Souris, PEI 3 harbor #119 - 184 - 180

MARNE 35 # 119 180 -184

July 24, 2011

Souris, PEI -Prince Edward Island, Canada

Souris 2 Souris Harbor

Souris... pronounced Sore- - ee is a maginficent place on the East end of Prince Edward Island - PEI.

The ferry / ship -- MV Madeleine -- that runs daily to the Iles de las Madeleine.... about 75 miles due North in the middle of the Gulf of St Lawrence is about to leave port and put to sea. To get some better / different pix walk over to the adjacent city warf / docks / piers.

Mostly local fishing boats, this is a working harbor. A few pleasure boats .... mostly fishers. Several fishing boats are preparing to head out ; crews are making ready, some already leaving port to fish. Life is ruled by the tides

Souris is a really neat looking and interesting harbor. A lot of boats. Fishery warehouses / seafood processors and businesses. Wind is about 25+ today. Sea air. Cool , Bright sun, some clouds... Red and white Souris lighthouse up on that red sandstone point... 200' overlooking the harbor .... A beautiful day on Souris harbor.

Walked through the warf / docks to get a better view of MV Madeleine leaving port. The Canadian Coast Guard has a post / boat here, looks squared away and ready to go on a moments notice. Thanks coasties for standing that post!

T-bird gets out the fishing equipment and in about 30 minutes has caught a half dozen mackerel; enough for supper tonight. Stuff like this makes it fun to wander.

The days plan is to make it to Red Point. we'll see. ... we've already stuck around to see all the interesting things that's going on here, and fished some. Eventually will get to East Point lighthouse; the North Easternmost tip of PEI. Also see Red Point / Stanhope - Brackley - Dalvay / East Point posts

Up on the point at the lighthouse... the view of Souris harbor is really good.




MARNE 35 # 119

July 24, 2011

Souris, PEI -Prince Edward Island, Canada

Souris 2 Souris Harbor

Souris... pronounced Sore- - ee is a maginficent place on the East end of Prince Edward Island - PEI.

The ferry / ship -- MV Madeleine -- that runs daily to the Iles de las Madeleine.... about 75 miles due North in the middle of the Gulf of St Lawrence is about to leave port and put to sea. To get some better / different pix walk over to the adjacent city warf / docks / piers.

Mostly local fishing boats, this is a working harbor. A few pleasure boats .... mostly fishers. Several fishing boats are preparing to head out ; crews are making ready, some already leaving port to fish. Life is ruled by the tides

Souris is a really neat looking and interesting harbor. A lot of boats. Fishery warehouses / seafood processors and businesses. Wind is about 25+ today. Sea air. Cool , Bright sun, some clouds... Red and white Souris lighthouse up on that red sandstone point... 200' overlooking the harbor .... A beautiful day on Souris harbor.

Walked through the warf / docks to get a better view of MV Madeleine leaving port. The Canadian Coast Guard has a post / boat here, looks squared away and ready to go on a moments notice. Thanks coasties for standing that post!

T-bird gets out the fishing equipment and in about 30 minutes has caught a half dozen mackerel; enough for supper tonight. Stuff like this makes it fun to wander.

The days plan is to make it to Red Point. we'll see. ... we've already stuck around to see all the interesting things that's going on here, and fished some. Eventually will get to East Point lighthouse; the North Easternmost tip of PEI. Also see Red Point / Stanhope - Brackley - Dalvay / East Point posts

Up on the point at the lighthouse... the view of Souris harbor is really good.

Whitehall 3 49 #179

MARNE 49 # 179

Thursday August 11, 2011

Whitehall, NY 3 -- Upstate--

We met and talked with some - Upstate- New York people... good salt of the earth folks. Leaving Rutland, Vermont late afternoon heading west on hwy 4west and made it to Whitehall, NY. ... about 5 miles past the Vermont / New York state line. This is Upstate NY.

Every place ... town and village... had tons of historical sites and tales. The early formation of the United States.... it started up in this region; thus... there's plenty of old colonial buildings and architecture. The local historical organizations preserved some significant places... and the general flavor of each town had a history dating back to the American revolution. Very interesting town and villages. The farms/ barns were old and unique.

Unique.... The harbor...this is the southern port of Lake Champlain... like the town... seems "tired". It's been decades,... if not a century since any inovation or progressive thinking was in this place. You look around and it visually smells stagnant lagoon; of a time past.

The lock...to lift or lower boats onto Lake champlain is the centerpiece of the town. An old iron bridge across the river is the main transit point here. It overlooks the lock,... then a left/ right turn onto the main drag of Whitehall. A few blocks each way.

The old marble mansion -- Skeen Manor-- on the high above cliffs of Skeen mountain is a tourist site of the town.... A founder of the town? No, that was British Capt. Skeen in 1759. Judge Potter built the manor house late 19th century. Whitehall was a main trade route-- up through Lake Champlaine -- up to Canada as an early shipping lane.

We camped at the marina RV park.... and were told it had flooded the previous spring. ?How does a river, with a lock... flood? -- See Whitehall 1 post --

The RV camp was $42+ a night; overpriced i thought. We had stayed at much better places for half ... even less most of the time. The owners wife at the "bar" said they had taken over the note of the park as ownership. .... then asked if we'd like to come back for happy hour shooters. They came up from Florida to manage their foreclosure and were working hard to make the note. I was glad for a campsite and hot shower.

The lagoon off of the main river channel was the RV park...lined with electric and water hookups. The water on the lagoon / river spur / was hideously ugly; looking stagnant and brown among the lilly pads. I chose not to hook up to any water; only electric. T-bird asked what I thought ; This looks like a place to bury a body.... ;cause no one would want to spend any time poking around here. ... or where you'd want to pass time if you were laying low in the witness protection program.... nobody is going to spend much time here seeeing the town. A screech owl sounded spooky all night.

Whitehall was not a New England picturesque place... but for a 350+ year old place with history from the American revolution; interesting.












































MARNE 49 #179

Thursday August 11, 2011

Whitehall, NY 3 -- Upstate--

We met and talked with some - Upstate- New York people... good salt of the earth folks. Leaving Rutland, Vermont late afternoon heading west on hwy 4west and made it to Whitehall, NY. ... about 5 miles past the Vermont / New York state line. This is Upstate NY.

Every place ... town and village... had tons of historical sites and tales. The early formation of the United States.... it started up in this region; thus... there's plenty of old colonial buildings and architecture. The local historical organizations preserved some significant places... and the general flavor of each town had a history dating back to the American revolution. Very interesting town and villages. The farms/ barns were old and unique.

Unique.... The harbor...this is the southern port of Lake Champlain... like the town... seems "tired". It's been decades,... if not a century since any inovation or progressive thinking was in this place. You look around and it visually smells stagnant lagoon; of a time past.

The lock...to lift or lower boats onto Lake champlain is the centerpiece of the town. An old iron bridge across the river is the main transit point here. It overlooks the lock,... then a left/ right turn onto the main drag of Whitehall. A few blocks each way.

The old marble mansion -- Skeen Manor-- on the high above cliffs of Skeen mountain is a tourist site of the town.... A founder of the town? No, that was British Capt. Skeen in 1759. Judge Potter built the manor house late 19th century. Whitehall was a main trade route-- up through Lake Champlaine -- up to Canada as an early shipping lane.

We camped at the marina RV park.... and were told it had flooded the previous spring. ?How does a river, with a lock... flood? -- See Whitehall 1 post --

The RV camp was $42+ a night; overpriced i thought. We had stayed at much better places for half ... even less most of the time. The owners wife at the "bar" said they had taken over the note of the park as ownership. .... then asked if we'd like to come back for happy hour shooters. They came up from Florida to manage their foreclosure and were working hard to make the note. I was glad for a campsite and hot shower.

The lagoon off of the main river channel was the RV park...lined with electric and water hookups. The water on the lagoon / river spur / was hideously ugly; looking stagnant and brown among the lilly pads. I chose not to hook up to any water; only electric. T-bird asked what I thought ; This looks like a place to bury a body.... ;cause no one would want to spend any time poking around here. ... or where you'd want to pass time if you were laying low in the witness protection program.... nobody is going to spend much time here seeeing the town. A screech owl sounded spooky all night.

Whitehall was not a New England picturesque place... but for a 350+ year old place with history from the American revolution; interesting.