Having breakfast on our deck Wendy spots some seals and then porpoises close to shore. We are all excited. A few minutes later we spot whales, now we are trilled. The owner of the cottage said we may see some but we were not too sure how true that was but I guess he was right. What a great way to start your day.
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| Might be a whale but too far to tell |
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| Porpoises |
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A group of 5 boats spent the night tied up together and anchor in the bay
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| Porpoises |
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House or cottage across the bay from our place, great spot to watch for whale
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Whale
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Imature bald eagle that fly by us and landed in a nearby tree
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Another whale
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After spending an hour watching for whale it was time to move on. The plan was to do drive to Raccoon Beach and do a circular hike of 6 KM or so
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| These were on a cottage, know friends who would love to have them as well |
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| Whale Watch Motel with no sea views???? I don't think I would be too happy if I booked here. |
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Racoon Beach
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| Break Time |
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You gotta walk the plank honey!
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Do you see a Dragon????
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Free dulce on one of the beach
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Low tide, the rocks are all covered with seaweed
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Sunsweep Sculpture
The Sunsweep sculpture is named for the long, quiet Canadian-U.S. border that lies under the path of the sun as it crosses the sky from east to west. Artist David Barr designed his continent-wide, 3-part sculpture as a conceptual arch, anchored at each coast.
The polished, black granite anchor points are at Ragged Point in Roosevelt Campobello’s Natural Area, and at Point Roberts, Washington. Symbolic keystones are located about half-way between at Lake-of-the-Woods, Minnesota. As a symbol of international friendship, Barr gave his sculpture to the three communities in which they are located.
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Sunsweep Sculpture at Ragged Point.
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Viewpoint at Liberty Point.
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West Quoddy Head lighthouse in Maine Quoddy Head state park. 3 KM away
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| Lower Duck Pond beach. |
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Back at Racoon Beach
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We then drive to do a small hike called Eagle Hill which is accessible via Herring Cove Park
https://www.natureconservancy.ca/en/what-we-do/resource-centre/featured-species/plants/pitcher-plant.html  |
| Carnivore Pitcher Plant |
It is wheelchair friendly until you get to the end of the bog where you need to hike up to the lookout.
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Lookout, looking towards herring cove beach
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We headed to the herring cove golf course to have lunch at the restaurant. We shared fishcakes to start, not as good as the ones at The Porch but still good. Wendy had a delicious tomato soup & sandwich and I had haddock fish & chips, Yummmm!
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| Our lunch view of the putting green with a view of Herring Cove Beach |
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Another stop for Ice Cream
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We took the Fundy Drive which ended up being a boring dirt road on the way to our cottage. At the end of Fundy Dr is Mill Cove where a bunch of logs were being prepared for a herring weir.
At quick stop at the end of the island to check for whale, none.
A quick stop at the cottage and then we head to drive the loop around the peninsula around Welshpool.
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Lots of older home on the island
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North Road Wharf. A few of them look like they had not been used for quite some time.
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Found the tennis court in the middle of nowhere where a fisherman was using it to dry his nets
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A couple of stops along the way to take pictures of abandoned fishing boats
We stopped at the Pier restaurant and ordered a clam chowder and a seafood chowder to take take at the cottage for supper. While waiting we search for sea glass on the beach and found many pieces.
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| Fishing boat going out to try to catch herring. |
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