{"id":4234,"date":"2010-07-11T21:25:45","date_gmt":"2010-07-12T01:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/?p=4234"},"modified":"2010-07-12T08:29:33","modified_gmt":"2010-07-12T12:29:33","slug":"lubec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/2010\/07\/11\/lubec\/","title":{"rendered":"lubec…"},"content":{"rendered":"
Having documented the scourge of the moon snails, I thought I’d mention some things about the place. Lubec is at the top of the US Atlantic Coast and as far east as you can go. It’s a peninsula that is an entrance to the Bay of Fundy. Because of it’s location and configuration, it has very high tides – as high as 40 feet in Nova Scotia [about 20 feet here]. But the low tide exposes large mud flats, great clam digging unless it’s the time of the moon snails:<\/div>\n
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It’s a mega foggy day here, so our photo of the mud flats at low tide only give a hint:<\/div>\n
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The town of Lubec is on a small hill. On the road up the hill, we noticed an ominous road sign. No one so far knows why it’s named "Horror Hill," but our guide for the Intertidal trip Wednesday promises to find out [we’re staying at the red arrow]:<\/div>\n
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It’s a pretty amazing place, even in a dense fog. We’ve just been here a day, but already we’ve met the famous Monica, a Peruvian lady from Lima famous for making chocolate things – a well deserved moniker. She blew off my question about how she got here with a wink, "It’s complicated." Up the Street, I ate my first Lobster of the trip. So all-in-all, it’s been a productive day. The tv at the restaurant was filled with Soccer things. Spain won, I think [I never cared much for soccer, but I’m glad someone won]. They seemed pretty happy about it. And as for America’s Easternmost lighthouse, it wasn’t "on." I guess they aren’t  much needed anymore in these days of GPS and Radar, but on a day like today, one can see why they came in handy. The fog out at sea is alive with the sound of fog horns [out of tune with each other]. On the next report we hope to solve the mystery of Monica’s travels and the origins of "Horror Hill Lane"…<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Flash!<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Actually, West Quoddy Light is on 24\/7, but faces the sea and is barely recognizable as a light from the land during the daylight hours.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I am guessing the street is named ‘Horror Hill’ because in the winter when it is covered with ice, there is not much stopping a driver from sliding down the steep hill and into Johnson Bay.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Lubecker <\/div>\n
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In other news, the house next door to us in Georgia burned to the ground today. Our neighbor was at work:<\/p>\n


photo by Martha<\/sup><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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