Ok, in the quick update we put on our blog earlier this week we said that stop 6 was Bay of Fundy and St John. We’re going to have to amend that to just Bay of Fundy. We’re staying in the national park here, about 1 mile from some of the highest tides in the world (they’ve been measured previously at the equivalent of 4 stories high). When we drove into the park last night the beauty and the slower pace of nature had a lulling effect. As a result, we did not do the 3 hr round trip necessary to see the capitol of this province. Instead we’ve just kicked back and enjoyed nature. A bit of hiking, a bit of time on the sea shore watching the waves, skipping rocks, etc. and we’re feeling really refreshed. (One unusual thing: the cove we visited doesn’t smell like salt water, so you feel more like you’re on a lake than the ocean.)
We’re staying at the Fundy Highland Inn, where we have our own kitchenette for the first time in a while. As a result we’ve gotten to cook up some local food (obligatory cod and beet tops to name just a few).
One fairly random thing. We’ve always thought of Canada as having really good drinking water. Not so either here in the park, or where we were on Baie du Chaleur the last few days. Up at the Bay, we were staying so close to the water that they have salt water corruption in their aquifer and therefore have to use cooler water for drinking. Here, there isn’t so much of a problem with salt water, but the iron content is sooo high in the water that it dyes everything yellow/brown. (Yes, the toilet bowl and shower are gorgeous : >
