Saturday, July 17, 2010

Saturday, for our 45th wedding anniversary, we drove to Campobello Island, New Brunswick, to visit Roosevelt Campobello International Park. We had to drive into Maine, (the first in the USA since May 24th), and drive to the bridge that joins Campobello Island with the USA. We, of course, drove through Canadian Customs and on to the park. Interestingly, The Roosevelt Campobello International Park is owned by the United States and Canada. It is staffed by both Canadians and Americans and is funded by both countries. The park is 2,800 acres and includes the cottage, visitor center, and many nature areas.

The cottage was sold out of the Roosevelt family for a short period of time and then given to the federal governments of the US and Canada. It became a National Historic Site in 1964 and has been open and free since then.

Part of the park is the Eagle Hill bog. The photo below is of Eastern Larch. What I thought was interesting about this tree is that it is a deciduous conifer. I always thought trees were either conifers or deciduous. The Larch, though, loses its needles in the fall. This tree is, obviously, very water tolerant since it grows in a bog.

The other photo is of "old man's whiskers" and is a moss that attaches to dead plant material.

This is a photo of the roads in the park. Very dense withs lot of moss and ferns.

These two photos are of the several "points" around the park. The fog was very thick in some places and the temperatures were crazy. When we were at the cottage the temperature was over 80. When we drove through the woods and near the ocean, the temperature was 55. What a change in just a few miles!