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Back from White Head

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Last night we got back from visiting some friends on White Head Island.It was a great trip and Ellie was really good on the whole trip.

Missing the boat.
Be on time for ferries. We were told to be at the ferry terminal at 12:00 for the 1:30 ferry. We made it there after a three hour drive at 12:30. Here is a picture of the ferry leaving without us.The car that had been in line in front of us was the last one on..
Leaving without us.
Not to worry, the ferry would return for us in four hours…

Once on Grand Manan we took another smaller ferry to get to White Head Island. We were there for several days and while there I shared our ministry and preached at the baptist church and enjoyed the fellowship.

While Ryan was out lobster fishing I got to spend some time wandering around the island with my camera. It was great to be back by the sea and take in the scenery, even if it was quite foggy sometimes. It is a beautiful little island in the middle of the Bay of Fundy where we experience the worlds highest tides. The beach drains every few hours, exposing lots of beach, rocks, tidal pools and you can walk out on the ocean floor.

Long Point Light House – White Head Island

On the beach.

The night before we left we discovered that the front drivers side tire on our van was low. When we tried to fill it we learned that there was a separation of the ply on it and it was useless. Another complication that required a couple trips on the ferry to fix.
The van jacked up and waiting for a tire.
Since the spare tire seemed to be rusted onto the bracket under the van, we had to take the flat tire off and the morning we were supposed to head for home I had to take the tire (in Ryan’s truck which I had to borrow) over to Grand Manan to get replaced, then return to White head and install the tire back on the van, load and then go back to Grand Manan again. A couple more hours waiting and we were on another ferry headed for home.

Thanks for your hospitality Ryan and Kathy-June. We really enjoyed it!

A funny thing happened January 24, 1919

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Here in Sackville, NB there was a bit of rain. That is nothing unusual right now as it has rained every day since we started our vacation last week. The rain I am talking about was on January 24, 1919. The winter rain must have been unusual enough that someone painted it on the wall in the paint room at the Campbell Carriage Factory Museum here in Sackville.

This is a fascinating little museum right here in my home town. Apparently the factory ran for over 100 years before it was closed. It seems that the employees locked to door on the way out and nobody disturbed the facility for many years. The tools and patterns for cutting, a few unfinished carriages and sleighs were all left inside. Be sure to check it out if you are in the area.

The Campbell family also started a funeral business and there were a number of casket materials in the factory as well.

Doh! The problem with hand engraving.. there is no eraser to fix it with.

The hubs for the wagon wheels were cut in advance and allowed to dry for at least a year before being used. These never got taken off the shelf.

Spindles get banged into the hubs.

Spindle ends getting shaped.

The wheel assembly table.

You are small

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I found these pictures on another website.. no idea where they originally came from.

#1 The Earth and other “rocky” planets.

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The Earth is the largest of the four inner planets (and much larger than Pluto). Think about how large our world seems to us.

#2 The Gas Giants

The Earth is tiny compared to even the smallest of the gas giants. Our planet is even 2 or 3 times smaller than the Great Red Spot, a storm on Jupiter that has been going for more than 400 years. Jupiter is the largest of these planets. It is so large that you could fit all the other planets and their many moons inside it. Jupiter “is 318 times more massive than Earth, with a diameter 11 times that of Earth, and with a volume 1300 times that of Earth.” – Wikipedia

#3 The Sun

As large as it is, Jupiter is tiny compared to the Sun. The Earth is but a speck. I am less than that.

When I consider your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place,
what is man that you are mindful of him,
the son of man that you care for him?
Psalm 8:3,4

Survival

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One week down, one to go. Naomi has been away for a week now, and apparently I am still alive. Thankfully, I like to plan ahead. I knew at some point I would be home alone, so I added a survival book to my library. I’ve had to fend for myself and eat whatever I could catch (in the fridge) and cook it. Unfortunatly, the book doesn’t have a section on sorting colours for laundry.

Gas Pains

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Yesterday in Kitchener I saw a gas station price their gas at $1.16/liter. Ouch. And this is just the start of the summer gas price gouging season.

This summer we will be driving to Schroon Lake for a staff conference, and then on to New Brunswick for a few weeks of vacation and visitation of supporters. With the prices of gas going up and up, I guess we will have dip into the retirement plan to pay for the cost of driving home this summer..

click for larger image of a historical gas prices chart

At this time last year the price was about $.20 cheaper than it is now. If the growth trend continues during the summer months like it did last year, I’ll be searching through the couch for lost quarters.