Day 70 - Hopewell Cape, New Brunswick

It is another travel day of l24 miles on Wednesday, August 8th. We traveled the same roads so no stops were made.  Our main objective today was to get to Fundy National Park.  This is the same area where a group of us rafted the rapids a month or so ago. 

 
We are back in New Brunswick again.  We are really hitting all the provinces now in reverse.  The Tide is out and we are able to walk on the beach.  Notice how the rocks are in sand - you will see differently later on. The water is brown as well as the land so it is hard to tell the separation.

Different rock formations created from the tides.  I'm only a couple feet from the brown water.  I would be up to my neck in water if I was out there three hours from now.

The Giant Tides of Fundy:  Picture one hundred billion tonnes of water pouring, twice daily, in and out of a long, narrow bay.  That's an amount comparable to the average 24-hour flow of all the rivers in the world.  Here in the Bay of Fundy, it's enough to raise and lower the water level vertically at a rate of up to nearly 6 feet per hour.

The Bay of Fundy is famed for its giant tides - among the highest in the world, they reach up to 46 feet at Hopewell Cape and 56 feet in the upper reaches of the bay.

The tide is moving in.  The top left picture was taken about 2:30.  The right top picture was taken at 5:30.  The same with the middle right and bottom right pictures.  It is so amazing to see.

Remember how we were walking on the beach about ll:30.  It is now 5:30 and the beach is gone.

This was taken from a document in the museum:

The Sun, the Moon and the Earth:  The variation in height is caused by changes in the relative positions of the sun and moon.  During the new and full moon phases, the sun and moon are aligned and produce especially high tides known as "spring tides."  During the first and last quarter phases, the sun and moon are at right angles.  Their influences tend to cancel each other.  The lesser high tides of these periods are called "neap tides".  Another variable is the oval path of the moon's orbit around the earth.  When the moon is at its closest to the earth, the tidal range is especially large.  When the moon is at the outer limit of its orbit, the tidal range is smaller than average. 

This is our group.  The Ladies vs the Guys.  What a butt shot boys!!!  Always having a few laughs.



Picture of the Day!!

I can't believe these Kayaker's are in these tidal waves.  After going through and around

the rock formations, they head out into the higher waves.



We went out to dinner after walking around to get different views of the Tidal Waves so we were hungry. 

We actually had satellite so we were able to watch some of the Olympics.  Go U.S.A.!!!  Being in Canada; however, we've seen more about the Canadian athletes so when they weren't competing against our American's, we were cheering for them as well.  Go Canada!!

May all the Athletes of the 2012 Olympics have a great time as they are all winner's in my book!!