We headed out to the Bay of Fundy National Park today. We were told by friends this was something we didn't want to miss.
One of the things we learned first in Canada is that everything is in English and French.
We picked a good year to go to Canada. You see, they are celebrating Canada's 150 years and offering free passes to Canada's national parks to everyone. So we picked up our pass and found out they have a similar program to the US National Parks Junior Ranger Program. They have Park Xplorers, so we picked up the kids a booklet and got started!
Gorgeous views once again.
We headed out on a trail to go down to the beach area. Abigail said she did not want to go down this trail again, too many edges. She willingly held my hand on this trail, something she never does. Miss independent does not want to be held back my momma most of this time so I enjoyed her actually wanting to hold my hand.
Daddy held Chloe on this trail.
When we got down to the beach area the tide was too high to walk out, the bottom of these stairs was underwater by about a foot, add to that the waves and the 6 of us couldn't go out. We turned around and walked around trying to find another way down. No luck so we returned about 10 minutes later and found that it was now low enough we could go out when the waves pulled out and actually walk on the sand. We were amazed at how fast the tide moves here.
We LOVED the rocks here. If I would have let them, and they could carry them, the kids would have walked out with a bag full.
Our next stop was Hopewell Rocks. This was a super cool place and we have an interesting story to go with it. When we got there it was after closing time. This was our one and only chance to see this place we had heard about with a tide change of over 32ft. A place where at low tide you walk by rocks larger than you with seaweed on them, amazing rocks weathered by the ocean and it was closed. Closed. We noticed that there were plenty of cars parked outside the parking lot, the people had to be somewhere. We parked and spoke to some people we saw walking back and they said you could still walk on through. So, we decided to give it a shot. I was a little more hesitant to trespass in a foreign country than the rest of our group but since I was outvoted we walked. We walked through the locked and empty parking lot. Around the chained entrance gate where you pay to get in. Then down the trail to the ocean floor.
We stopped for a scenic picture on the way down the trail.
From the top of the stairs we saw that we did hit it at low tide so we would be able to walk around down there.
The kids loved walking under rocks and in little tunnels.
We figured, since we are already in a park that is closed we might as well walk on the shuttle bus road. Bunch of rebels. Ok we didn't actually do anything illegal. Check it out for yourself at their
website, you can visit after hours but it is at your own risk.
One last picture of us proving we were there after the gates where closed.
After this adventure we were headed to Cavendish Prince Edward Island for the next two nights!
But first, McDonalds. They don't have Chick Fil A's here. Bummer.
We got to see yet another sign we had never seen before.
We finally arrived at our destination. A bit later than we expected and thankfully the people were really nice about us checking in after hours. We found this place just with an internet search and chose to stay here based on its reviews online. We were pleased! Clean and a great price since they didn't charge extra for it being 6 people staying. All others charged almost $10 per person per night for over 4 people. I was worried since it was the most reasonably priced place and within walking distance to Green Gables - my whole reason for going. If you plan to go there check them out, here is their
website.
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