Bay of Fundy and beyond

August 26,  

We are camped near Hanover Maine at Stonybrook campground.

No Wifi in over a week so I have a lot to catch up on my site.

We left Mira River and drove all day to PEI.

We crossed the Confederate Bridge and arrived at the visiter center around 3:00.

We decided to cross the island and camp mid section st Stanhope Campground

We passed fields of hay and potatoes as we drove through the mid section.

The campsite bordered the beach.

We set up our site, walked the beach and made plans for the next day.  

The next day we headed to the eastern section of the island.

We passed St Peter's Bay on the way to the eastern boardwalk.

St Peter's Bay is home to a large mussel farm operation.

Nets of blue mussel seeds are placed in the bay and harvested year round.

We had a great view of St Peter's Bay from the hike to the boardwalk at Greenwich visitor center.

Mussel Nets

St Peter's Bay

Picking wild blueberries along the trail

The boardwalk and beach in that are was very nice.

The water was warm and beach pretty.

I could have spent the afternoon lounging near the water listening to the waves and wading.

Cyclist touring PEI along bikepath

Canadian Flag at Campground

The next day we left the Stanhope beach to tour the other side of the island.

We stopped at North Rustico Beach at the Blue Mussel Cafe for a great lunch.

We stopped for desert even after a large lunch at the local bakery.

Marilyn and I snagged  a strawberry rhubarb pie costing us only $6.00.

I had a slice for desert tonight.  

Blue Mussels

Wanda's lunch

Bakery stop

Green Gables

We stopped in Cavenish and toured Anne of Green Gables home.

We purchased Canada National park and historic site passes early in our trip.

We were able to enter free onto the grounds of the home.

The last time I was by this site was 25 years ago.

Sally and I did not want to spend the money to tour the home.

It was a short tour of 30 minutes and worth the stop.

The area around the home is very touristy now.

It reminds me of a Gatlingburg on a small scale.

Anne's room

We planned to tour a botanical garden next.

We arrived in town and stopped at the visitor center for information.

We learned the botanical garden was now a haunted house.

It was late in the afternoon and we decided to camp near the bridge.

Our last campsite on the island was at Cumberland Cove.

It was a very small campground operated by the Fergusons.

We set up camp and headed to Victoria by the Sea.

It is a small Victorian town with a population of 77 people.

I think you need a craft or business to survive in this small town.

Home at Victoria by the Sea

Birds at campsite

Canadian couple camped next to us at the last two campgrounds

We were able to make it back to the campsite by sunset.  

The owners had informed us of times of the space station visibility later that evening.

It was cloudy and we missed the siting.

Space Station viewing in the Atlantic Provinces seems to be an active past time.

Speciality in the area

We left PEI August 24th and headed to the Bay of Fundy.

I thought for sure we would be at Fundy National Park by early afternoon but the drive was slow.

Once we passed Sackville in New Brunswick the muddy waters of the Petitcodiac locally dubbed "Chocolate River" came into view.

The huge Bay of Fundy tide reaches Moncton twice daily when a tidal bore with a lead wave of 60 cm. 

The locals dub it "Total Bore".

We did not stay in town for the action.

Our next stop was Hopewell rocks.

Sally and I stopped on our trip to the area 25 years ago.

I think we just walked down to the area.

Now you pay about $10 and enter a park with boardwalk and signs.

A great crowd climbed down a staircase with us to the beach at low tide.

It is impressive sight but I am not sure worth the crowd.

tourist taking a picture on the beach

Our next stop was Cape Enrage based on a recommendation.

The area was a big disappointed.  

salt marshes near Cape Enrage

We arrived late to Fundy National Park and secured a campsite.

Yesterday we hiked the beach at high tide. 

Roger and I decided to hike the Coastal trail about 7 km long.

Some of the trail had great views of the coast.

Other parts of the trail were through lush forest.

Squaw Cap

We all decided to head to fishing village of Alma for dinner that evening.

We ate at a local restaurant that had a great view of the Fundy Bay.

At low tides the boats in Alma end up on the drained ocean floor.

We sat along the beach and watch the time come in. 

low tide in Alma

tide coming in 

This morning we left Fundy National Park after another hike to the beach. 

The morning was beautiful after the fog cleared.

It is hard to believe that this area may be hit by storms from Hurricane Irene in a few days.

We are headed south and west as fast as possible to avoid the storm.

We planned to spend over a week along the Maine coast lines but Irene changed our mind.