Today was all about the Bay of Fundy, along the coast of New Brunswick. From Monckton, we took Hwy 114 to Cape Hopewell to see the The Rocks. There are a number of beautiful rocks that can be viewed at both high tide and low tide from platforms built out for that purpose. The coast is a vertical rock wall one hundred feet straight up, so it’s impossible to see this beautiful coastline any other way unless in a boat, and we haven’t seen coastline like this. It is very photographic. Then we moved on down the coast to Cape Enrage where there is an old lighthouse still working at the tip of the Cape. And, finally, we ended our tour of the coast at Fundy National Park.
The Bay of Fundy has the highest tide in the world, at up to forty feet. One can walk along the “bottom of the ocean” and be forty feet under a few hours later! (The tide surprises some people, and they have to swim for it or worse!) One hundred billion tons of water flush in and out of the Bay of Fundy twice every 25 hours! That’s more water than all the rivers on the planet put together! The Bay is one of the most awesome and interesting marine areas in the world. We drove along about sixty miles of it, taking in the rocks, lighthouses, cliffs, coves, and capes. New Brunswick is very beautiful, from the farmlands and rolling hills to the heavy forests, and everything is green. We took a lot of photos today, and I think we got some good ones, because the scenery provided the rich material!
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