Our Free Day on Saturday was a beautiful, warm sunny day after the
overcast and occasional showers on Friday.
The Arm of Gold Campground has a beautiful setting on the Bras d’Or Lake
with St. Josephs Parish located on one side
As this is a free
day, Jim Wilson downloaded
his pictures from
yesterday and went outside
to rest after
working so hard on his free day
and ended up
talking to someone who
happened to be
walking by.
Most of the members of our Caravan went to visit the Alexander Graham
Bell museum and found that he did much more than invent the telephone. In 1871 he started out as a teacher at the
Boston School for Deaf Mutes and was involved with the hearing impaired his
whole life. In 1876 he received his
patent for the telephone that he is known for.
In 1879 he invented the audiometer to detect residual hearing loss. In 1881 he invented the Graphaphone which was
an improved phonograph which was the start of the record industry and sold his
interest in it for $200,000. In 1888 he
was a cofounder of the National Geographic Society. In 1887 he worked with educating Helen
Keller who gave Bell much credit for her ability to write and speak. In 1906 he began experiments with Hydrofoils,
with his Hydrofoil HD-4 setting a world marine speed record of 70.86 MPH in
1919. At the same time he was into manned
flight, with his Red Wing being the first Canadian flight in 1908, and in 1909
his June Bug was the first plane to fly more than one kilometer.
After a hard day at the museum,
Guy Grube with Carlton & Phyllis
Kitchen rest in the shade of a tree
behind the Alexander Graham Bell
Museum. Norma Grube was working harder,
as she went shopping!
As it was a free day, some of
our members went to the Beauty Salon and Barber Shops to get their hair
done as they had been on the road for a long time and needed some clipping
before the dinner and show that was arranged for this evening.
The dinner choices were Lobster or Prime Rib with all the trimmings
and desert.
The Last Supper for Bob & Nancy Campbell and Gene & Julie Reinhardt.
After Dinner the entertainment began, with Newfoundland songs and one memorializing the 9-11 attack on the Twin Towers in New York, which they were asked to sing at the 10th Anniversary Memorial.
Submitted by: Phil and Cheryl Hawkins
Adventure #8
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