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PIPEWRENCHGRIP

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Our travels so far have taken us from our home in South Dakota through the Northeast, into New Brunswick's Grand Manan Island, back northwest to the St. Lawrence Seaway and down to Quebec City.

En route, we stopped to visit friends in Michigan, and they joined our trip in their fifth-wheel for about a week. We also joined Tom and Louise Butler in Ohio; they had just left the FMCA convention in Bowling Green.

With the Butlers and our fifth-wheel friends, we visited the Warther Carving Museum in Dover, Ohio. This is a fantastic and interesting place, a must stop for anyone traveling through the area.

We then traved together to Bliss, N.Y., where we were able to park two motorhomes and a fifth-wheel for a few days on an acerage owned by our ornithology (bird experts) friends. There, we had the privlege to observe and even help banding humming birds. This was a real thrill, especially for Laura, as she is quite a bird lover. We also made a trip by car to Niagra Falls, our second visit there, but the first was 30 some years ago.

Our fifth-wheel friends headed for home from there. The Butlers and us traveled in tandem through the Finger Lakes area and to the Corning Museum of Glass.

Laura and I had never been to New York City, so I made a suggestion to do so and off we went. Tom and Louise had been there before, but they were happy to go again.

We camped out at Florida, N.Y., and took a tour out of the campground to see the sights. This was a quick one-day tour but very worthwhile. We saw Ellis Island, the Statue of Liberty, Ground Zero of the Twin Towers, and construction of the New Freedom tower. We then toured downtown , saw the UN building, Times Square , Fifth Avenue, the Theatre District and other stuff, too.

We headed northeast, visited friends in New Hampshire, and continued to Acadia Park and Bar Harbor Maine. After that it was into Canada and Grand Manan Island.

We boarded a ferry to reach Grand Manan, the largest island in the Bay of Fundy. With two 40-foot motorhomes with toad vehicles behind and a coupled of trucks alongside, this was close quarters. So much so that we had a hard time squeezing out the door to enjoy the 1-1/2 hour ride to the island.

On Grand Manan Island, we went on a whale watching tour with Whales and Sales Tour company. This was a great trip. After touring the island, we again boarded the ferry and headed out toward Quebec.

We are now near Quebec City. We walked the Old Part of the city today ... what an interesting place! Tomorrow we're off to the Montreal area and will spend a few days there before heading slowly toward home.

We have really been enjoying this trip. The scenery has been fantastic and the places we've visited so far have been interesting. Our traveling companions have been very helpful, as they have been full-timers for a number of years. As Yakoff would say, "WHAT A COUNTRY!"

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Sounds like you have had a great time. Banding Hummingbirds, how do you do that? I can't catch my cat to put Frontline on it! The trip to NY sounds really interesting....why leave the country when Rving can take us to so many great places right here in the good ole USA?

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Catching Hummingbirds for banding it turns out is quite easy. Our friends Dave and Sandy demonstrated that fact at their home near Bliss NY. Dave is an Ornithologist and a good one at that. They simply hand a couple of bird cages with a humming bird feeder inside. Leave the gate open and the bird finds the feeder. The gate is held open either with a fishing line or he also has an electronic control that when released closes the gate while inside, gotta be quick. Then while the bird is inside we just open the gate and reach in and close our hand around the bird. Once he is in your hand, he is quiet. Then we put it in a mesh bag and Dave would then take it and measure it, weigh it, examine it for fat content, then put a mall numbered band on his tiny little leg. All the data is recorded. They weigh a little more than a penny. After completing the banding, Dave would place the bird in someone's open hand. It would lay there for 15 to 30 seconds until it decided it was free to fly, and away he would go.

Quiet facinating.

Bill :rolleyes:

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