We have had a great time. I did MORE tree trimming and did some weeding in their backyard.
Before I trimmed those two trees in the front, you could not see their house!
The ice storm that went thru here back on Oct 31st, did a lot of damage to trees. Here are some at their house:
This tree should have taken out his fence, but, as it fell, a huge branch on this side of the fence hit the ground first and stopped it. Right now what you see is that he has propped it up with another log and then chopped the overhang off.
At the Loose Goose, Larry's office is downstairs. One wall has never been finished off (concrete wall and studs) so we got some drywall and put it up on Sunday. It is now painted and looks great. The ceiling had never been painted so I did that as well. Looks much brighter and nicer now.
We have been to the ' famous' Cindy's for dinner and ice cream cones once already but tonight we are going again. The food is good but the cones are HUGE! (Did I say HUGE??). I get a small and it is more than enough.
Judy's peppermint cone:
Hannah's 'baby size' cone:
Jacky's 'baby size' cone:
My 'small' cone (half eaten):
And Larry's 'small' cone:
Last Saturday we drove down to Old Saybrook, CT for the day to visit with Jacky's parents, Mike and Nancy. They just bought a house there back in January and it's only a couple of blocks from Long Island Sound. We went to the beach and had a picnic and then on the beach/went swimming in the water. Beautiful day. Sorry, but we didn't even take one picture!
Tomorrow we leave for Portland, ME to spend the weekend there. I am in contact with a fellow Hitchhiker from Loudon, NH and they wanted to meet up somewhere, if possible. Turns out that they are square dancers and their group (about 21 trailers) will be at Wassamki Springs CG just outside Portland for the weekend and will be performing there. So we made a reservation there and will get together with them.
Then on Monday we will travel up to Bar Harbor, ME and plan to spend a week there. I guess there is lots to see and do - Arcadia National Park, lighthouses, whales, fishing (maybe), eating lobster, etc.!!!
While we are there, we will start to plan our trip up into Canada and Nova Scotia in more detail. Right now about all we know is that we are headed that way! Everyone we have talked to has mentioned "The Bay of Fundy."
The Bay of Fundy tides are the highest tides in the world and occur near Wolfville, Nova Scotia. There are normally two high tides and two low tides within a 24-hour period. In the Bay of Fundy proper tides can reach a height of 11 ft. while tides near the head of the Bay can rise and fall 43 ft on average and can reach an unbelievable 53 ft during the springtime.
It also delivers the most promising location for Nova Scotia whale watching. the whale population is over 300 and there are eight different species of whales, so it should be very interesting!
We'll keep you posted...
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