Such a lovely drive southwest to Saint John on the Bay of Fundy (have you heard of it?). The changing leaves were beautiful. We saw different versions of this sign along the road and wonder if this is as close as we’ll get to a moose!
If we actually see a moose along the road, we may wish we weren’t that close! See the sign a little ways down the road? It’s a car skidding on the road, a thermometer showing a low temperature, and 0 degrees C = “bridge ices sooner than road” Love their picture signs!
I do have to say, the colors are more vivid with my sunglasses on, but this is still beautiful.
As we were getting close to Saint John (not “St. John’s,” that’s in Newfoundland and Labrador), we saw a visitor’s center to our right and drove right on it. As we were walking in, we met a couple eating their lunch in the parking lot.
Rick and Lyn are from New Hampshire and are spending 2 weeks camping in the area—more rugged than I wanted to be. They met in the Army and are enjoying their time together after kids moved out of the house.
Karen was so helpful giving us ideas on places to go and what to see.
The Bay of Fundy is really a big deal here, because the tides can have up to a 28-foot change from high to low. At high tide, the water rushes into the Saint John River channel, and at low tide, the river water rushes into the bay.
These are the tide times for this month, September.
And these are the tide times for today. Slack time is when the bay and river even out and all is balanced. We’ll see and learn lots more about these tides while we’re on the coast of NB.
As we were walking out to our car, we saw these berries (fruit) that we learned were rose hips, like for making rose hip tea. Never knew what they looked like, and I can’t say I’ve ever tried rose hip tea. Maybe I should.
The flowers are pretty too.
As we were driving to our campground, we could see the wharf from the road where the big cruise ships dock. More about the cruise ships later.
Did you notice the sailboat in the lower right corner? Great way to see the ship’s size!
We drove into our campground that’s part of Rockwood Park inside of town so we’re close to what we’re going to want to see.
Flowers make this such a welcoming campground.
Some of the time the campground is this empty (that’s our RV in the middle). Other times it’s fuller. The campground closes for the winter in just 6 days! Glad we’re here now.
For dinner that evening we wanted to get close to the bay so we could watch the waters.
This area is called Reversing Falls, and this is the first U.S. flag we’ve seen in a week and a half. Ah-h-h.
We settled on this relaxed cafe for supper. Name comes from the height that the tide can rise—14 1/2 feet—to the lowest that the tide can fall—again 14 1/2 feet. Clever.
I had fish cakes thinking they would be like crab cakes, but they were coated with mashed potatoes before being fried so I didn’t really taste the fish. But the presentation was lovely, and the salad was nice and crispy.
This is our view from our window while eating. Loved the view while still being warm inside. The outside patio was just a little to nippy for me. We’ll be out on the bridge next.
This view is from the bridge with water rushing over a large boulder and into the river channel.
Just to the right of the previous picture we could see the water swirling because of whatever is below it.
Such a grand day; can’t wait to explore the historic wharf area in Saint John tomorrow!
