July 31, 2018 Campobello Island, Canada

Today's adventure was another visit to Campobello Island, Canada.  It's right across the water from Eastport, Maine but to drive there takes an hour!  

Campobello Island has two lighthouses, and on this visit we went back to see the East Quoddy Head lighthouse, which is accessible on foot only at low tide.  Otherwise you'll need a boat.  Once again, we managed to show up when the tide was coming in, so alas:  no walking over to the lighthouse for us.  It's still an amazing spot.  Across the bay is Maine.  Out in the middle of the bay we saw a minke whale going back and forth as it was feeding, and of course dolphins cavorting around, and also one seal raised it's head to say howdy.  We lingered a good while here, watching the whale and just enjoying the view as the tide poured in.

East Quoddy lighthouse. 

No longer manned, it's long been automated. 

The stairs are closed when the tide is in.

The tides here are pretty high and move in and out at a good clip.

This big boy came into the bay towards Eastport.
We were told it carries LNG, which is what goes in all those
tanks that keep homes warm in winter.

On the other side of East Quoddy Head we saw these circular things in the water;
found out they are salmon farms.

The island is also home to the Roosevelt Campobello International Park.  The Roosevelts kept a summer cottage here and spent many summers enjoying the fresh air and waters.  It was also here where FDR came down with the polio that left him crippled.  This park includes cottage tours and historical information, plus a whole peninsula of carriage roads and hiking trails.  We drove down to Liberty Point and then hiked out to Ragged Point to see the Sunsweep Sculpture.  Just wonderful!

We opted to enjoy being outside instead of touring the Roosevelt cottage,
so here's a picture for ya.

We went down to Liberty Point in the International Park, and immediately
we both put on our extra shirts.  You can see how the wind blows here all the time.

Part of Liberty Point with sea fog.

The trail out to Ragged Point was like this most of the way.
I started to feel like a train on the tracks!
Look closely on the right-hand side of the tracks..... 

Look what we spotted!  Ghost Pipe, or Indian Pipe.  Not something you see every day.

A nice view from Ragged Point.

We hiked out to Ragged Point, where the sculpture is.

Sunsweep Sculpture.
Enlarge this picture and you'll see an engraved hand.

And THIS, my friends, is what a whole lot of Route 1 looks like around here.
I drove our camper through this for quite a ways, white-knuckled.  Yikes.

July 3, 2016 Campobello Island, Canada

Campobello Island is in Canada, which is right across the water from this part of Maine.  Today we day-tripped on over and explored it.  Lovely place!  Franklin D. Roosevelt had a 34-room  "cottage" here, and its now a provincial park.  We were getting low on time, so we skipped the tour of the house and opted to go out to Liberty Point and see the overlooks.  We also saw two lighthouses, one on each end of the island. 

Mulholland Point lighthouse by the bridge from the US.

The tide was going out at a rip-roaring pace between the island and the US.

East Quoddy Head Lighthouse.
You can visit this lighthouse but only when the tide is out....  See the stairs?
The tide was in so we didn't get to visit this lighthouse.....

Ronnie came to play his accordion for the dolphins.
He said that they often appear when he plays.

Ronnie and his accordion.

Very windy day!