As noted in Monday's blog, the lighthouse is located behind our house. This is a view from the wharf.
Latitude and longitude of Hampton, Nova Scotia is as follows:
Constant Latitude is 44 degrees 54.1 minutes North;
Line of Longitude is 65 degrees 21.2 minutes West.
There are differences for latitude and longitude in terms of their north/south east/west directions. Sometimes latitude is east/west and longitude is north/south. As I become familiar with the differences I will include the why of it.
In the meantime, the suitcase is being packed, the car is being loaded, tyres [British spelling; a tip of my New York Yankee's hat to my love's heritage as well as how Canadians spell tire] have been checked for air, all fluids are at the correct levels, maps at the ready, passport, and I have loonies & toonies. Canadian one dollar coin, no bills, is called a loonie for the Loon on one side of the coin and the Queen on the other side. The 2 dollar coin is called a toonie. One would imagine 2 loons on the coin with the Queen on the other side. Wrong. The 2 dollar coin has a polar bear and her cub on one side and the Queen on the other side. The 2 dollar coin is called a toonie because it is a 2 dollar coin. Get it?
2 comments:
RITA!!!!! THIS IS AWESOME!!!!I AM READING.....
Thanks, enjoy. I will try to keep it interesting. And next July you can come for the wedding and see it all for yourself.
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