Bay of Fundy

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Ok before I start I have no idea what happened with the pictures and captions on my last blog but you really have to use your imagination on some of them. I think it was the internet at the time, anyway hopefully it won't happen again. So we headed to the North Shore of Nova Scotia and this was not my favouite part of NS, but to be fair we had about 4 days of rain. We camped at Amhurst NS, which is on the border of NS and NB and very close to PEI. When we pulled into the camp ground all we saw was a burned up building. Alady came out and told us yes we were at the campground and they had full hook ups but their shower/laundry facillity had burned down. Well we decided to stay so payed for 2 nights and followed her to our camping space, at this point we see about 6 Rv's that are obviuosly not being used and haven't been for some time. There were 2 other units that looked like people stayed in them but no one was around. I felt like I was in the RV graveyard and could hardly wait to leave. In the meantime we went to Springhill which is the hometown of Ann Murry and they have a Centre for her. Before some of you start groaning (and I know you are) let me tell you there has never been to this day another Canadian recording artist that has won or been honoured with as many rewards as this woman. We then went to Joggins where the Bay of Fundy comes in on the NS side to see the tides. Next day we travelled back into New Brunswick to a beautiful little campground in Moncton. That day we went to the Hopewell Rocks in the Bay of Fundy because the tide was in. The next morning we were up early and back to the Hopewell Rocks to see it when the tide was out. This is a swing of 46 feet. The pictures will explain it better than I can. It is the highest tides in the world and we walked on the bottom of the ocean, pretty cool. We also went to magnetic hill where you drive to the bottom of the hill put your vehicle in neutral and sit there as it coasts up hill. Of course its an illusion of the road but it is pretty wierd. Then we went to the zoo (tired of museums). We had a couple from Sask. parked next to us in the campground and they were also leaving the next day for Maine so we made arrangements to stay at the same campground and we will have a Canadian Thanksgiving together. We passed through Saint John on our way to the US but did not stop just took a couple of pictures going through. So our Canadian Adventure has come to an end for now and we loved it. Now on to the USA, stayed tuned.

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Photos

Hopewell Rocks, NB
high tide and yes the water is brown they call it the chocolate river

Bay of Fundy
so the ocean comes in and because the salt water is lighter it goes beneath the chocolate river water

Bay of Fundy
The Bay is home to the Hopewell Rocks, and the highest tides in the world

Same place
different scene these high tides were taken about 4 pm

Private Home
this is in New Brunswick don't know who lives there but they were doing it in style

The travellers
we walked on the ocean floor

One of the Rocks
you can tell how big they are by looking at the people they loose some of these every year because the ocean keeps washing at them

The Bay
between the ocean and the rocks is about a mile of ocean floor now

The Rocks
dino bones are discovered every so often because the ocean takes a liitle more of the cliff away

Colours
hope this turns out because it is truly orange

Fall Colours
in Nova Scotia just starting here

Anne Murray
whole building dedicated to her life and all the music awards she won as well as the people she met along her career path

Joggins
part of the Bay of Fundy in NS

Joggins, NS
tide is definitely in.

Colours
In the fall here is so spectacular because of the red of the maples

Amhurst, NS
this town is full of old brick and stone buildings

Amhurst
these buildings date back to 1700's

Amhurst
the architecture is unbelievable and they are all still being used

Amhurst
alot of homes are run down and then you come across a gem

Amhurst
look at the stone work on the house

Black Swan
his home was in the pond in the private home picture first time I have seen a black swan