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place is truly magnificent and totally off the grid. Self-sufficient with electricity from solar panels, the house has radiant heated floors with large 8 foot windows and it sits some 30 feet above the Atlantic Ocean. After getting us settled in our rooms, Wayne showed us where we would hit golf balls into the ocean off a driving tee near the back door. I then asked the question, “If you were to shoot an arrow across the ocean where would it land?” After a pause for thought, Wayne told me Nigeria and, looking at a map, he was right. Wayne had organized a nice evening for us on board a friend’s lobster fishing boat, and so, at 5 p.m., the five of us joined captain Doug Karsten and his wife Nicola, along with another great friend of Wayne’s, Captain Sam Arnold and his wife Verna. We did a tour of the eastern shore and watched seals diving in


and out of the Atlantic, and then we tucked into a cove where Wayne barbecued hamburgers and sausages, along with a few cocktails. We had a ton of laughs and great conversation. There is something to be said about the sun dipping down below the ocean, and a chance to take in the great Nova Scotia sunset. After getting back to Wayne’s, with everyone complaining of being too full, we called it a night. Although Wayne and I were the


last to hit the sack after reminiscing about our days in Grand Falls, Newfoundland, and one more before bed. We got up on Thursday morning


to brilliant sunshine and a view of the Atlantic that is second to none. A bowl of cereal and fresh fruit and we were ready for the day ahead. And, oh, did I mention we were having fresh lobster for dinner? We hung around the house for a while


in the morning and still in awe of this beautiful home. I continued to ask Wayne all kinds of questions about the construction, the solar power and how he manages everything off the grid – I am sure I drove him nuts. After lunch we headed in to a small community Sobeys for some provisions and, funny thing, there was a liquor store attached, so we checked it out too. Back to the house where Walt and I, with the ladies and Wayne, hit a few more golf balls, and then it was time to go to the fish plant to pick up the lobsters. There really is nothing better


than a lobster caught right there in the Nova Scotia waters and brought home for a boil up. While Wayne and I went to get the lobsters, Walt and the girls went down to the water’s edge to get fresh salt water to cook them in and when we got back, Bev was in changing after getting struck by a wave or two and the three couldn’t stop laughing about it. I guess you had to be there. With Wayne boiling the lobsters and Bev and Walt making the deviled eggs, this was going to be a meal to remember. Walt doesn’t eat lobster so he had a leftover burger or two and the rest of us pigged out on our 2 1/2 lb lobsters for the better part of an hour with wine to suit the occasion and great conversation about old times. It was an early night for all except Wayne and I. We stayed up a little longer to carry on the conversation from the night before - along with another nightcap. Friday morning greeted us with


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fog (or as Wayne calls it, mist) and rain, and so it was agreed that we would have a nice brunch together and then the four of us would head out for home around noon. A seven- hour drive got us back to Edmunston, New Brunswick Friday evening, and another seven hours Saturday got us home by 2 p.m. Wow - talk about a crazy five


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