More along the Bay of Fundy

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Hello, All!

After we left Fundy National Park on Monday, we headed north to Moncton, NB, to begin crossing over to Nova Scotia. On the way we stopped at the Hopewell Rocks, otherwise known as "the flowerpots." When the tide is in, just the top 2/3 or so of these rock sculptures is visible. There is a sign at the top of the stairs going down to the beach that says: ""Always return from the beach by the time posted on the warning sign above the stairs. If you become trapped by the rising tide, do not panic. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CLIMB THE CLIFFS. Find a comfortable rock above the seaweed level and wait 2 or 3 hours for the water to retract." Did you see any "comfortable rocks" in these photos? I have a visual of hoards of unfortunate people frantically trying to climb the cliffs because they didn't heed the sign.

We also stopped at the little Ha Ha Cemetery. "Ha ha" because we're up here -- and they're not?

Next we visited the W. D. Lawrence house. Lawrence's great ship, named after himself, was reported in 1884 to have been the largest wooden sailing ship in the world, certainly the largest wooden ship ever built in Canada. Lawrence's granddaughter lived in this house until the 1930's when she gifted the house to the town of Maitland. Up until she left, she kept the house about as she found it-- the house had no indoor plumbing and only the most primitive electrical wiring.

In many towns we saw evidence that the Canadians are having financial problems as we are in the States -- a lot of closed businesses and abandoned houses. Bob and I were very sad to find that a restaurant located on a great site to see a tidal bore was closed down. We had eaten there at least 6-7 times and a few times spent the night in their parking lot so that we could see one of the tidal bores late at night or very early in the AM. Our first time there was 9 years ago when seeing those bores was magic. (Some 12 tidal bores later, I didn't find them quite so thrilling.)

Note the last photo. Housekeeping units must be hard to come by . . .

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Comments

[Barb Scott]

sailor didn't paint this picture
Note that the pennant is trailing. With a wind-powered boat,it should never trail. The wind pushes it forward, as it does the sails. The Italian government had to withdraw a new coinage issue because of the same problem.