After our stay at Ponderosa Pines (by the Hopewell Rocks) we thought a trip to St. Martins was in order. Jean and Dad brought us here many moons ago -- I remember. Dad almost went in the drink as the tide was coming in! Anyhow, this time we got there just as the tides were at their lowest, and man do they go low.
That black line by Mary's right ear is seaweed washed up at high tide. And she's nowhere's near the water yet.
Seeing as to how I keep showing pictures with Mary in 'em, she said, and I quote, "Put that one in so they know you're still alive!". So, here I am!!! The tide was so low we were able to get around the point to a little bay I'd never seen before.
I'm not sure whether or not this will help you understand just how big a difference between high and low tide, but the green stuff on the rocks is seaweed and you can see how far away and below me the water is.
This is the picture Mary took (she took most of these) as we entered that little bay I was talking about.
This is what the bay was like from the back. It was really neat. Man they get some tides in Fundy. There was a huge cave that's been hollowed out by the tides and the wave action in here. Look at the size of the cave compared to the size of the people.
I couldn't help but notice that the clif walls around the caves, etc. were constantly being eroded. Vegitation really has a struggle hanging on. Once a section/slice of wall decides to come down, there's not much any root system is going to do to stop it.
Tomorrow we're going to St. John and then we're gonna go back to catch the same cave area at high tide. It should be remarkably different.
That black line by Mary's right ear is seaweed washed up at high tide. And she's nowhere's near the water yet.
Seeing as to how I keep showing pictures with Mary in 'em, she said, and I quote, "Put that one in so they know you're still alive!". So, here I am!!! The tide was so low we were able to get around the point to a little bay I'd never seen before.
I'm not sure whether or not this will help you understand just how big a difference between high and low tide, but the green stuff on the rocks is seaweed and you can see how far away and below me the water is.
This is the picture Mary took (she took most of these) as we entered that little bay I was talking about.
This is what the bay was like from the back. It was really neat. Man they get some tides in Fundy. There was a huge cave that's been hollowed out by the tides and the wave action in here. Look at the size of the cave compared to the size of the people.
I couldn't help but notice that the clif walls around the caves, etc. were constantly being eroded. Vegitation really has a struggle hanging on. Once a section/slice of wall decides to come down, there's not much any root system is going to do to stop it.
Tomorrow we're going to St. John and then we're gonna go back to catch the same cave area at high tide. It should be remarkably different.
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