Fast forward to December 2018

You can probably tell I've become very lax at keeping up this blog.  Frankly I find it's just too much work for too little pleasure.  However, I've been told I should at least let folks know where we are and I'm agreeable to that.  So here, in three maps, is our trip from September 3, 2018 to December 20, 2018.

September 3 - October 24

October 24 - December 1

December 1 - December 20

So now you are caught up.  I'll try to keep this more up to date from now on, possibly with a few pictures every now and then.

New Brunswick - August 20, 2018 - September 3, 2018 - catching up all on one step

New Brunswick - 

(sightseeing)

August 20, 2018 - August 23, 2018 - Bouchtouche, NB

La dune de Bouchtouche (The Bouchtouche Dune)

Le Pays De La Sagouine
Discover Acadian culture with the magic of characters immersing you into a whirlwind of music and theatre on a small island in Bouctouche. A theatrical village, Pays de la Sagouine is a fantastic reproduction of a fishing village in the era of prohibition. With more than 1.5 million visitors on Ile-aux-Puces since 1992, tourists and local people continue to return to relive the unique experience year after year. Le Pays de la Sagouine is : A cast of professional actors and colourful characters, spectacular theatre shows, live musical performances from local house band, engaging gossip and epic baffles, unforgettable history and Acadian accents from all over, stories and legends from the sea, feet-stomping kitchen parties, authentic Acadian Brunch and Buffets at the Viola Léger Theatre Restaurant, drinks from the most picturesque terrace and a boutique full of unique gifts.
Only problem:  it's all in French!

August 23, 2018 - August 27, 2018 - Miramichi, NB and Caraquert, NB

Village historique acadien (Acadien Historic Village)

Making rope

Outdoor oven

Making and repairing fishing nets

Rug hooking.

General Store

Inside the general store.

Local tavern

bar keeper at the tavern

August 27, 2018 - August 29, 2018 - Doaktown, NB

Micmac salmon fishing camp on the Miramichi River, remote from the main settlements.  

Fishing rods of every discription

And fishing reels from big to small

Creels of various shapes and sizes

March 1968 issue of "Northwest Salmon Trout Steelheader"
Note the words under the picture!!!!
Sadly it's now just a part of Whidbey history.

August 9, 2018 - September 3, 2018 - Woolastook Provincial Park

Woolastook Provincial Park  

Our hosts at Woolastook - Cheryl and Des.
We met them last year in Florida where they spend the winters away from the cold and snow of New Brunswick.
We had such a wonderful time there.

Doreen and Barney enjoy a ride on a golf cart provided by Des and Cheryl. 
The park is huge so a golf cart was a great way to see it all.

Kings Landing Historical Settlement - another terrific living history museum, certainly the most picturesque!

Prince Edward Island - Kildare Capes

Prince Edward Island - part 4

(sightseeing)

August 18, 2018 - August 20, 2018

We drove from Cavendish to almost the northern tip of PEI, camping right on the coast at Jacque Cartier Provincial Park.  This portion of PEI is much flatter than the area around Cavendish and thus somewhat less scenic.

At the very tip of the island is North Cape and area with a large wind farm installation used for wind energy research and testing. They have an excellent educational display about wind energy in their visitor center.

A look at part of the wind farm from the parking lot of the visitor center.

The two main exterior pieces of a wind turbine can be seen from the parking lot of the visitor center.
The piece above is called the nacelle and houses the generator and all the equipment needed to operate the unit.  You can see how huge it is - sort of equivalent to our motorhome.  The picture below is a closeup of the hub of the rotor.  The rotor (hub plus the 3 blades) weighs about 6 tons.  I was impressed with the number of bolts used to attached each blade. 

One of the three huge blades attached to each wind turbine.
In the background you can see the lighthouse at the tip of North Cape.

Depiction of the inside of a the rotor (on the right) and the nacelle (which house all the equipment).

Looking directly at a rotor assembly.

How a wind turbine is constructed.

A massive cement base for the wind turbine is constructed first.

The completed base ready for the tower to be placed upon it.

All the parts of the turbine arrive at the site by truck. This is one of two pieces of the tower.

The bottom of the tower is bolted to the cement pad.

The second piece of the tower is put in place.

The nacelle is hoisted and bolted to the top of the tower.

The rotor assembly is lifted into place and bolted to the nacelle.

Other interesting things from our visit to North Cape, PEI.

I had no idea that the Appalachian mountains ran up into the Maritimes.  

The North Cape Lighthouse is located just beyond the wind farm. 

Is it any wonder why lighthouses are important. 
We've seen many such maps showing numerous shipwrecks around an island or along a coast. 
The wrecks are so numerous I sometimes wonder what percentage of ships built ended up shipwrecked.

Panoramic view from near the tip of the island.  Building rock cairns seems to be a popular pastime here.

Everywhere we looked there are rock cairns!

Irish Moss is harvested just behind where we stood to take picture above.

A picture of a picture of the "moss" harvest.

This fellow was loading up his truck with "moss" the day we were there.