More on Fundy-Nancy's Lecture Snippet

This is just a very brief snippet of Nancy Sears opening lecture on the Bay of Fundy's geological development. Unfortunately, this blog site only supports video under 100 MBs - consequently, the heart and soul of Nancy's introductory comments has been severely curtailed. I will have a more comprehensive version of it (two and a half minutes of uncut narrative rather than this 22 seconds) on a dvd of the elderhostel.

Elderhostel at Bay of Fundy

In late June, we enjoyed an Elderhostel trip to New Brunswick, Canada, to take part in a course on the Bay of Fundy (world's highest tides) and the "Saints" of New Brunswick. Prior to arriving at St. Martins, NB, where the Elderhostel program was centered, we took a slight detour to see some of the Maine coast we either hadn't seen for some time or had never seen. We started with a return (for Janet) to Boothbay Harbor. From there we continued to Camden where we spent the night at a lovely old B&B.

From Camden we drove to Campobello, the island where the Roosevelt family summered. It's an international park maintained by both Canada and the US-although it is technically in Canada. This is where FDR suffered polio; the play, "Sunrise at Campobello," dramatized this event. Pictured above is Janet standing by the lighthouse at Campobello; the island is about eleven miles long and offers a view of Eastport, ME - the eastern most place in the US.

We then returned to the US via the town bordering Campobello, Lubec, where we spent the night.

From there we drove to St. Martins for an interesting Elderhostel program on both the Bay of fundy and the "Saints," the cities of New Brunswick on the bay named after various saints. Below is a photo of the Elderhostel group studying a cave on the edge of the bay in St. Martins, NB.

Following a five night program we returned home via York Beach, ME. Try http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8AaN2blo0aNmTM&emid=sharshar&linkid=link5 for a slideshow of available photos of trip. Some videos are also attached at the end of this posting (.avi movie format). These are just snippets but will provide some remembrance of the bay and our fearless leader, Nancy.