Day 6

"There is nothing--absolutely nothing--half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats." ... The Wind in the Willows

Today we really got to play with some of the toys on board the National Geographic Explorer. ZODIACS! We anchored about half a mile out of the quaint fishing village of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. The shuttling of adventurers back and forth and back again was an adventure in itself. A pair of adult Bald Eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) escorted my morning group in and my all aboard group back in the afternoon, however the lunch run escorts were Guillemot (Cepphus columbia) and Cormorants (Phalacrocorax aurita)...So far no Cetations but hopefully that will change this afternoon.

The Town of Lunenburg was formally established in 1753 as the first British Colonial settlement in Nova Scotia outside of Halifax. Many of the architectual features from the late 1700s and early 1800s are still being used today. The Town's German heritage has been maintained and promoted and history of the fishing industry has been captured in the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic wich was our first stop today. In 1995, The World Heritage Committee, under the auspices of UNESCO, recognized Lunenburg's cultural and natural heritage by adding it to their World Heritage List.

Tomorrow we enter US waters and plan to anchor outside of Mount Dessert Maine. I look forward to returning to the Frenchboro Island area where my favorite travelling companion Graham and I so recently had a great adventure...but he will have to write about that one...I will look forward to my next log entry and hope you all are well.....Capt. Chris