Travels of Geo Nova: Back Home for a short time

Back Home for a short time

We arrive in Maine a week ago and hit the ground running. But lets catch up with the end of the trip home first.

The bird festival at Maumee Bay Ohio was a resounding success, however a whirlwind experience. In three days we were able to see 133 separate species of birds of which 24 were new to us. This part of Ohio is on the south shore of Lake Erie and in the path of a major migratory path for a host of birds. One of the more notable birds is the Bobolink. This bird migrates from Argentina to the tundra of Canada where they breed. We saw a host of birds we have observed in the south but with a new twist. They now sport their breeding plumage. A perfect example is the Black Bellied Plover that does not have a black belly all winter but lives up to its name this time of the year.

The journey home from Ohio was done over a two-day period of time with a stop in Rome New York. The final leg of the trip was done on back roads through Southern Vermont and New Hampshire winding up and down the mountains. The scenery was far better than what we would have seen if we took the standard rout through Massachusetts.

This past week has been busy with doctor appointments, visiting with friends that we haven’t seen in some time, cleaning the trailer and repacking for another trip.

Good news for Diana. She got an all clear from her Doctors at Dana Farber Cancer in Boston.

We are almost packed and ready to head out again. This time we are going north to Canada. We leave on Friday for Nova Scotia so we can catch a ferry to Newfoundland, then another ferry to Labrador and then Quebec.

The trip to Newfoundland and Labrador will take us through some very remote territory. This will make communication difficult. When available we should be able to receive and send emails and text messages. We are looking forward to joining up with our friends the Gunthers for this adventure. Some of the expected high lights are ice burgs and lots of nature and hopefully great birding opportunities.

Just as I was finishing up this entry we lost power and a PBS special on the Sage Grouse was to air in 10 minutes. The Airstream along with its generator came to the rescue. We got the generator hooked up to the Airstream, put the TV antenna up and the station came in. We only missed the first few minutes. Now we want to plan another trip to the high desert to see the sage grouse and other wild life. We’ll save that for another trip.