Back from Nova Scotia….

Sunrise & Mount Baker....photo by Cat Bordhi

Cat Bordhi is back from a trip to Canada, and shares what she saw on the way there & back, including these amazing photos – do yourself a favor & check out her blog:

I just returned from Tancook Island in Nova Scotia, which is about the size of Waldron, has about the same number of residents, a school with 6 kids (they are seeking new families with kids), and regular ferry service.

Their ferry is TINY: it takes 1 car, and only when the tides allow the side of the ferry and the dock to meet one another properly. While I was there with my friend Lucy Neatby, a storm blew in that made them cancel the ferry runs for the first time in three decades. It’s on the Bay of Fundy, where tidal changes are extreme, and the combination of high winds and very high tides that day meant that if the ferry lost power for a few seconds while trying to sail back into the windbreak, it would have been dashed against the rocks.

I took lots of photos and have blogged about it here: http://catbordhi.com/category/blog/; I do think islanders would be fascinated to see.

Heading home.....photo by Cat Bordhi

Golden early light reflected on the early ferry....photo by Cat Bordhi

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