Today we spent with Linda and John. They offered to show us around the local area for the day. We drove to Sussex and had lunch at their daughter, Kathy's, restaurant in downtown Sussex. Linda's background is in foodservice and it appears that the 'fruit doesn't fall far from the tree'. Lunch was very good and the place was spotless. After lunch we picked up some groceries and stopped by Linda and John's beautiful farm. The photo above is part of their farm. They have three grown children, grand and great -grand children and they all live very close to home. John is a miner in a potash mine, and we learned a lot about mining today. He also worked as a logger and also worked on an oil rig. Interesting jobs and interesting background.
Linda bought groceries for dinner, and she introduced us to steamed mussels as appetizers, along with deer sausage (John is quite a hunter) and sweet corn for dinner. After dinner we listened to Linda play a tune on her fiddle. (She is quite a fiddler). Then we played cribbage and this time the men won.
We really enjoyed our time with this warm and generous couple, and we hope to see them again.
Since Monday we have been able to see the extreme changes in the tides that make the Bay of Fundy so popular. The above photo was taken at Seaside. If you look real close you can see Connie standing down by the water. It's low tide. At high tide the water would be almost all the way up the shore. The tides are amazing. The biggest tidal change in the world.
To see more detail in any of the pictures, just "double left-click" on the photo and then you can enlarge the picture to see more detail.
The Whighams and Hedlunds are enjoying looking at your pictures this afternoon. We are having a great time at the Glen Miller Festival. We have been to two wonderful concerts so far, two quilt shops, and had a wonderful lunch at a coffee shop where some of the scholarship students were performing - amazing talent! Next year we will talk you in to coming to Clarinda.
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