The Bay of Fundy

Truro proved to be a very uncomfortable stop. First of all, it rained. Second of all, it poured! Last of all, it freakin’ deluged!!! When we pulled out, two rigs sunk into the grass and mud and had to be pulled out by a backhoe. Although we started the trip in sunshine, the sky darkened as we headed south and the CB radio crackled loudly every time a lightning bolt fired off (which was just about constantly). The rain was coming down so heavily we had to slow to 30 mph. Wipers on high speed hardly kept the windshield clear enough to continue. This was a true frog strangler!

As we neared our destination of Hopewell Cape, the rain subsided and we parked and got set up with relative ease. At 3:00, we carpooled to Hopewell Rocks, a Provincial Park on the Bay of Fundy, the site of the highest tides in the world. Tides of over fifty feet have been recorded here. Today, we would be treated to a slightly above average tide, a “mere” 43-footer. We go back tomorrow at low tide for a completely different perspective and even get to go out and walk on the sea floor.


Bay of Fundy presentation


Explaining tides using "models" of earth, moon and sun


Hopewell Rocks at medium tide


Low tide

More low tide

Returning to the park, the staff got ready for a travel briefing and an ice cream social.

Terry dishing it out!

Serving fresh homemade berry pie

After the briefing, one male guest got his retaliation against three female guests who had “decorated” his rig at an earlier date. Dressed in full Scottish attire, he presented each lady with some Orgasm candy and a set of autographed pink balls, tied together with a purple ribbon.

"Scotty" and his victims!

Each got a set of pink balls and a purple ribbon!

This had a “special meaning” to each and created quite a hoot from all the other guests. After the howling subsided, we dove into the ice cream and some fresh berry pies, donated by another guest.

Tomorrow, after the low tide visit to Hopewell Rocks, is the final leg of the trip. We travel to St. John for one day and a wake-up. The one day will be a morning bus tour of the city with the Farewell Dinner in the evening. We will be up early Saturday morning to serve the guests coffee and sweet rolls. After the morning “Hitch-up Breakfast”, everyone splits to go their separate ways. Barry and Terry are headed to Bangor, Maine and Claudia and I are staying in Canada. We are headed northwest to Quebec and then southwest to Port Huron, just above Detroit, where we will cross back into the USA. From there, we follow I-80 to I-70, through Denver to I-15 to Saint George, Utah where we start the next episode of our summer travels, a 29-day caravan around the Four Corners area. This caravan visits all the state and national parks in the Four Corners area. As we will be leading this trip, I seriously doubt there will be much blogging time from now on. Look for us to arrive home on or about October 2nd or 3rd.

From the Canadian Maritimes, Au revoir!

Jerry, Claudia and Valentino