Oh No, the Tide is coming in! No wait the Tide is going out! The Bay of Fundy is how we got ourselves up this far north and east. Gotta see the tides.

We have been fortunate on these transfer days without much rain. We watched it swirl all around us as we moved on to Fundy. Love the moose warning signs All along the roads there are signs for moose and deer.

Getting to the Fundy National Park was flawless. We were pleased with our location. Easy access to the city of Alma and all the tide sites you would ever want to see.

Settled in camp now it’s time to head into the bustling town of Alma. From a lookout point in the park we have a beautiful view of the city. If you look hard there is a rainbow. Well, the tide it out. The boats have nowhere to go. We would learn later on that these particular boats do not go out this time of year. From the first of October to the second week of January they will be out at sea. Now the boats are worked on and readied for the up coming season.

Dinner at the Tipsy Tails and Mitchell suggested an awesome Lobster Mac&Cheese. The next morning we saw Mitchell at the campsite. He works for the park as well.

On our way to Cape Enrage. The rocks on this beach were facinating. They are all flat and smooth. Getting to the Cape this coastline changed around in each bend in the road.

On the GPS we reach the end of the road. The song playing on the radio was the Beatles, “No Where Man.”  Cape Enrage is one of the oldest names in New Brunswick dating back to 1686. The light house was built in 1840. It was moved 3 times because of erosion. The Canadian Coast Gaurd automated it in 1972. In disrepair a school teacher Dennison Tate and his wife, Anne campaigned to restore it in 1992. Now at 125 feet the lighthouse flashes a green light every 6 seconds and can be seen for 11 nautical miles. Foggy conditions the fog horn blast three 2-second blast every 6 seconds. The fog will also trip a continuouly beaming detector light. The other building was the light keepers home. Actually a duplex. Two families lived there and worked in the light house in shifts. It is now a resturant.

Same boats just add water. The tide is coming in.

Just across the road from our campsite is this view of the Bay. It really is beautiful to watch.

The famous Hopewell Rocks. These are known as the flower pot rocks. They all have vegetation growing on top of them. The Bay of Fundy is funnel-shaped wide and deep at one end and shallow at the other. The tides get higher as they are pushed up the bay. The gravitational pull of the sun during new and full moon phases is stronger than usual and results in stronger higher tides. It happens twice every 25 hours. By the time the tides reach the rocks they are over 4 stories high.

Crawling around on the rocks. Jim thought it would be a great short cut.  Where we walked it was amazing how solid the beach was. No squishy sand.

The sign lets you know with it’s warning that the tides are quick and you needed to be mindful of them. Walking the path we ran into our friends from Toranto. Rana, Jet and their families. They have been been on Prince Edward Island and now here and then headed home. The girls had just been kayaking now they were headed down to the rocks. Somewhere along the way they decided that Jim’s name was Randy! So Randy it is!

We got a new neighbor. His name is Steve and is in the Canadian Special Forces. He is a sniper. Filled  with lots of stories and he always had a great smile.

Our mission today is to see the same rocks at high tide. It was great to catch it just before it reached to high water line. That is the darkened part along the rocks. It was hard to imagine we were walking und those arches.

Good name for a Cafe  near the bay. These are two mushrooms just growing in the grass.They were huge.

Another morning and the tide is definitely out.

There are many ways to camps. A Casita in a mesh tent. And a camper you can pull behind a motorcycle.

Having a last meal at the Tipsy Tails we told Norma Jean, the waitress that we hadn’t had any luck seeing a moose so how about a beaver. She suggested we go to the pond at the entrance of the park. There is a beaver family there. Well, we didn’t see any beavers but we did find their Dam and trees they fell.

Riding our electric bikes into town we explore some of the roads behind the Main Street. The roads were so steep. Even with the assist it was not an easy climb. The views were really great.

As far as you can see there are stacks and stacks of lobster traps.

We ride over to Alma’s lobster shop for lunch. Everything lobster happens there. It was quite tasty too. That is the jaw bone of a Fin Back Whale lying on the ground.

There are many trails in the Fundy National Park. We were so busy seeing rocks and tides we were fortunate there was a trail right at the end of our camp site. Doogie once again loves walking trails. The squirrels here really enjoyed him. They would eat nuts on the picnic table, on top of the fire pit, the best place the steps of the trailer.  A beautiful evening sky for our last evening.

We are off to Moncton New Brunswick to see Steve Snyder who owns Mike’s Bikes there.