Photography
Went Comet hunting tonight – Captured a beautiful sunset, the Hunter Moon and Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–Atlas), which last graced our skies during the Neanderthal era. If you miss it, it will likely take another 80,000 years to see it again…
We sadly had to leave our good friends in PEI and start our journey back to homebase. We had never been to the Hopewell Rocks in New Brunswick before, so we took a little side trip to see them and they did not disappoint. We got there at Low tide so we were able to “walk on the ocean floor”. We didnt have enough time to see the rocks with the tide in, but you could see how high the tides are in this location (upwards of 30-50 feet difference in height)
The IMALAIRD Team got fantastic news from the hospital, What news you ask? The Laird no longer has to go for Treatments and will be monitored by blood work for the next while. If all continues as it has been I will be considered to be in remission! Still Immune Compromised, but no longer being eaten alive by my own body. Fingers crossed.
So with this good news, we took a celebratory road trip to visit with friends in PEI. We stopped in Fredericton New Brunswick on the way down and I was able to participate in the Bill Thorpe 5k parkrun (walk). After that we left and arrived at our friends in PEI later that afternoon.
Strangely enough, I didnt take a whole lot of photos in PEI. We did visit two beaches and went to see the Jersey Boys play at the main Theatre in Charlottetown.
Lake Side Beach, PEI
This is one of my favourite beaches to visit when we are in PEI.
I tried to capture the Milky Way from the back deck of our friends house, but the clouds had other plans.
Greenwich Provincial Park, Mash Boardwalk and Beach
We saw some amazing birds and I captured my very first Bald Eagles in the Park on St. Peter’s Bay
We took our friends from Scotland up to the Wilson Carbide Ruins in Gatineau Park. It is a wonderful walk from the parking lot into the ruins and I love the waterfalls. Our friends really enjoyed their visit here.
Our friends visiting from Scotland arranged to go on the Bi-Plane ride at the Aviation Museum. The plane is a 1939 WACO.. room for 2 in the front and the pilot right behind them. They had a wonderful flight and saw the Ottawa River, Gatineau Hills and twice around downtown Ottawa.
A local gem in Orleans is Petrie Island and it’s Beach. The Island hosts a lot of wildlife and you never know what you will see in the sky.
Petrie Island Wildlife
Gatineau AirShow – Red Arrows – from Petrie Island Beach
My wife had received a gift of a Guesswhere Trip from her former co-workers when she retired (to join the Imalaird Team full time), We decided to use it while our friends from Scotland were visiting. Not knowing where we were going until we opened the envelopes provided, we ended up travelling to Perth, Westport and Jones Falls, Ontario. A round trip of about 300kms and it took all day. It was a great day out!
PERTH
Westport
Jones Falls
I thought I took way more photos, but I guess I was driving. We had a super day out with a visit to the Occurrence in Merrickville. Canada’s only manufacture of Puzzles. If you are in the area, I would suggest you include this stop. We had a walk up and down the main street and a picnic at the Locks.
We then drove down to Brockville and visited the historic Train Tunnel and afterwards we had a walk along the riverfront and had Ice Cream and saw one of the Golden Arrows Aircraft.
We then drove down the 1,000 Islands Parkway and had dinner in Gananoque.
We started the Day at the National Art Museum, had a wander downtown, and then ended up at Hogsback falls.
We took our friends to the Mer Bleu Bog for a walk around and to see what we could see. We were not disappointed.
