4th of July Fireworks; Dover, NH

Almost didn’t have a chance to photograph 4th of July fireworks this year; a group of us rented kayaks and went into the open water to watch the largest show in the area (trying to shoot while bouncing around in the waves wasn’t an option).  To try to get something captured for the blog, I went to a nearby town’s small fireworks show and just barely got set-up in time to capture a few shots before the show ended.  More obstructions in the shot than I’d prefer, but at least it was a good show.

4th of July Fireworks; Dover, NH

4th of July Fireworks; Dover, NH

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Lost Shots of Nova Scotia: To Whom It May Concern…

Sick day… here are some random shots from Nova Scotia that were never posted:

Persons Using This Dock Due So At Their Own Risk. (more…)

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On Tim Hortons and Massive Axes

Nova Scotia loves Tim Hortons.  Seriously.  And let me tell you…I love it too.  Where else is a ‘lunch combo’ a sandwich, donut, and coffee?  What kind of combination of foods is that?!  The donuts are a little Krispy Kreme,  but the sandwiches taste 100% homemade.

This has got to be the only food establishment I’ve come across that actually manages to have more locations in a given area than McDonalds.  I passed about 40 of them, but through a little research I’ve found over 100 locations in Nova Scotia, the equivalent of about one Tim Hortons for every 7,000 citizens.  Not bad.

Tim Hortons Collage

A crappy collage of almost 40 different Tim Hortons I passed on the roads of NS

While traveling through New Brunswick, I came across yet another “World’s Largest…” site, this time for the World’s Largest Axe.  I was hoping to run into some locales while there so I could try to convince them that I come from a family of Lumberjacks and that I made the journey some 600 miles just to see this very axe, but for some reason there wasn’t a soul there — surely there should have been a line of cars for something as awe-inspiring as this–no?

World's Largest Ax; New Brunswick

This axe towered over the Canadian flag

World's Largest Ax; New Brunswick

I was pretty pumped to get my picture taken with this monstrosity

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Bay of Fundy

The Bay of Fundy, located between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, has one of the highest tidal ranges in the world.  While I wasn’t able to shoot both extremes, you can still get an idea below of just how much changes in twelve hours.  Today’s tidal range was over 30 feet, and the below shot was taken about thirty minutes shy of low tide.

Bay of Fundy between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia

Bay of Fundy between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia; Economy, NB

While the area is ideal for swimming during high tide, during low tide it is just miles of mud.  The below picture doesn’t do justice, but I was hard-pressed to even spot the body of water that had receded.

Sunset; Five Islands, NS

Sunset; Five Islands, NS

World's Largest Carnivorous Strawberry

World's Largest Carnivorous Strawberry

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Bay St. Lawrence, Nova Scotia

Bay St. Lawrence, Nova Scotia

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