Maritime Adventure - part 2
The continuing story of Jude & Grace's family trip out east.
the Bay of Fundy
We decided to start our journey home by visiting some of our other favourite places in Nova Scotia, and drove across the middle of the province (in the rain) to the north shore along the Bay of Fundy, to Hall's Harbour.
The Bay of Fundy has the highest tides in the world, with two high and two low tides every twenty four hours. The water levels drop or rise twelve meters four times a day.
The boats in the harbour end up sitting on the ocean floor at low tide,
but when we arrived the tide was already starting to come back in...
The docks and the boats float up and down with the tides....
It was too wet to take the dolls out for photos, so we continued northward along the Fundy shore...
...to Burntcoat head, where one can make their way down to the ocean floor around the island just offshore. But it was raining, and the tide was coming in, so we didn't venture down the muddy steps...
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But Bonnie and Jamie had wanted to see it anyways....
Baie Verte
Heading north in Nova Scotia to the Northumberland Strait, we crossed into New Brunswick, and stopped in a park in Baie Verte to let Bonnie, Jamie and the pups stretch their legs...
Cape Tormentine
Following along the coast of the Northumberland Strait in New Brunswick, we stopped at Cape Tormentine, the site of the old ferry docks to Prince Edward Island, which was abandoned after the completion of the Confederation Bridge....
"The tide is out, and it looks like a good place to dig for clams."
So they got out their pails and shovels
But Grace was having difficulty with the strong winds...
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In the distance they could see vehicles crossing the Confederation Bridge to Prince Edward Island.
It's the longest bridge in the world over ice-covered water, and spans the 12.9 KM (8 mile) Abegweit Passage across the Northumberland Strait between New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.
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the Big Lobster
We continued along the New Brunswick shoreline, and there were lupins blooming everywhere...
In late afternoon we arrived in Shediac, and stopped at the town Information Center...
It was still extremely windy...
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The kids wanted to have their picture taken with the giant lobster...
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"It's time for dinner. How about some lobster?"
Lobster Picnic
We had severe thunderstorms that evening, through the night, and the next morning, and the weather forecast for the following week was awful, so we gave up and decided to just go home. Then after driving up the Trans Canada all day, my little family finally had their lobster dinner between thunderstorms along the St. Lawrence River in St. Roche-des-Aulnais, Quebec.
Bonnie rolled up her sleeves, ready to tackle her lobster...
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Jamie wasn't keen on lobster, and had opted for fish sticks instead,
and he was watching Bonnie deal with her lobster.
"There's also a cherry pie for dessert..."
"I love your cherry pies."
Jude kept watching his daughter struggle with her lobster...
"How are you doing with that thing?"
"I'm doing fine, thanks. I just don't like it looking at me."
Meanwhile, Jamie decided to share some of his dinner with the pups....
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They were nicely done, and all cleaned up by the time the next thunderstorm rolled in.
That night we drove into the dark in the torrential rain, through construction, passed Quebec City and spent the night at a truck stop. Next morning we continued in the pouring rain passed Montreal. The rain finally stopped when we crossed the border into Ontario, but it was very hot and humid, with orange, hazy skies form all the wildfire smoke. Later that afternoon, it was finally good to be home after the 'non-trip' that had fought us right from the very beginning.
Maybe we'll try again next year.
Maybe we'll try again next year.
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