We went on vacation Fri. Aug 8 and ended up in Carleton, Yarmouth County, NS.
Sat. we went down the Chebogue river on relatives motor boats. We spent the day getting fog burned on Crawleys Island at the mouth of the river.
Sun. was very similar but we went farther out from the mouth of the river to Green "Rock" Island. Three fast speed boats and a fishing boat travelled to Green Island. The island is very small that had a manned lighthouse which has been converted to an unmanned post. There were a lot of seagulls circling waiting for returning fishing boats to get a free lunch. There were puffins in the area which was a wonderful sight as I thought they were only located farther north along the Newfoundland and Labrador coasts. The occasional seal bobbed by inquisitively to see what we were doing. The currents created by the changing of the tide in the area is extremely fast, raising or lowering 4 metres (13') in 6 hrs. Two of my cousins and a friend went scuba diving along the ocean bottom near the island. Two of the divers couldn't manage the currents on the ocean bottom and had to surface. We sent out a zodiac to pick them up but with the strong currents the zodiac was
not making very good headway returning. I raised anchor on one of the faster boats and proceeded to pick up the divers who by this time had attached themselves to a fishing boat which was travelling with the tide. The third diver surfaced and was picked up by another boat. I then went to were the third diver was and got him on board the boat so we had all three divers back on the boat that we started on. All the boats rafted up together and the divers removed there cumbersome gear. We then returned to the mouth of the Chebogue River.
Mon. I biked from Mink Lake Route 203 Carleton to the Hardscratch road along route 340. return 30km.
Wed. I biked from Mink Lake to Yarmouth following route 203 to 340 to the Pitman Road, Left on lake George road and back onto the 340. Following the 340 again to Hebron and onto the 1 and when I got to the intersection of the 1 and Stars road I made a left following Stars road back to the Hardscratch road and back to Mink Lake. 60 km.
Fri. I did the same route as Wed. 60 km.
It was nice to find that the traffic in the area seemed more considerate to a fellow on a bicycle. My Aunt and Uncle were having a party for all their friends around Mink Lake so we spent the day setting up for the party. My cousin flew in to enjoy the party and spend the night. He has a piper cub and wanted to take me for a fly.
This is where the sidelined part comes into play!
I proceeded to attempt to prop-start the airplane and in the process dislocated my shoulder. I originally dislocated my shoulder skiing at age 21 and then again playing hockey. I had surgery on it in '92 and dislocated it again playing in a hockey tournament a year later, I have since quit hockey. I have had no problems with my shoulder since quitting hockey up until now. I spent Fri. night in the Yarmouth County Hospital getting x-rays and having to go into surgery to be knocked out. The pain medication and muscle relaxants were not working so they had to put me in the Operating Room and put me under to put my shoulder back in place. I now have 2 weeks off work with my arm in a sling, with no bicycling until I see my family doctor about physiotherapy.
Sat. we went down the Chebogue river on relatives motor boats. We spent the day getting fog burned on Crawleys Island at the mouth of the river.Sun. was very similar but we went farther out from the mouth of the river to Green "Rock" Island. Three fast speed boats and a fishing boat travelled to Green Island. The island is very small that had a manned lighthouse which has been converted to an unmanned post. There were a lot of seagulls circling waiting for returning fishing boats to get a free lunch. There were puffins in the area which was a wonderful sight as I thought they were only located farther north along the Newfoundland and Labrador coasts. The occasional seal bobbed by inquisitively to see what we were doing. The currents created by the changing of the tide in the area is extremely fast, raising or lowering 4 metres (13') in 6 hrs. Two of my cousins and a friend went scuba diving along the ocean bottom near the island. Two of the divers couldn't manage the currents on the ocean bottom and had to surface. We sent out a zodiac to pick them up but with the strong currents the zodiac was
not making very good headway returning. I raised anchor on one of the faster boats and proceeded to pick up the divers who by this time had attached themselves to a fishing boat which was travelling with the tide. The third diver surfaced and was picked up by another boat. I then went to were the third diver was and got him on board the boat so we had all three divers back on the boat that we started on. All the boats rafted up together and the divers removed there cumbersome gear. We then returned to the mouth of the Chebogue River.Mon. I biked from Mink Lake Route 203 Carleton to the Hardscratch road along route 340. return 30km.
Wed. I biked from Mink Lake to Yarmouth following route 203 to 340 to the Pitman Road, Left on lake George road and back onto the 340. Following the 340 again to Hebron and onto the 1 and when I got to the intersection of the 1 and Stars road I made a left following Stars road back to the Hardscratch road and back to Mink Lake. 60 km.
Fri. I did the same route as Wed. 60 km.
It was nice to find that the traffic in the area seemed more considerate to a fellow on a bicycle. My Aunt and Uncle were having a party for all their friends around Mink Lake so we spent the day setting up for the party. My cousin flew in to enjoy the party and spend the night. He has a piper cub and wanted to take me for a fly.
This is where the sidelined part comes into play!
I proceeded to attempt to prop-start the airplane and in the process dislocated my shoulder. I originally dislocated my shoulder skiing at age 21 and then again playing hockey. I had surgery on it in '92 and dislocated it again playing in a hockey tournament a year later, I have since quit hockey. I have had no problems with my shoulder since quitting hockey up until now. I spent Fri. night in the Yarmouth County Hospital getting x-rays and having to go into surgery to be knocked out. The pain medication and muscle relaxants were not working so they had to put me in the Operating Room and put me under to put my shoulder back in place. I now have 2 weeks off work with my arm in a sling, with no bicycling until I see my family doctor about physiotherapy.
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