Adventure day one
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cornerofmadnessThe day ended better than it started. I had to go to bed about three hours earlier than usual and failed to fall asleep. So, I functioned on 3 hours sleep. Most of today was traveling. We made three separate stops at rest stop/gift shops. I did pick up crap I don’t need, some that surely will become Christmas gifts. We drove from Nova Scotia to New Brunswick.
The big thing today was the Bay of Fundy, which has astonishing tides. We walked along the ocean floor and saw the flowerpot rocks. They’re basically hoodads, eroded by the tides but they also have trees growing on the tops so when the tide is in it looks like clay pots. The Bay of Fundy has the highest tides in the world (In theory). We got lucky by the time we finished lunch an hour and a half later, the tide was in and where I had been standing was 44 feet down. That lunch was blah cafeteria fare except for the seafood chowder which had chunks of shrimp and lobster. It was yummy. I’ve seen the Bay before in Maine with a friend but this local was even more spectacular. Loved seeing this.
We got back in the bus and went over Confederation Bridge, which is the longest bridge over frozen water (@ 8 miles) going from New Brunswick to Prince Edward Island. My hotel is pretty damn cool. It’s family run and I’m in the new part. This room is bigger than my NY apartment was and the bathroom bigger and nicer than my own, with a nice soaker tub. It’s also single story so it’s pretty quiet but no time for pool or hot tub tonight because we were out to a huge buffet dinner. The main course was another seafood chowder (creamier than the other one) and a one-pound full lobster plus a 60-foot salad bar and a 21-foot dessert bar. (Lots of hummus, mussels and tabbouleh and rhubarb pie and strawberry short cake).
And props to the hotel for having an in-room large garbage can that’s got three bins inside, waste, recyclable and compost!
And weird stuff, everyone on this trip seems unclear on how anyone could elect to travel alone (they keep asking me for tips) and for that matter so did the customs agent the day before, like he’d never seen someone traveling unescorted. Over the course of the trip I learned that my fellow traveler’s love Caravan tours (which we were on) and a group called Gate 1.
Bay of Fundy at low tide. We're walking on the sea floor.
I liked this close up of the embrace rocks and the 'chocolate' water (it's very silty)
It's an hour later and these are the same rocks
The big thing today was the Bay of Fundy, which has astonishing tides. We walked along the ocean floor and saw the flowerpot rocks. They’re basically hoodads, eroded by the tides but they also have trees growing on the tops so when the tide is in it looks like clay pots. The Bay of Fundy has the highest tides in the world (In theory). We got lucky by the time we finished lunch an hour and a half later, the tide was in and where I had been standing was 44 feet down. That lunch was blah cafeteria fare except for the seafood chowder which had chunks of shrimp and lobster. It was yummy. I’ve seen the Bay before in Maine with a friend but this local was even more spectacular. Loved seeing this.
We got back in the bus and went over Confederation Bridge, which is the longest bridge over frozen water (@ 8 miles) going from New Brunswick to Prince Edward Island. My hotel is pretty damn cool. It’s family run and I’m in the new part. This room is bigger than my NY apartment was and the bathroom bigger and nicer than my own, with a nice soaker tub. It’s also single story so it’s pretty quiet but no time for pool or hot tub tonight because we were out to a huge buffet dinner. The main course was another seafood chowder (creamier than the other one) and a one-pound full lobster plus a 60-foot salad bar and a 21-foot dessert bar. (Lots of hummus, mussels and tabbouleh and rhubarb pie and strawberry short cake).
And props to the hotel for having an in-room large garbage can that’s got three bins inside, waste, recyclable and compost!
And weird stuff, everyone on this trip seems unclear on how anyone could elect to travel alone (they keep asking me for tips) and for that matter so did the customs agent the day before, like he’d never seen someone traveling unescorted. Over the course of the trip I learned that my fellow traveler’s love Caravan tours (which we were on) and a group called Gate 1.
Bay of Fundy at low tide. We're walking on the sea floor.I liked this close up of the embrace rocks and the 'chocolate' water (it's very silty) It's an hour later and these are the same rocks
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