Back to the States

July 23, 2022 Woke up in the Walmart parking lot, started the day with a visit to a Tim Horton’s then to the dog park, and still got to The Cat by 8:00 AM. Although we arrived fairly early we were the very last vehicle allowed to drive on. But they had us back off of the ferry at departure so we were the first off. Here’s The Cat…

Loads of comfortable seats inside and a movie but we chose to sit out back where you could get a 180 view of the ocean, all the better to see whales. We saw exactly one…

The Canadians made a big deal about our dog needing proof of rabies vaccine, said the US customs would “impound” him until we had it. We do keep vaccine records with us but they were not up to date so I called the vet, open on Saturday mornings, and had the most recent vaccine records emailed. And of course all the customs official did was pet Sammy, and tell us what a beautiful sweet dog he is. Then we drove on, first to a lunch place then to Acadia National Park. Taking The Cat saved us two days driving and roughly $200 in gas. Of course it cost more than that. Acadia NP was kind of a disappointment. Nova Scotia is like Maine only slightly better on everything, likewise when comparing Acadia NP and Cape Breton NP: more picturesque, better food, fewer people, nicer people, cheaper, more birds but farther away. After Acadia we went to Young’s Lobster Pound again then to Stone Tree Farm Cidery to spend the night. Hope we can meet Will and Colleen in Boston tomorrow, get Will’s bike and hit the road for home.

One new life bird this morning in a wetland next to the Walmart parking lot, Alder Flycatcher. I’ve never been completely sure on the ID so never recorded it on a list. This time the wetland was full of Alder trees, the bird was sitting in top of one of them, in plain sight and was singing it’s two note song over and over, three beers…three beers…three beers… etc. No doubt.