Annapolis Royal

Here I am in historic Annapolis Royal--the first European settlement in North America!

All the pictures you see of me by the River in older posts are at the Annapolis River...but this is the end of that same River, and now it is the ocean. So this is the Annapolis Basin.

And Annapolis Royal was established as a Fort by the French...and there is Fort Anne down there.

There are cannons hidden behind the hills everywhere so the French could attack the English when they sailed into the Basin. It is strange to think this actually happened, huh?

GULP-- and this one is pointed right at my head!

And here is a hidden underground fort!

And there are dugouts all the way around it...

No way am I going down there!

But my mom went down and here I am crying....

Ok students! I hope you all paid attention to the history lesson because there will be a test on this tomorrow---HEHEHE, just kidding...

Holy MACKEREL!

Hey there! We went to the bridge and look at the video to see what we saw!!!! The Shad are swimming upstream from the ocean to spawn! Wow...do any of you like to fish? This would be a fisherman's dream come true, huh?

And look--HEHEHE!!!! can you find Saige in this picture????

The Wind Blown Look

THEODORE TUGBOAT!

Yeah so guess what. Yesterday I went to the city for PHYSIOTHERAPY because of my broken leg. And I got the full meal deal with massage, stretching and acupuncture! The Doctor even stuck a needle in my head. Apparantly this was a "feel-good spot"!!! Well, next time I say give me the needle and I'll show you feel-good. Hrump!

But I was a REALLY good boy and the Doctor was gentle and soft with me, which is good because I am not much for drama. Because I was so well behaved mom said we could go see Theodore Tugboat! Do you know who that is? He is famous and has his own TV show! He helps out all the other big ships and keeps the Harbour safe.

So here we are down at Halifax Harbour looking for Theodore Tugboat!

Saige checked out this pier but Theodore was not there.

I checked this pier...the dolphin was not very helpful...

So I asked this new buddy for directions. Isn't he KEWL???? His name is Dublin!

He said Theodore Tugboat was down this way. Well that makes more sense. We were going the wrong way!

We checked more piers and more boats...but no Theodore Tugboat!

Well just forget it then. We checked every pier and Theodore is not here. SIGH. I am just going to sit here and give up...

HAHAHA!!! Saige is trying to get me to look back. She says Theodore Tugboat is RIGHT BEHIND ME! That is the oldest trick in the book. Do you really think I'd fall for that? OK--I'll have a look...

GASP! Well look at that! There is THEODORE TUGBOAT! We found him!

I knew he was there all along...

Balancing Act!

Some Ladies Lost Their Slippers!

The Lady Slipper is the provincial flower of beautiful Prince Edward Island. They only produce 1 seed--so they should not to be picked.

Watching the Grass Grow