{"id":4773,"date":"2016-07-06T10:00:05","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T17:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oureveryday.life\/?p=4773"},"modified":"2016-08-14T12:40:20","modified_gmt":"2016-08-14T19:40:20","slug":"three-events-in-one-day-sabbatical-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oureveryday.life\/en\/2016\/07\/three-events-in-one-day-sabbatical-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Sabbatical 2016. Three events in one day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Part 16 here<\/a><\/em>
\nNot far from Portland there is a huge rotating globe, the largest in the world, named Eartha. Its diameter is 42 feet and it is a 1:1,000,000 scale model of Earth. If a model of the Sun was constructed at the same scale, it would be 4,560 feet in diameter and located 93 miles away, somewhere near Boston. If a model of our Solar System was constructed at 1:1,000,000 scale, the planets orbit would stretch across all of North America. For example, Saturn would be in Chicago, Neptune in Los Angeles and Pluto, ex 9th-planet, would be in Zurich, Switzerland. Space shuttle orbit would be 14 inches above Eartha. Isn’t that incredible?<\/p>\n

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Eartha’s continents<\/p><\/div>\n

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Observing Eartha’s slow rotation is quite relaxing. But we need to move on. While going through Portland, we tried to find a Welcome to Portland sign, but didn’t see any. So we just drove through and made some photos.<\/p>\n

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So close, yet so far<\/p><\/div>\n

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Portland city line<\/p><\/div>\n

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Near the post office<\/p><\/div>\n

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Right after border line between Maine and Hew Hampshire there is another point of interest – the Albacore Submarine. It is a museum, but we could walk inside, press buttons, toggle switches, and even look through the periscope! And we did that for a good half an hour.<\/p>\n

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We are waiting for the bridge to be lowered. The state border is in the middle of the river<\/p><\/div>\n

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Entrance that was used when the submarine was docked<\/p><\/div>\n

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Kate is exploring the fridge<\/p><\/div>\n

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The shower<\/p><\/div>\n

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Bathroom break \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/div>\n

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Control rudders. Ira is looking into the periscope<\/p><\/div>\n

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The rudders can be turned and tilted<\/p><\/div>\n

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Here sailors played games in their free time<\/p><\/div>\n

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Another exit<\/p><\/div>\n

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However it was a very hot day, the air inside the submarine didn’t move much. Fans that stood here and there didn’t really help, so we decided to go out for some fresh air.<\/p>\n

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Inside the museum near the Submarine<\/p><\/div>\n

\"DAD_6582\" Close to evening we came to see the lake with a very difficult name to pronounce. From Algonian language it means “Fishing place at the boundaries – Neutral Meeting Grounds”. Locals are joking that it should be translated as “You fish on your side, I’ll fish on my side, and nobody fishes in the middle”.\"MOM_0222\"<\/p>\n

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Still water doesn’t look pretty<\/p><\/div>\n

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That lake lays not far from the Rhode Island so we decided to go there and make a photo of the road sign.
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The 84th highway that starts in Portland, Oregon<\/p><\/div>\n

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City in Connecticut that has similar pink buildings to those in Portland<\/p><\/div>\n

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Part 18 here<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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