{"id":2245,"date":"2024-09-30T17:45:09","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T17:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/eagleledge\/?p=2245"},"modified":"2024-09-30T17:46:50","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T17:46:50","slug":"fossil-hunting-apple-picking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/eagleledge\/?p=2245","title":{"rendered":"Fossil Hunting\/Apple Picking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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On Friday Colleen and I drove North to the Champlain Islands and went on a fossil walk .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The rock was a coral reef over 450 million years ago in the Ordovician Age and contained the fossilized remains of cephalopods, stromatolites and sponges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We visited Fisk Quarry as well which also contained fossils half a billion years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Shrine of St Anne<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Before getting to the fossils we stopped at the Shrine of St Anne dedicated to the spot where the French built a fort in 1666 to lay claim to the land, protect the fur trade access and convert the indigenous people to the white man’s religion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It seems insane that this is what is held sacred rather than the immense depth of time preserved in the fossils testifying to what a wonder our planet and our lives encompass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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White man carves the rock in his image showing no awareness of what is truly sacred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dinner with Ambiana at UVM<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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After fossils we headed to UVM where it was Parent’s weekend and met up with Ambiana and her friends for a yummy dinner in her dining hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Translations” at Vermont Stage<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Then we headed to the Main Street Landing and the Vermont Stage for the Irish play “Translations” which had a very good 1st act and a bewildering 2nd act. Nice space though, great set and fine actors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apple Picking at Peck Orchard in E. Montpelier<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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On Sunday we went to Peck orchard for apples and cider donuts. Our September has been spectacular with dry sunny skies and temps in the 70’s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Construction Update: Hot Tub 3.0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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I filled the hot tub on Saturday and it held water! So I fired up the stove at 4pm and it was HOT by 7:45PM. So nice to have a soak. After dinner Colleen, Jakobi. Gaelen and Heather all had a soak. It did spring a leak but not enough to have to constantly top up the tub like 3 years ago. In the morning it had only gone down by 1.5″ so I calculate the rate of leakage as about 3\/4″ every 6 hours which if it remains constant is in the parameters of success. What happened 3 years ago is that when I filled the cube a second time the rate of leakage was way greater than the initial leaking rendering the tub a failure so I am hoping after I drain the tub and refill it for the next soak the rate of leakage will not have changed. The tub was still hot at 10am Sunday and I had a nice second soak after my Sunday run.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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