Aug 13

First day to wake up in eastern Canada.  It is an eye-opener!  We left a 7:30 wake up call and the phone range at 6:30 Eastern time.  That is when we learned we are on ALANTIC TIME!!!  We lost an hour when we went to Knoxville and now we have lost ANOTHER hour.  I had read an article by Bob Terry about the extremely high tides at Fundy Bay and about something called “Reversing waterfalls.”  We drove to the waterfalls first.  We were there at low tide and it appeared to be normal river rapids.  The information center recommended we come back late in the day to see the effects of the tides. 

We decided to take the Fundy trail which was open for part of the Fundy bay.  The ride was great.  We saw the rugged coast line and the black beach sand. 

 

 

We drove through one of several covered bridges that are used on a daily basis by citizens of New Brunswick. 

We also saw the difference in high tide and low tide at a small fishing village.

 

 

 We were astonished at the listed price of gasoline (never did figure it out – something about liters vs gallons.) 

 

We went back to the Reversing waterfalls and really saw the difference.  The St. John River empties into Fundy Bay.  During high tide in the Bay the tide pushes itself up into the St. John River and over this set of deep rapids.  It has the effect of reversing the waterfall. 

 

While we were there we ate lobster rolls – our first.  James liked them.  I thought they were ok but not great.  Later we walked downtown where we saw granite sculptors working with electric saws, beautiful flowers and some unusual statues of fun people.  

 

 

 

Back in the room we watched the weather on TV.  The forecast is 18 degrees c.  Sure sounds cold but I have no idea what the temperature will be tomorrow.  Grandkids are in school.  It is Ally’s first day in kindergarten.  Good day for us.