A great place to soak up the sun

Point Wolfe, Fundy National Park

The Point Wolfe inlet is where volcanoes and the movement of the continents have formed the oldest rocks in Fundy National Park. After a relatively easy walk down, you come out onto a rocky beach, where huge, grey, sometimes green, slimy rocks, lay up against cliffs. They’ve been smoothed by the tidal action over countless millennium, which makes them great for lying on catching a few rays – unless they’ve got the green slim on them. . .Photo taken July 16th.

Crab apples

Herring Cove apple tree

While wandering around Fundy National Park, we headed down to an area known as Herring Cove. It was, obviously, named after the industry the area became known for. The cove will see tides come in sometimes as high as four stories.
While traveling down this path toward the rocky beach, I passed under this really old apple tree. The trunk was twisted in an odd shape, having spent a lifetime fighting against winds, and other harsh elements.
Looking up from underneath, it was full of healthy young apples. I figure when the herring industry was in full swing (from the 1880's through to the 1940's), someone must have tried to plant an orchard. Maybe it is a descendent or an original settler.

Photo of the day

Boats at low tide - really low tide

While enroute to Fundy National Park last weekend, we stopped at Alma. There's a pretty big wharf there with a number of good sized fishing vessels. Fundy tides are the highest in the world - and, when they're out, they're out. . .Photo taken July 16th. I gotta say - from where I was standing, it smelled pretty ripe.

Sunday tour of Fundy National Park

A beautiful day in the park under a covered bridge

Myself and a few buddies decided to take a drive out to Fundy National Park, a place I had never been. It's located on the Fundy Shore, about an hour-and-a-half from Moncton - beyond Hopewell Cape. It was a spectacular day, though somewhat cool when we first started out, it became quite sweltering as the day progressed.
The picture above was taken from the middle of a this body of water. Of course, I took my boots off and waded in, the sharp rocks all but slicing my feet to hell. The photo was worth it me thinks. . .taken July 16th.
The worst part of the trip - having to pay a fee to get into the park ($6.90 per person). I am a firm believer Canadians shouldn't have to pay to get into provincial and federal parks.
Covered bridges can be found in a number of places in New Brunswick. I passed three alone on that day. I've yet to come across them in such numbers outside of this province.