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Us infront of a very interesting Cannon!
The Magdalen Islands are really lovely and we are very impressed. Adam is especially thrilled to watch the fishing captains as they parallel park their big boats at top speeds in the fishing harbours. We landed at Cap Aux Meules and spend two nights there. We didn’t see much of the surrounding area because we were trying to get organized but we did see a lot of the town; we walked the same strip about 5 or 6 times trying to get our bearings. Daniel arrived on the 26th sans luggage but we were able to celebrate Adam’s birthday that night and Air Canada came through in the end and we got the luggage the next day. The water is crazy with jellyfish – they are literally everywhere. On the 27th we headed to Havre Aubert and the Dune Sandy Hook anchorage. It is a second island but is connected to Cap Aux Meules by two large sandbars, which have roads along them. Adam rowed us ashore and we explored the area; much to his delight we came across a collection of trebuchets that someone appears to be building on the island (I’ve posted a few pictures on the photo page for the Earl Haig students). Daniel and I explored the famed sandy dunes which were, as promised, very sandy and Adam managed to get our dinghy, the Tasha Yar, sailing. Tomorrow we head out for Cape Breton and hope to reach Sydney harbor in a day or two if the winds are light. We wanted to say thank you for all of the emails that we have been getting. And although we haven't not been great at responding we appreciate the updates and words of encouragement and we wanted to assure you that we got the message - you want to see more pictures of us doing interesting things and fewer marine animals and blurry landscape shots. We’ll try our best!