The Bay of Fundy is 67 miles wide and 70 feet deep at its mouth. Up the bay at the mouth of the Petitcodiac River, where Hopewell Rocks Provincial Park is located and where we were today, the bay is two miles wide and 30 feet deep. No wonder the world’s most dramatic tides occur here! We really enjoyed walking the coves and trails of this park, seeing the tides and tidal flats at both eye level and from high above.
Allen really likes this "pelt."
Interpreters were thorough and smart. It’s weird that almost everyone else we see is our age. Guess we are bona fide members of the go-go retires demographic.
We made it back to Riverside Park in Moncton to see the afternoon’s tidal bore come through, a worthwhile see. Allen heard the story of the California surfers here last month during the King Tides who surfed the bore upriver for miles. After seeing the bore, we believe it.
We also know why the Petitcodiac River is nicknamed the Chocolate River. Tidal bore generates a LOT of sediment, and it’s all in suspension in the river.
Shediac’s historic Tait Inn for dinner, our favorite of the journey. We got a recommendation from an interpreter at Hopewell Rocks, and we owe her.
What was fun for us was that when we arrived, the B&B was full of good-looking people. Turns out they were french travel agents touring the area. After visiting Tait, they were going out on a lobster boat to watch lobsters being collected, then cooked for their dinner. Just after they left, a thunderstorm broke out; we wondered how their "adventure" turned out!
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