Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Some red shores...

of P.E.I. Loved the red soil for which P.E.I. is famous for, I brought a baggie home for a keepsake and to show my grandkids..beautiful !!









A treat to see...

P.E.I. Osprey are popular on the Island, I am assuming they are trying to bring the numbers up on this bird, as we noticed at least 3 different 'manmade' platforms for them to build nests on.
The last 4 were in a park near Cavendish, where we stayed in the KOA campground.
This first one was noticed on a drive another day..
















Blue Herons...

In P.E.I.





A few from the harbour..

We absolutely loved Halifax harbour, we actually stayed a few extra days there, so we could go back every day, the ships were coming in for the 100 th anniversary of the Canadian Navy, and were very impressive, I have some pics of the first few ships which had arrived while we were there, but that will be another post.
Here is a very busy restaurant at the harbour, built on 'stilts' because of the rising of the tides. This Police lady was doing her rounds on the harbour and graciously smiled for me, this horse was so muscular, what a beauty !

Ahh !! Beavertails, very popular in Ottawa, they are a fried dough pastry, each hand stretched to resemble a beaver's tail and topped with various condiments such as sugar, cinnamon, chocolate etc, Mmmmmmm!!


These people were enjoying a ride on the harbour, I think this fellow would really need a 'Guinness' after his shift everyday, hard work !! :)




Some tools of the fishermen...

Lobster traps are common by the waters of the Atlantic provinces, these were in P.E.I.
I loved the fishing villages along the shorelines, perfect photo ops ! Even Mardy enjoyed trying one out. :)


Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Llama's...

In P.E.I. These cute fellows posed for me at first then decided to get up and leave and the others followed this one...





Animal fencing in New Brunswick...

While driving along the Trans Canada highway in New Brunswick, we noticed this fencing, for km's at a time, not knowing why or what for, I have since googled it. Interesting stuff, I read, deathes due to the moose/vehicle accidents are extreme in some areas and this fencing is in place to keep the moose back.
This first pic shows a 'one way gate' whereby I assume if the moose does get through the fencing, it can return through the gate safely.