Fundy Fun al la Shore Halls Harbour. So many coastal fishing villages. Talking to Sheila the local blogger (Baxters Harbour Blog) shared with us the recent 4 "lost at sea" local fisherman. These commercial fishermen went out to catch using some type of a dragnet and the locals speculate it hooked on the bottom and flipped the boat. No sign of the boat or them-only a life preserver and cooler were found. Indeed it is a mighty treacherous profession. We saw so many memorials in the small towns throughout the NE and Nova Scotia testifying to a dangerous way to make a living.
It's all about the tides Dude. In a few hours the boats will be floating right up to the dock. Bocahontas continues to be enthralled with all that water in and water out movement. Very cool. I guess you really need to pay attention to the clock and scheule around these parts Bubba.
Walton
Located off the Minas Basin and built in 1873 this lighthouse represents a reminder of the glorious shipping days in Walton Harbour-out of use since the 1970's now a good photo op. Do you enjoy visiting lighthouse's? I make Bubba stop for everyone and he is way beyond over them. If you've seen one lighthouse you've seen 200- come on Boca enough with the light house pictures. What do you take pictures of when you travel? What do you do with them when you get home? As you know Boca has many many photo albums and believes they will give her a smile and fond memories when she is rocking away in her dotage....how about you?
Located off the Minas Basin and built in 1873 this lighthouse represents a reminder of the glorious shipping days in Walton Harbour-out of use since the 1970's now a good photo op. Do you enjoy visiting lighthouse's? I make Bubba stop for everyone and he is way beyond over them. If you've seen one lighthouse you've seen 200- come on Boca enough with the light house pictures. What do you take pictures of when you travel? What do you do with them when you get home? As you know Boca has many many photo albums and believes they will give her a smile and fond memories when she is rocking away in her dotage....how about you?
The highest tides on Earth occur in Nova Scotia's Minas Basin- but hey haven't we heard that claim before? High tides occur every 12 hrs look out here comes that Tidal Bore again. If you walk at a calm pace it will stay on your heels! Boca insisted that Bubala go out and demonstrate this claim. No honey, we will be here all day doing just that. But Bubba, I've got my SIPPY CUP and I have all day.......
WINDSOR- LAND OF THE GIANT PUMPKIN
HOWARD DILLS WORLD FAMOUS PUMPKINSHard to believe but not only did Pleep and Sis go pumpkin crazy in this place but so did Boca. Who knows, the next thing may be baking a Pumpkin Pie for Bubba. But then again, maybe not. The Dill Family Pumpkin Farm was an absolute treat and feast to the eye. The late HD Dill is known as the pumpkin king throughout the world. He developed the proper seeds that forged the gigantor pumpkin mania. Indeed the grand-daddy of giant pumpkins. The present record is 1675 lbs from a family in Ontario.
Pleep and Sis had a ball pumpkin playing in the barn and the pumpkin patch. He convinced the neighbor kids to skip school for a little hide and seek in the old patch. The next thing we knew was the bus driver was blowing his horn like made with a few choice words to get on the bleep bleep bus!
Bubba's favorites....TURKS TURBAN SQUASH
He had the idea of sending a boat load over to our boys in Afghanistan for a little target practice. Way to be my cleaver and patriotic Bubs. Do you still pumpkin for Halloween? In the midwest we used to deco up the casa and front porch with all that fall stuff....corn, gourds, squash, pumpkins and even scarecrows. Oy. So not happening in my Florida hood. Are we too old? Jaded? Non plussed? Oh yeah, we don't have a "fall" in south florida. Duh.
You can visit the Dill farm for no charge. Boca so misses Halloween pumpkin carving. In south Florida your pumpkin has a shelf life of a minute after you carve it. So she has learned to decorate her pumpkins and no carving. And can you believe they have an annual pumpkin paddling race! Yes they carve out a hull, decorate and paddle. How's that for getting creative with your inner pumpkin!Diana Dill and her brother carry on the family tradition of the World of Pumpkin. What a great place and an ever so nice family.
