Bay of Fundy, Canada June 3-4, 2017

On Saturday, we got a late start leaving our Maine campground and headed north across the border (no wall - yet) into Canada without incident.  We were going to stop in St. Andrews to play golf and visit Kingsbrae Gardens, but it was raining so we passed on, taking leisurely back roads down to the coast on the Bay of Fundy.  We stopped early and got a campsite right on the Bay.

The Bay of Fundy is famous for its massive tides - the biggest in the world at an average of 39 feet!

We woke Sunday to high fog and temps around 50, cool and damp. yuk.  We drove through the small village of St. Martins where the fishing boats were moored in the harbor and when we returned through the town later in the afternoon, the tide was out and the boats resting in the mud.

Low tide is not for a couple of hours!

Leaving town through the covered bridge, we drove about 8 miles north to the Fundy Parkway - a 12 mile twisty, turney roller coaster dead end road along the Bay with lots of pullouts, observation points, and picnic sites.  The Fundy parkway has an auto route plus bike and hiking trail.  We stopped frequently for photos.

Overlooking a pretty waterfall

Fundy Parkway cut through blue and pink bedrock

Suspension bridge for hikers and a new road bridge replaced a huge covered bridge.

On our way back to town, I saw that the sea caves that we had passed on our way in were now accessible with the tide out.  I walked out on the rocky seabed to see the caves and get some photos.

We headed northeast to Fundy National Park and got a nice campsite in the woods - mostly pine and birch trees.  Weather is supposed to be much better tomorrow.  Still enjoying the northern Spring - forsythia is just starting and lots of small early spring bulbs.  Seems like for every full day of driving north, we go back a week in blooming plant time.