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North America » Canada » New Brunswick » Moncton August 25th 2016

St Martins, Fundy National Park and Hopewell to Moncton 24 & 25 August 2016 After breakfast in St John we drove along a magnificent road with spectacular scenery – forests, valleys and hills, little cute villages and farmlands. It was beautiful. After 130 km we arrived in St Martins. The Village's premier attraction is the St. Martins sea caves. The knowledge of tide times is important in this part of the world to find the best time to walk the ocean floor out to sea caves, caverns and arches or to view them from the shore. The tide rises, filling the caves and caverns with water. The tide rises and falls every 6 hours and 13 minutes, creating new times for high and low tides every day. The tidal range can be up to 38 feet ... read more
Hopewell Rocks New Brunswick at high tide (13)
We often had sweet potato chips with our evening drinks (1)
Fundy Trail New Brunswick (22)

North America » Canada » New Brunswick » Moncton July 23rd 2016

Geo: 46.0884, -64.7783We have done a number of trips to Quebec before and given our tighter timeline, we zipped right through the Belle Provance and straight into New Brunswick. NB is the only truly bilingual province in Canada but, for me, it always seemed to have the personality of someone's far-too-serious Aunt. To be sure, the province does have a number of odd ball items that require investigation like a Noah's Ark shaped seniors home or a magic hill where you can coast uphill in your vehicle (even Billy Thunder is putting on roadtrip weight so we didn't quite make it all the way up the hill). But when a small town in the Province claims to be the supplier of a third of the world's French Fries you know that the local Potato Museum is ... read more
Our First Hotel In New Brunswick
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

North America » Canada » New Brunswick » Moncton September 25th 2015

Geo: 46.0884, -64.7783Hopewell Rocks in New BrunswickWhat a fun day at Fundy!This morning we visited Hopewell Rocks. On our way, Allison pointed out that the Petitcodiac River behind our hotel ebbs and flows with the tides of the Bay of Fundy. The water level was very high; the Bay of Fundy tide was obviously in. When we returned late afternoon, the river was almost empty. The tide was out. Thus the phenomenon of the local tides.Check out this video – a time lapse of the tidal shifts at Hopewell Rocks, Bay of Fundy.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnDJ6_XpGfoThe Hopewell Rocks, also called the Flowerpot Rocks, are formations caused by tidal erosion. They stand 40-70' tall.They are located on the shores of the Bay of Fundy. Due to the extreme tidal range of the Bay of Fundy, the base of the formations ... read more
Tauck Canadian Maritimes travel group
Bay of Fundy: The tide is high but I'm holding on
Hopewell Rocks Interpretive Center

North America » Canada » New Brunswick » Moncton September 24th 2015

Geo: 46.0884, -64.7783Day 3Halifax: City Tour, Harbor Boat Ride, Wharf LunchAnother gorgeous day. How blessed we are. This morning was devoted to a city tour of Halifax. First up was Fairview Lawn Cemetery where 150 victims of the Titanic are buried. There are three types of headstones: 1. Identified graves of unclaimed victims2. Unidentified graves3. Monuments paid for by family members of lost loved onesBecause the ship went down just off the coast of Newfoundland, four rescue and recovery ships from the Atlantic Provinces were hired to search for the dead. Of 328 bodies found, some were buried at sea. Others were brought to Halifax, but only 40 bodies were actually claimed by family members. Of the remaining unidentified or unclaimed bodies, 121 were buried in a special plot at Fairview.Two of the most decorated plots ... read more
Explosion occurred near striped smokestacks (L)
Harbour Queen tour
Halifax skyline

North America » Canada » New Brunswick » Moncton September 15th 2015

What a day in Moncton! We are going to have to come back for another day before heading back home. We started off uploading the pictures to our blog then went off to the Post Office. We stopped by the Community Living here in Moncton. We met Connie the Executive Director at the Community Living here in Moncton. After talking to her it was amazing how many people and families she serves (about 400) in her area with only two other staff. After talking to her and her co-worker she found out that we were sleeping in the car and invited us for supper and to stay the night. We then went to Magnetic Hill and experienced this natural optical illusion. It was very odd/cool going down a hill putting it in neutral then your car ... read more
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North America » Canada » New Brunswick » Moncton September 9th 2015

This morning we drove to Magnetic Hill, a gravity hill which is a type of optical illusion created by rising and descending terrain. Stories about this place have been around since the early 1800s. In the 30s, it was noticed that at one point near the base of a hill, motorists had to accelerate to prevent their car from rolling back uphill. We drove our car to the bottom of the hill to try it out. Tim put the car in neutral, took his foot off the brake, and sure enough, we started rolling back uphill. What?! Our brains were so confused. When we reached the crest of the hill, the car stopped. We tried it again with the same results. All we could do was scratch our heads. Both of us were finding that we ... read more
Boat at low tide in Fundy National Park
Fixing a boat while the tide is low
View of headland in Fundy National Park

North America » Canada » New Brunswick » Moncton October 6th 2011

We recently put together a 2 minute video summarizing our experiences this summer. It's a competition and views count so feel free to share it with whoever you think might enjoy it! Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idlgJkHkFVk... read more

North America » Canada » New Brunswick » Moncton September 22nd 2011

Yet another beautiful day on the East coast! Day 26 and I got to be a Misty rider! Hank was still driving Pace ahead of me and the medal bearers. Got to do some good endurance runs with Sonny and another with Nick and Scott who are both triatheletes. Work my hardest to keep up with them! Slept really well that night! Day 27 I was on Pace for the first time. Driving forward at very slow speeds and constantly looking in the camera at what is behind. You have to keep the MB's at the perfect distance behind you. A little tricky, but it gets easier as you get used to it. We traveled from Halifax to Truro. Day 28 I drove Pace again. Went from Truro to New Glascow. Last few days have been ... read more
Hanging with my McFriends!
Hamburglar on Board!
watching Sonny getting ready to roll through the Cam in Pace

North America » Canada » New Brunswick » Moncton September 14th 2011

My love for traveling all began when I joined this program called Katimavik. The program involves traveling to three different provinces within six months. Everything was paid for, trips, meals, accomodations. Also if we completed the program we recieved $500 at the end. The catch was living with 7-11 other young people, and we had to do fulltime volunteer work. I left for Ontario on March 3rd, so just over a year ago. Im not going to get into too much detail on this now. But i will say it was the best thing I have ever done with my life and I have met some amazing people. I spent 3 months in Terrace Bay, 2 months in Montreal and a little less than a month in Yellowknife. The type of volunteer work varied from working ... read more
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North America » Canada » New Brunswick » Moncton August 10th 2011

Day 80 – August 9, 2011 I’m writing this on the airplane heading to Moncton from Winnipeg. This was an unexpected trip, one that is very unfortunate. Tomorrow is my grandfather’s funeral. Though I’ve always prepared for the approaching passing of my grandfather, Fred Oickle, the feelings can never be simulated or imagined. Despair is inaccurate because my recent true acceptance of the impermanence of life, so I’ll describe it as helplessness. It’s a shocking revelation to consider a man of such stature and of whom I respect so much can simply be gone in a moment. Despair seems to be a word of the past for me. Inner peace has replaced the emptiness one feels in times like this. Fred C. Oickle was born on December 4, 1928. He had humble beginnings which included tireless ... read more




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