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It's a historic day, the 40th anniversary of the first foot on the moon. One small step and all that. I don't remember clearly but i do remember Mom and Dad getting us up out of bed to watch on tv. I don't remember what i thought or felt but i'm glad i can say that i did see it as it happened. It would have been pretty cool to have a moon base built but other things have got in the way over the years. Still a space program, with shuttles and a space station so that's something. They've sent a probe to Mars too. I guess it won't be in my lifetime that people from our planet live on another one but maybe someday.

The Tall Ships parade of sail is today. My mate Tracey and i are going to stake out a spot on the waterfront later for the noon start. It's sunny!!!!! It actually was yesterday and i could have gone down to the waterfront yet again last evening with my nephew and mom but i wanted to rest my feet for today.  Sunscreen ... check. Lunch packed... check. Frozen juice in the pack  so it gets a chance to thaw a bit....check. All batteries recharged... check.
Gotta find a hat. Got a blouse to cover my shoulders if it gets too hot and burny.

Parade of Sail day

It was a clear, hot sunny day. Hardly a cloud in the sky. I bet the temps got up near 30, i didn't check to see. There was a bit of a breeze and no humidity so it was bearable down by the water. Tracey and I went to the Dartmouth waterfront by the library. See, last couple of times, the ships came almost all that way down so we figured we'd have a great view. The parade map said they would as well. Therefore, it didn't bode well when the first ship, the Bluenose, came down one side (the side were we went last time!) and then crossed over and turned around about half way down the harbour, quite a way from where we were. You still had an excellent view, mind you, but if you didn't have a really good zoom lens on your camera, you weren't going to get close up pictures and we could hear a lot of complaining. I didn't mind so much because i do have a decent zoom and besides, we went out on the pier and i was lucky enough to have a park bench to sit on! I was comfy and i enjoyed the afternoon immensely. My Flickr set for all the Tall ships is here and the Parade of sail pics starts about half way down, just past a few videos. I have to add a few videos to that set as well from today. Anyone that's on Facebook, there will be an album there as well, with about half the number of Parade of Sail pics. It's usually the other way around!