September 22--Fundy National Park

Well, we woke up about 7:30 nice and warm to a beautiful, sunny day, but our heater seems to be having some issues this morning. It ran all night long, but this morning, it seems to turn off after just a few minutes of heat. Steve thinks it is a the thermocouple that has to reset itself, because it does the same thing after a few minutes. Oh well, we’ll worry about that tonight.

We had coffee and breakfast, and then headed to the Visitor Center to see what we could learn about the tides at Fundy. Normally the ocean tides change 13 feet twice a day, but in Fundy because of the shape of the bay and the location of Fundy on the planet, the tides change 40-50 feet a day.

There are caution signs posted warning you to start back from the tidal beach within an hour or two off low tide because the water comes back in at about 7 feet per minute. So we exercised caution, and walked out as far as the water’s edge, and then headed back. By the time we got back, there was even more ocean bottom exposed, but we decided to head on up the coast to the lighthouse and to Hopewell Bay.


On our way to the lighthouse, we noticed a winery with a tasting room open. So we went in (of course) and discovered that they had rhubarb and blueberry wines. So we both tasted the various blueberry wines, and I tasted the rhubard wine, and we decided to buy a small bottle of the blueberry sweet dessert wine to have with Lee and Joli.

After that we stopped at the lighthouse, and took pictures of Fundy Bay and then headed to Hopewell Rock. The lighthouse is kind of off the beaten track, and very cool. Apparently the local kids maintain and operate it during the summer, and use the proceeds for the upkeep and maintenance of it.
Hopewell Rock, however, is not off the beaten path. Lots and lots of tour buses, and senior citizens. It is a beautiful walk down to the photo opportunities, and very well kept.

While taking a break from all the seafood with a couple of cheeseburgers, we decided that Utah was a pretty great state to live in, even after seeing all of the great places that we have seen so far on this trip. We are excited about heading to Acadia National Park and Bar Harbor, Maine tomorrow.

As always, I am happy to return stateside. It’s been great being here in Canada. I love the Canadians, they are all so friendly and open. But I do love the USA and it will be great to be a part of it again, even with the financial upheaval that seems to be going on (sometimes its a curse to have satellite radio to listen to!).