Portland, Maine to Bay of Fundy National Park
New Brunswick, Canada
After leaving New York we headed up to visit Dave & Veda Cooper at their summer place in Portland, Maine. What a nice lifestyle they have developed in Maine! Dave set up a tour along the Maine coastline through Kennebunk and Kennebunkport (yes, we also saw the Bush compound).... beautiful areas and the weather finally turned cooller as we rapidly forgot about the 100 degree weather in Texas. We ate lobster, clams, mussels and enjoyed the local restaurants that the Cooper's introduced to us.
This was the view from the back of our 5th wheel overlooking the marsh lands around Portland
The Cooper's and the Richards' after a wonderful meal at their new condo overlooking the bay around the city of Portland so they can monitor all of the ship traffic!
Then we drove over to Saint John, New Brunswick (finally in Canada) to restock and catch our breath for a couple of days. While there we hiked a 4 mile trail at this beautiful park overlooking the Bay of Fundy just outside the city. They have 20 foot tides here but that's nothing like on further up the bay where we were headed. The weather is now consistently in the 70's for highs and 50's for lows and we are loving it.
So our next stop was at Fundy National Park on up the Bay of Fundy!
This was our first major hike ... a 5 - 6 mile hike to Laverty Falls. There are many waterfalls in the area, most of them fairly small but many are like this. We found out that we were not in top shape for hiking these up and down trails
Ciindy and I on the Laverty Falls - Moosehorn Trail. We were puffing but enjoyed the day!
This is also on the Coastal Trail, just shows how thick the vegetation is. Flowers blooming everywhere in the open areas and ferns and moss growing on everything.
The next day we hiked the Coastal Trail, wonderful views and some steep up and downs. This was about a 5 mile hike. The tides in this area are almost 50 feet and come up to the tree line.
Cindy and I on the Coastal Trail
Hopewell Rocks is the signature location in New Brunswick and makes many covers of the travel guides. The tides here reach 52 feet! At low tide one can walk down among the rocks (a 3 hour window). At high tide, the water comes up to the base of the rocks. We were obviously there at low tide, and right after a heavy rainstorm also. It is a truly unique place. Although you can't tell from the pictures, it was overrun with the tourists, despite the rain.
Very unusual formations
Cindy amongst "The Rocks"
An example of what they call "flower pot" rocks
Location Links
Bob & Cindy's 2005 Travel Web Site
