the dan & carrie show

Hands down my favorite sign on the way there. This was in Vermont. They also had another great sign, but I was not able to get a photo of it. That one said "Forbidden To Pass" but it was unclear to me if it was referring to traffic or to the sign itself.

We went through one of the other towns called Ellsworth, which is much larger than the one here in Michigan, as evidenced by the main street and their very own newspaper.

When we arrived on Mount Desert Island, the weather was not very cooperative, but we did our best to enjoy our time in spite of it. We visited the Henkley Yacht Company's Shipyard, and drove around the Island.

On Friday, Carrie and I took a two hour tour of the harbor in a tandem kayak, better known as a divorce boat.It was OK for two hours, but I would not want to own one! We saw a bald eagle and a gray seal, but we only caught a photo of the Eagle.

22 August, 2005
Finally getting around to adding more commentary to this little Blog...
On Saturday we drove up Cadillac Mountain where we had an a nice view of the Bar Harbor area, despite the clouds and some scattered rain. We then continued on through Acadia National Park where we saw a seal, and found that yes, it is possible to use your binoculars as an extra zoom for your digital camera. That's why those two pictures are blue-ish in color.

Saturday evening was the rehersal and an opportunity for Kristen's Grandpa to take her to dance school! He knew what he was doing out there, let me tell you! If I am half as alert and quick-witted as he is at 94, I will be overjoyed.

Sunday, the reason we all made the journey. The wedding. I think these pictures speak for themselves.

On Monday, most of the wedding party and the remaining close friends and family took a tour of the Northeast Harbor area, and some of the Cranberry Islands on the "Sea Princess".

After the Sea Princess tour, we again drove through Acadia, this time visiting a few places where we did not have time to stop the first time through, including the very picturesque Jordan Pond, which I would have called a lake, but who am I to say?

By the time we got out of the park it was getting dark, but it made for a beautiful moonlit view of Northeast Harbor.

On Monday morning, Carrie finally saw her first Moose! She had been bugging all of us from the time we entered Vermont and saw the "Moose Crossing" signs that she wanted to see a moose. Of course, the one we saw was moving quite fast, and it was a cow, not a bull, so then she started in that she wanted to see a BOY moose... It was not to be however, as we would see no more moose on this trip.

Tuesday bright and early, we took the "CAT" to Nova ScotIa, where we started the long way home. By Wednesday morning we had made it to Peggy's Cove near Halifax. At Peggy's cove we saw a site which I have never seen before: a boat towing a boat towing a boat which was towing a boat. Canadians, go figure.

We made it to the Citadel in Halifax just in time for the Noon Parade, complete with bagpipes and a cannon. We missed seeing the firing of the cannon though, as it went off just as we were walking into the fort from the parking lot. Too many one way streets in that town!

A few of the highlights of the long road home were: the world's longest covered bridge, in Hartland, New Brunswick.

the "Grand Falls" in the town of the same name,

muddy trucks,

the world famous upsidedown trees,

(Ok so they arn't world famous, and they didn't claim to be, but I thought they were cool anyway....)

the waterfalls at St. Anne near Quebec City,

and last but not least, if only for a few brief minutes, the walled city of Quebec.

Thus concludes our whirl-wind tour of the eastern Canadian provences.