Tour Day-Day 4 May 14th, 2019

Our team was broken up into two groups today based on our top 2 choices. One group went to St. Martins & Fundy Trail Parkway with me and the second group went to Saint Andrew's By-the-Sea and St. Stephen with Karen. We all had an amazing time. It was nice to get outdoors after a very busy day of judging yesterday, stretch our legs and breathe in the smells of the Atlantic!

St. Martins & Fundy Trail Parkway

Our first stop was the St.Martins Sea Caves to walk the ocean floor to explore the caves, arches, and caverns. The tide rises and falls every 6 hours up to 38 feet on the shores. The amount of water that flows in and out of the Bay of Fundy in a day is equal to all of the water pumped into all of the oceans by all of the rivers of the earth!

Touching the Atlantic Ocean

In order to explore the caves, arches and caverns, you had to jump quite a distance over a stream or remove your footwear and walk through. The water was freezing and the distance to jump was intimidating. So, Adam and Omar decided to beach walk, and Anson and Mikko didn't hesitate and jumped across. Faced with a dilemma coupled with a dose of fear, I had no choice but to jump. Happy to say I made it, and even more gratitude that I had the opportunity to explore with Anson and Mikko.

All 5 of us are in this photo,

Adam and Omar

Tour Bus 3 and 4

Next, we headed to Fundy Trail Parkway a 2,559 hectare park along the coast. We had to stops. First was Fuller Falls a 15-metre waterfall and then a suspension bridge.

Jane our guide teaching us how to make a moose call.

Reversing Falls at Falls View Park is a unique phenomenon where the water reverses with the coming and going of the tides in the Bay of Fundy. This is created by the collision of the Bay of Fundy and the Saint John River. At low tide, the river empties into the bay causing a series of rapids and whirlpools. As tides rise, they slow the river current for a brief period called slack tide. The Bay's tides continue to rise, gradually reversing the flow of the river; rapids form again, peaking at high tide. A 8.5-metre (28-foot) tide cycle is roughly 12.5 hours.

Falls View Park at low tide.

Reverse Falls at Falls View Park at slack tide.

Mollusks found in the Bay of Fundy... mussels, periwinkles, welks, and lady slippers.

Dulse is a popular seaweed snack in the Maritimes. It is harvested in mid August until October when the algae is a red colour. Four ounces of dulse provides more than 100 percent of your daily values of iron and potassium.

Catching up on sleep after a long day out in nature.

Saint Andrew's By-the-Sea and St. Stephen

Samuel Champlain spent a desperate winter here before establishing Port Royal in the current NS.

Sharknado!!

A shining star!

The rare albino lobster

Eastern Wolf Fish. BC has the larger cousin, the Wolf Eel.

Plankton Bingo.

iphone microscopic photography. Phyto-and zooplankton. The large ones are copepods. Magnification 40X

No words needed😒

Lunch at Harbour Front

Table with a view

Police rescue dive team practicing. They needed volunteers!

Across the St. Croix River is the US. Our phones were picking up AT & T.

Remnants from early conflict with the State of Maine.

William Van Horne of CPR fame. His country cottage.

The Van Horne Barn. 4th largest wooden structure in North America

The Ganong Chocolate Factory/Museum