2019.10.16 – Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada and leaving Maine

Over many thousands of years the tides have created these formations on the coastal rocks.  This area known as the Hopewell Rocks is located in the Rocks Provincial Park in New Brunswick.  You can only walk on the beach to see these amazing structures during low tide when the water recedes over 100 yards.

If you look to the left, you see how high the tide can get

With the tide out a huge mud flat is left

 One morning we drove into downtown Moncton, the largest city in New Brunswick, to watch the Bore tide come in.  There are only 3 spots on earth that have such a tidal incursion.  It was so interesting to see the water surge in, some spots over two feet high.  Sorry, we tried and tried to upload a video of this for you to watch, but we're doing something wrong.

We drove out to see a light station at Cape Enrage.  It was a twisty windy road, about 15 kilometers, but we made it, glad we were driving our car (the towed) and not the coach. 

Cape Enrage

We drove through a portion of the Fundi National Park to find Dickson Falls, a delightful little stream that seemed to have falls after falls after falls ending up in the Bay of Fundi.

Dixon Falls

When we left Fundi National park, we drove into the little town of Alma, where Jerry noticed the boats were not in water, but were shored up on stands and resting on the bottom of the harbor.  The water was at low tide so the boats had to be setup so they didn’t topple.

Leaving Canada, back to Maine

After leaving the turning leaves in Canada we wanted to spend a little more time in Maine, near Acadia National Park, now one of our favorite spots.  While there we drove to Bucksport, ME to see Fort Knox. To get there we crossed this lovely suspension bridge.  The Penobscot Narrows Observatory Bridge has the world’s tallest bridge observatory.  I stayed behind while Jerry and some friends, Don and Menika, took the elevator to the top.  They thought there were wonderful views.

Bucksport, ME

That’s covers our travels this year.  We are now back in Texas and the blog will be quiet for a while.  Our plans are to winter here, splitting our time between the San Antonio area and far south Texas along the Rio Grande when the weather turns colder.  Safe travels and happy trails to all.