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21, 2011 - a very foggy day |
| Over the Lubec Narrows
is the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Bridge which connects Lubec, Maine
(United States) to Campobello Island, New Brunswick (Canada). |
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Below:
The two RV Gypsies at the Campobello Island welcome center in New Brunswick. |
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Below: Low Tide
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Below: A bird feeder bench
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The first thing the two RV Gypsies did here was was to take a short hike.
The most interesting part of this hike was the Pitcher Plant,
a plant that traps insects. |
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Below: Karen Duquette on some stairs
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Lee Duquette
at the top of the observation deck -
too foggy out to see anything - Bummer! |
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Below:
Liberty Point Drive's - 1st stop - Rocky Beach
- a view from each direction - but too foggy to enjoy |
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Below: Liberty Point Drive's - 2nd stop
- Raccoon Beach |
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The
rose hip, or rose haw, is the fruit of the rose plant, that typically
is red-to-orange, but ranges from dark purple to black in some species.
Rose hips begin to form in spring, and ripen in late summer through autumn.
The little red hips, or berries, of wild roses are easy to spot once the
leaves fall off, and easy to identify because of the thorns on the stems.
Rose hips are used for herbal tea, jam, jelly, syrup, soup, beverages,
pies, bread, wine, and marmalade. They can also be eaten raw like a berry
IF care is used to avoid the hairs inside the fruit. To make tea crush
the hips and steep them in hot water but do not boil in order to preserve
the Vitamin C and Vitamin E. |
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| Below:
Liberty Point Drive's - 3rd stop- Liberty Point and Sunsweep Trail on
a very foggy day |
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The two RV Gypsies saw a big bird and Karen Duquette tried to zoom in on
it. Then they decided to hike up the Sunsweep Trail to get a better look
at the bird. |
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| Below:
Observation Deck #1 at Liberty Point |
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The
two photos below are both of Sugar Loaf Rock |
Below
on the left: A display telling the two RV Gypsies what they were looking
at from the Observation Deck.
Below on the right; This is what the
two RV Gypsies actually saw due to the fog. |
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| Observation
Deck #2 at Liberty Point |
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two photos below are both of Seal haul-out ledges |
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on the left: This is a display telling the two RV Gypsies what they were
looking at from the Observation Deck.
Below on the right :This is what the
two RV Gypsies actually saw due to the fog. |
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| Below:
East Quoddy Lighthouse |
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Quoddy Lighthouse is located at the northern point of Campobello Island.
The tower is a wooden octagonal shaped tower. The original lantern room
was wood but was replaced by the current cast iron lantern room in 1887.
The lighthouse and adjacent buildings sit on a
small outcropping of rocks which is accessible by foot for a very short
span of time at low tide. There is only about 1.5 hours to make the crossing
to the lighthouse and get back before the tide starts coming in. Once
the tide is in visitors could be stranded for the 8 hour duration of the
tide. There are many signs explaining the dangers of crossing over to
the lighthouse. There are metal staircases which aid visitors in making
the crossing but many of the rocks are reported to be very slippery.
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| Unfortunately,
the two RV Gypsies arrived at the East Quoddy Lighthouse at high tide, so
they could not get to the lighthouse. |
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view just up the hill this appears to be a small island but the tide is
in and this is not the time to be caught near the lighthouse! Notice
the red handrails coming out of the water. The Lighthouse is hid
behind the trees in these photos. |
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Campobello
Island is a Canadian island located at the entrance to Passamaquoddy Bay,
adjacent to the entrance to Cobscook Bay, and within the Bay of Fundy. The
island is part of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, but is actually physically
connected by the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Bridge with Lubec, Maine - the
easternmost tip of the continental United States.
