and they use it as a skating rink during the winter months!

Parliament building during the day

The year of the 150th celebration. July 1 was the big Canada Day celebration

This is Kumo, the large Robotic Spider and the second La Machine roaming Ottawa

The crowds were huge and each robot is followed by a small orchestra playing wonderful music

9 guys were riding just underneath the body of spider steering all the moving parts

Both La Machine's shot out steam. Long Ma from the mouth and Kumo from the back

Here is a good view of the handlers riding just underneath the body of Kumo

And the orchestra following on the three vehicles behind

We stopped by a very well done War Memorial. Sad that this is where a soldier lost his life in the terrorist incident just a few short years ago. He is buried here.

Arriving in the Quebec City Area

Took the ferry from Levis to the Old Quebec City

We took the city tour in the Hop On Hop Off Red Double Decker Bus

We learned that there is a sculpture of Joan of Arc in a park here where they introduced Oh Canada, the national anthem. The Sculptor was Anna Hunnington, the same lady who built Atalaya on the coast of South Carolina and Brookgreen Gardens.

Cornee had salad and Steak tartare old style with green peppercorns

This was one of the buses we rode on the tour

This is the view from the village by the ferry, it was once the Irish area

today it is a lot of shops

Do not know french, but check out the title of this business?

A lot of tourists were everywhere, especially later in the afternoon

We left the city to return to the other side of the river

Disembarking in Levis, you can see the fountains being used by kids and adults to cool off

On the way from Quebec City to Riviere du loup, we saw these signs

We rode along the St Lawrence river

In Riviere du loup we stopped to se lPiloup, this seal was the mascot of the first provincial Games of Quebec, held in Riviere-du-Loup in 1971

Then we turned right heading inland to New Brunswick

We started seeing these type of signs pretty quick and we stayed in Moose territory all the way to Fredericton.

We stopped at Grand Falls in New Brunswick, they even had a zip line

There were beautiful rock formations and below the dam was a wonderful river gorge

Went by Hartland to see the longest covered bridge in the world on the Saint John River

We stopped by Nakawic, crossing the Saint John river, to see another landmark

The largest axe in the world (note Etchy standing under the head of the axe)

The town is on the Saint John river with a wonderful waterfront

We headed toward Nova Scotia and stopped in Moncton, New Brunswick at Magnetic Hill

You put your car in neutral and it backs up by itself up hill for about 100 yards...really amazing!

Etchy observed some of the youth in Moncton, just prescious

We stopped at the visitors center to learn about the Fundy tides in the area

We visited Shediac on the northeastern coast of New Brunswick

With a very interesting attraction,

a lobsterman and the largest lobster in the world

Cornee had us on another dirt road trying to view the Prince Edward Island bridge

This one ran into the water on the west side of the bridge and you can see Prince Edward Island in the distance

Heading south west, we entered Nova Scotia

And found the Blueberry man at Oxford

And we found a Mastadon, Flintstone's car,

Flintstone's home, smiley face built into a hill,

45th parallel marker,

And a stone polar bear at a roadside attraction.

Not far away we found the real 45th parallel marker at the end of a dirt road in someone's yard.

We arrived safely at our hotel in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Stopped at Peggy's Cove and had breakfast admiring this famous lighthouse/post office.

A fog had set in at Peggy's Cove and we learned to not wish away the fog

Because it is free (can come and go as it pleases)!

That is Oak Island in the distance to the right

We thought this was as close as we would get to Oak Island

But we found the causeway and they have opened an Interpretive center just this year

We got to not only put a foot on the Island, we also got to see artifacts from the digs

The memorial to the six that have died. Legend says 7 will die before the treasure is found.

We drove through the lovely town of Mahone Bay

We visited Lunenburg, a UNESCO town on the southern shore of Nova Scotia

We drove around the Blue Rocks area. We found out a 1) Bluenose is a pompous person

or 2) A person from Nova Scotia

We headed back north across the island to Halls Harbour

We were on a quest to see the Fundy tides

On the way we went by Grand Pre on the Evangeline Trail

the area Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote about in his poem "Evangeline"

Then we stopped on the "Brow Road" at the Bromfild Lookoff

We found Hall's Harbour and the Lobster Pound

The tide was out and would rise around 30 feet in the next six hours

The harbour is named for a Pirate that once used it as his hideout

Etchy walked down into the Harbour where the boats were stranded until the tide comes in

Instead of walking in the pluffmud, I decided to taste the local fare

When in Rome?

This is the lobster cooker!

Etchy walked out to the shore of the Bay of Fundy at low tide

While Etchy was at the water's edge, Cornee saw a whale jump in the Bay of Fundy

Etchy took this picture from outside the harbour on the dry shore at low tide

This is a rock with damp moss on it. When they dry the moss turns green

We visited the Titanic Memorial Graves at Fairview Cemetery in Halifax

Caught a bus from Lady Hammond Street to the corner of Barrinington & Duke Streets

We made our way to the waterfront on Halifax Harbour

We walked along the waterfront and across the floating walkway

We toured the Canadian Maritime Museum, this is a Canadian mine

They had a great Titanic exhibit and an actual deck chair from the ship. This is a reproduction you could sit in, just could not do it!

On the waterfront they were having their annual Buskers Festival over Canada's Natal Day weekend. This is Silver Elvis

He was coin activated, would only do moves when someone placed money in the buckets

Look what happened when Etchy gave this Busker money!

And when Etchy gave" out of this world" busker a donation!

A Busker is a street entertainer and a lot of them gather for this event every year

Etchy watched this contortionist Busker on the boardwalk

Now watch what she does next

The box is 16 inch x 16 inch x 16inch.

Can you believe she is in that box and with a soccer ball

There was a regatta in the harbour and Etchy won a prize at the watergun game at the games and rides section of the festival

We toured the Maritime Museum, watch their Omnimax movie on a whale on the Bay of Fundy and toured this military ship docked in front of the museum.

From the deck of the HMCS Sackville you can see their permanently docked vessel you can tour.

We left Halifax and arrived in Moncton at the Bore Park to see the Tidal Bore

The Bay of Fundy Tidal Bore happens twice a day when the tide starts to come inland

We saw the Tidal Bore arrive up the Chocolate River at 9:42 am (was estimated to be 9:57)

This was the water level only about 40 minutes later, it fills very fast

This was a bird that sat on the rail on the stairway down to the Hopewell Rocks on Fundy Bay

You can walk on the beach around these rocks for three hours before and after low tide

The tide variance can be as much as 35 feet between low and high tides

After visiting the Bay of Fundy National Park, we found this graveyard on our way to Saint John, New Brunswick

Henry and Anne Cook arrived at Dalhousie New Brunswick from Ireland and settled in the South Branch area close to the Bay of Fundy

They were Baptist farming family whose children moved inland and some ended up in Spencer, Iowa. Cornee's mother was one of their descendents.

We made our way to the Saint John River's Reversing Falls.

When we first arrived, the tide was lowering, but the falls were not yet showing

As the water level decreased, you could see more whirlpools starting to show

Starting not far upstream on the other side of the bridges there is a four tier water fall (underwater) that drops around 200 feet just past the near side of the bridge

That is what causes the whirlpools and rapids to appear as the tide goes out

As the water continues to drop, the rapids and whirlpools increase on the surface

While we were at this offlook a heavy metal band was there for their album cover photoshoot

Its an amazing site at low tide, tomorrow we will see the river reverse at high tide when the Bay of Fundy tidal bore comes up stream and actually elevates the water level into the river up past the two bridges so that all of the rapids and whirlpools disappear and it appears the river changes it flow to upstream.


	The Park above Saint John's Reversing Falls





	Beside the reversing falls is a monument remembering 5 who died in a gas station explosion in 1974

	When we arrived at the bridge and visitor's center, the river was running in the opposite direction from yesterday





	we crossed under the bridge/road









	we also watched the Zip liners on the other side of the bridges

	This boat was waiting for the Slack Tide (lasts 20 minutes) to go up the river inland



	We drove along the coast outside of Saint John by Musquash Marsh to Chance Harbor, Crow Island and Dipper Cove


	We are in line to re-enter the United States, the border guy was floored all we had bought for 12 days in Canada were Tee Shirts. We did buy a new Car battery....that was how our day started, a dead battery.

	Our first stop in Maine was at the 45th Parallel on Highway 1



	Then we started to see the wonderful scenery on Highway 1



	We found Jim the Lobsterman



	We arrived in the Bar Harbor area and visited Acadia National Park















	This is the Sand Beach at Acadia









	And this is Thunder Hole. It only makes noise around 2 hours before or after high tide.

	It was Thundering when we were there!





















	We went to the TOP of Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park









	We got dinner in downtown Bar Harbour

	And more tee shirts!


	we started out on Hwy 1 again in Maine

	The Waldo-Hancock Bridge







	The climb begins up to the Owls Head Lighthouse





	Finally made it.









	View from the lighthouse







	Former state prison sight where the inmates made products sold at a local store

	remaining wall of prison

	pictures taken along the Maine coast on the way to Boothbay Harbour





	scenery at the Pemaquid Point Lighthouse, Maine





	Etchy walking out on the rocks....

	He made it to the cliff, but didn't jump

	Pemaquid Point Lighthouse


	View from our motel the Bay Cove Inn, Boothbay ME

	Walkway across the bay

	Lunch location



	Cornee's secretary when she was at Timplex in Atlanta

	Sherry and her friend Art

	Cornee's second Lobstah while up north

	Etchy's friend

	Boothbay Harbor

	Boothbay Harbor

	Boothbay Harbor

	Boothbay Harbor

	Boothbay Harbor

	Cove behind the motel with lady and her dog on a paddle board


	Etchy has decided he adores Whoopie Pies in Maine

	He got these pictures as we said goodbye to Boothbay harbour

	We met old friends for breakfast in Bath, Maine

	This is the new fountain with the Bath "Woman of the Sea" sculpture

	This is the Big F Indian in Freeport, Maine. We stopped by the LL Bean Flagship store first.

	We stopped by the Portland Head Light and from there we could see the Halfway Rock Light and the Cape Elizabeth Light.

	Another lighthouse in the area is now inaccessible. It is privately owned and was once bought by Bette Davis and her ex husband who was from the local area to be made into a vacation home. Locals told us they divorced before any of the changes were made..





	At the Portland Head Lighthouse, there is a memorial on the rock to a shipwreck of the Annie C. Maguire which smashed into the rocks on Christmas Eve in 1886.

	Henry Wadsworth Longfellow would sit on this rock and contemplate ideas for his poems and stories.







	The southern Maine coast is beautiful.

	This is the Cape Elizabeth Lighthouse

	We stopped in Scarborough, Me to meet Lenny.

	Lenny is the largest Moose completely made of Chocolate. even the pond he is standing in is made of white chocolate and blue food coloring. He weighs 1,700 pounds.

	eWe stopped by The 1879 Nubble Light at Cape Neddick


	Started our day by visiting the Washington - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow house in Cambridge.





	We then visited downtown Concord



	Recognize this Minuteman?

	The Minute Man National Park was great.







	Scene of the first skirmish at the Old North Bridge







	This is the Louisa Mae Alcott "Little Women" House.

	And this is Wayside, home to Alcott, Harriett Lothrop, and Nathaniel Hawthorne

	We also visited Thoreau's Walden Pond.



	The Lowell National Historical Park was very well done.

	Etchy was driving the Trolley (not really)

	And this is a picture of the Locks on the Merrimack river through town that were built to provide energy for the textile mills. They had a film that was very well done showing the rise and fall and now the rebirth of Lowell.


	Foxboro Massachusetts, Home of the Boston Patriots.

	Forefathers monument in Plymouth



	Plymouth Rock (1620) sits in the tide line under a granite cover and gets wet at high tide

	Plymouth Bay

	This was in the Pilgrim Park by the water

	Cape Cod National Seashore Park Visitors Center

	This is the Highland Lighthouse (formerly known as the Cape Cod Lighthouse)

	Etchy climbed inside to the top of the lighthouse

	View from the lighthouse, it is surrounded on three sides by a golf course

	View from the lighthouse

	View toward Nova Scotia (253 miles away) from lighthouse

	Llighthouse LED emits 5 flashes



	There use to be forest where the sand dunes are now.

	View from the Park Visitors Center near Provincetown







	This is the Pilgrim Monument in Provincetown

	Swimmers enjoying the beach on Cape Cod


	We had lunch at the White Horse Tavern after touring Newport Rhode Island, I was floored when my Lobster Mac & Cheese arrived. It was wonderful. This is the longest running restaurant in the United States.

	A sculpture in downtown Newport

	This is a Peter Toth Indian in southern Rhode Island



	This is the Granite Theatre in





	This is the Lighthouse Museum at duBois beach in Connecticut





	We had breakfast in Mystic, Connecticut

	This is a tribute to the areas famous Marathon Runner. It is called "Friends"

	And we stopped by Mystic Pizza





	In Bridgeport, Connecticut we stopped by to see Tiny Tim and

	PT Barnum's graves.


	Then we caught the Ferry from Bridgeport, Connecticut





	And arrived safe and sound at Fort Jefferson, Long Island


	Long Island Jones Beach

	You can see the Ampitheater in the distance

	They are lining up at the gate for the Jimmy Buffet concert

	We are inside the venue and this is the view from out seats

	This is the view from out seats out over Jones Beach with the Atlantic in the distance







	Bottle of water $7.50, hearing Fins, priceless!





	Etchy making fun of what we take in and out of hotel every stop!

	This is on the side of the drive into a mall in Garden City, NY. This is where the airstrip used to be when Lindberg took off for his first around the world trip.

	We stopped by Coney Island



	and had a Nathan's "Coney Hot Dog" for a late breakfast


	Getting Park Passport stamps at the Independence National Park Counter

	After the visitor center we headed to Independence Hall



	And toured Independence Hall, East Wing, West Wing, and the Congress Building



	We also saw this bell with a crack in it?



	This is the room where they developed and signed the Declaration of Independence.

	In the West Wing we saw a working draft of the Declaration of Independence with Elbridge Gerry notes in the margin. The word gerrymandering comes from his ability to work things around to make it work (find the win/win or compromise).

	This is the room where the House of Representative met.



	This is the room where the Senate met after the building was enlarged.

	That is Marie Antoinette on the wall. Her and Louie the XIIII helped the colonists fight the British.

	This is another Senate Committee meeting room and that is Louie XIIII on the wall.

	Before we left, Etchy had to have a photo with Philadelphia's Son, Rocky Balboa!

	We visited Fort Mott in southern New Jersey and close to Pennsville NJ. The Finn National Cemetery where Confederate soldiers and German WWII POW's are buried is just down this remote road from the Fort..





	This obelisk marks where the confederate soldiers are buried.

	This is the view from the bridge crossing into Delaware from lower New Jersey

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Updated: 05/31/2021