Travels of Nannie & Bubba

July 22, 2014 Confederation Trail, St. Peters, PEI

Today we took a lovely scenic drive to St. Peters and strolled along the Confederation Trail. It follows along the side of a beautiful bay, full of mussel-farming! We always enjoy riding or hiking on rails-to-trails because they are mostly flat and therefore easy to hike and look around at the same time...

Bubba examining a potato field.

Where we turned around. (this was 2 km)

The trailhead.

Mussel farming explained.

Mussel farming buoys.

I was standing up at the next level down....

Fishing....

Heron, crows.

July 21, 2014 Prince Edward Island National Park, north seashore drive

We are camped at the top-center part of Prince Edward Island, at Cavendish. Today we drove the coastal road and visited the national park shores all along the way. Some places are sandstone bluffs, and some are reddish sand beaches. What a delightful day! I shucked off my shoes & socks and waded in the water, which was warmer than I expected. (shallow shore-water warmed by the sun) The little streams that were flowing into the ocean were VERY cold. This part of the island is unspoiled, with fields of grain and potatoes everywhere. Harbors with fishing boats. Simple neatly-kept homes. This part is known as the "Anne of Green Gables" area, since the author Lucy Maud Montgomery grew up here. The "Anne" story is based next-door to where we are camped. We regret that we only have 2 days to enjoy this place, and hope to get back here one-a-these-days.

Beautiful flowers crowd right to the edge of every shore.

Gotta love the signage around here!

Red sandstone bluffs.

Eroding sandstone.

Saw lots of these jellyfish.

Looks like it could be painful!

Low tide.

Bubba.

Nannie.

This is what a tour bus looks like, without the bus.

National Park beach.

Covehead Harbor lighthouse.

Lobster traps, Covehead Harbor.

Must be low tide! North Rustico.

This place has foundation problems.... North Rustico.

July 20, 2014 Cape Enrage, lighthouse, New Brunswick

Today was a good day to drive out to Cape Enrage and check out the lighthouse there. It was a long drive on narrow rough roads, but it was worth it. We spend an hour there just looking around. The tide was in, so we didn't try the 94-step staircase down to the bay. Just boggles my mind, thinking of what it was like back when the light keepers did it all by hand and in almost complete isolation.

The lighthouse is on out the point, out of sight.

I do love rocks....

July 19, 2014 Point Wolfe River hike, Fundy National Park, New Brunswick.

Our second hike of the day was down to the Bay of Fundy where the Point Wolfe river joins the bay. This was a wonderful spot to explore! However, the trail down was awful. The main trail had a big washout (thank you, Hurricane Arthur!) so we were on a "detour trail" which was more stream and mud than trail. We both got dirty-dirty feet from that one! The river delta was spectacular; these pictures just cannot do it justice. The bridge that crosses the river just happens to be another covered bridge, which is visible in one of these pictures. We do love to clamber around on rocks!

If you enlarge this picture, you will see people on the side of the river,
center of the picture.

On the side of the trail.

The Point Wolfe river.

Bubba

This little cove was once a thriving timber business.

The covered bridge is in the far distance.

July 19, 2014 Dickson Falls hike, Fundy National Park, New Brunswick

Today was a good day for hiking, so we headed back to Fundy National Park. First we went to Dickson Falls, which was a delightful hike in the woods. The falls were loud and the water was very cold. The temperature dropped at least 10-15 degrees when we were beside the stream. Which actually felt good! After this hike, we enjoyed our pick-a-nick lunch.

One of many little streams coming down the mountain.

Down, down, down.

The Dickson Falls.

The damp ecosystem by the stream made for wonderful
growth on the rocks. Fascinating.

You know who these two are.

At one point the path went down to the edge of the streambed....
We were very careful as that water was extremely cold!

July 18, 2014 Alma, New Brunswick

We drove to Alma (just outside Fundy National Park) for supper (lobster, of course!) and then walked around a bit. You can see what we found. On the way back to our campground, we spotted a covered bridge and went to see it. Only horses use it now.

ice cream: it's what's for dessert!

July 18, 2014 Hopewell Rocks (The Flowerpots), New Brunswick, Canada

This place is amazing! The abnormally high tides (30-50 feet) allow people to walk around on the floor of the Bay of Fundy during low tide. But the part that blew my mind was going back at high tide and seeing just how far up the water came. This phenomenon is unique to the Bay of Fundy because it acts like a giant funnel, and the tides are more extreme because of it. We had a grand old time exploring around on the "bottom of the ocean"; it was mostly rocky and gravelly with lots of red mud out by the water. This place was packed with people so there are folks in almost every picture we took.

On the walk down to the shore, we saw quite a few of these ghostly little guys called Indian Pipe.
It's a flowering plant that has no chlorophyll and sustains itself on fungus of tree roots.
(or something like that) Not something you see every day!