CANADA

Last week we took a trip to Canada.  Apparently they have moose there, too.  Just before entering Grand Falls we noticed two deer down a dirt road.  We were able to get a few shots of them before they disappeared into the dense trees and bushes.  The deer looked very healthy and fat. 

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I was very surprised to see most signs and info in English and French in the province of New Brunswick.  (Even at McDonalds)
The McDonalds was much larger with more rooms rather than open sections like we see in the U.S.  Nice!  We met a couple from Canada with no accent who take people out to hunt bear and deer. 

The volume of water going over Grand Falls was minute at this time of year.  This falls in the Spring is suppose to have almost as much water as Niagara Falls.  You can see men working on the gates to the dam.  They have a zip line.  You can barely make out the person crossing on the line.

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From there we drove back to the U.S. and made it in time to see the Potato Blossom Festival Parade in Fort Fairfield.  It was the usual small town parade with horses, tractors, bands and floats.  We did see Miss Maine. 

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These last pictures show our RVers working and the progress they have made.  It was only a shell when we arrived, but the building is coming together nicely.  The back classrooms are painted.  Don and Allan have been working together on hanging sheet rock, but there is still quite a bit more to do.  The only problem with that is Don and Carol are leaving tomorrow.  We have two more RVers who were scheduled to come, but one is definitely not coming and the other one is in Oregon due to a family emergency.  Jerry and several of the ladies finished painting the pipes on Friday for the sprinkler system.

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4TH OF JULY

I suppose Allan and I have been busy since it was June since our last post.   Time flies when you are having fun.

We had a get together with our RV friends which, of course, means food is involved.  Wilena, wife of our project leader had a birthday on the 4th.  So we celebrated!

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About a week later Don and Carol, Allan and I attended a stock car race.  After the races they had a fireworks show which was pretty good.  They have quite a few Canadians that come over for the races.  We sat beside a family from Canada who attends regularly.  This was our first race where they played the United States National Anthem followed by the Canadian National Anthem.

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Allan and I went for a ride to see the country side.  This is an old Catholic Church. 

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This is a huge, older barn in need of some repair. 

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That is Canada across the river. 

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Potatoes are a big crop here.  This is a potato field in bloom. 

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In this picture the men are harvesting broccoli. 

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This is not a good picture but hopefully you can see the huge pile of wood they are preparing for winter.

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The BIG news is we saw our first moose in Maine.  It is a cow.  She stuck around for only a short time for photographs. 

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