I rolled out of bed before noon. After all, today was a free
day. After dressing, eating a bowl of
cereal, and checking my email I jumped in the car and took off for Baddeck, NS
and the Alexander Graham Bell Museum.
Carol Ann wasn’t interested in going so she stayed at the motorhome and
stayed busy cleaning and reading (mostly reading). The drive to the museum was a little less
than half an hour through a light fog and mist.
Baddeck is a neat little town with a harbor on the Bras D’Or (Arm of
Gold) Lake. Most of the town is located
on the main drag that is about half a dozen blocks of specialty shops and
restaurants. A real touristy kind of
place. The Bell museum is located on the
east end of the town overlooking the lake and is very well put together. The grounds are beautifully landscaped with many different varieties of blooming things. Inside, the first exhibit is
a timeline of major world events and Bells’ inventions and experiments during
his lifetime. Then there are three
separate areas of exhibits about his development of the telephone plus other
sound inventions and experiments such as manned flight and kites and hydrofoil technology.
There were also two or three video theaters and an exhibition hall with
replicas of his airplane, The Dart, and his hydrofoils. I enjoyed taking my time and reading the
descriptions of his inventions and experiments.
That was pretty much my day except for stopping and taking a
few photos on the trip back to the RV park.
Tonight we are having our drivers’ meeting and a group dinner. Tomorrow we are off towards Truro (remember
the “Tidal Bore”?) and our second stay at the Elm River RV Park, a distance of
about 185 miles. There are only about
six days left on the tour before we start for home.
Just got in from our meeting and dinner where we were
surprised with entertainment by Eddie Coffee on the accordian and Rhonda Stamp on guitar. Eddie is a
singer-songwriter of Newfoundland – Labrador music who got his start in
1974. Eddie and his band spend six
months each year in the USA touring and performing free concerts at US military
bases and veteran’s hospitals. The show
was a lot of fun and the music was infectious (I had to buy a CD).
One of the jokes Eddie told was about a Newfie named Tom who
won $12,000,000 in the lottery. Tom’s wife
reminded him that when they were married he promised to take her to Spain some
day and now that they could afford it she was ready to go. Tom didn’t know anything about international
travel and wasn’t sure how they would get there so he went back to the lottery
office and asked the manager how he could get to Spain and what would he do
about not speaking Spanish. The manager
helped him make his airline reservations and then told him not to worry about
speaking Spanish. All he had to do was
speak slowly and distinctly (Newfies tend to speak very fast and are difficult
to understand). So Tom and his wife fly
to Spain and check into a five-star hotel where they are put in a very fancy
suite.
Tom goes down to the bar and says, very slowly and
distinctly, to the bartender, “I – would – like – a – rum –and – coke – please
– sir”.
The bartender mixes it and says, “Here – is – your – rum –
and – coke – sir”.
Tom finishes it and goes back to the bar and says, “I –
would – like – another – rum – and – coke – please – sir”.
The bartender mixes it and says, “Here – is – your – rum –
and – coke – sir”.
Tom finishes it and goes back to the bar and says, “I –
would – like – another – rum – and – coke – please – sir”.
The bar tender says, “Where – are – you – from – sir?”
Tom says, “New – found – land”.
The bartender says, “I – am – from – New – found – land –
also”.
To which Tom replies “If – we – are – both – from – New –
found – land – why – are – we – speaking – Spanish?”
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