The Year is Complete!

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A one year blog project in which I share a process of transitions: emptying of the nest, reacquainting with my rusty intellect, plowing onward with my first full length book, entering the second half of my first century, and generally reflecting on life.

(see Dec. 29th, 2009 entry for further explanation)

Sunday, February 14, 2010

first US sunrise...um...light of day

sunrise:  6:32

T. and I are on our way to Canada to visit a college that she has been accepted to.  We decided to make a side trip to see a sunrise from the easternmost point in the United States.  Here we are the West Quoddy lighthouse --

Unfortunatlely, there wasn't much to look at in terms of a sunrise, given the cloud cover.  Here is the view looking eastward--

Perhaps before the year is over we'll have to try again.  It would be pretty spectacular if one could, in fact, see the sun coming up.

T. (and I) learned a serendipitous lesson last night about flat tires, the limitations of cell phones in rural areas, and good will.  Also a lesson to both of us to check the trunk for tire changing equipment before you leave town in a rental car.  Thanks to those nice young men who stopped!

We're crossing our fingers in hopes that our little temporary spare will get us the rest of the way to some place that can fix our tire this morning. 

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Happy Valentines Day!  and Happy Year of the Tiger!
Posted by rcw at 7:50 AM
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  1. UnknownFebruary 14, 2010 at 10:22 AM

    Sounds like an adventure. Instead of repeating the unfruitful trip to West Quoddy, I suggest that you visit Cape Spear, Newfoundland at the time of the summer solstice. THAT would be meeting the North American day. How was Mount Allison?

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  2. rcwFebruary 14, 2010 at 9:33 PM

    on verra demain!

    How far to Cape Spear from Bangor?

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