The Wind Farm

The sun broke through the clouds this morning – and it was going to be a beautiful day. For the first time we got a full view of the wind farm up the coast and were surprised by how much we could suddenly see now that the clouds had passed. It was far more expansive (and much cooler) than we realized.

We enjoyed a delicious breakfast of buttermilk pancakes, compliments of Dad, and then decided to make the wind farm our first stop.

At North Point there is a long rock reef where the North Umberland Strait meets the Saint Laurence at high tide. Since the tide was out we walked out on to the reef to throw rocks and admire the view.

After we spent some time searching for crabs and had thrown a few hundred rocks, we finally convinced the boys to take a walk with us. We headed up the shore to find the nature trail that would allow us to get up close to the windmills, and admire the spectacle of the enormous and graceful machines. The boys were distracted by mud puddles, but Pat and I enjoyed the view.

Later, after lunch and a long nap, we headed down the hill to play at the beach. Dad brought the kite. Evan was excited to help Dad “launch” the kite. Eli happily dug in the sand for hours.