August 31, 2019 – Bay of Fundy, NS

Today we visited the Hopewell Rocks Park to catch the Bay of Fundy’s low tide mark, and to take advantage of the opportunity to walk around on the ocean floor. We walked down the access path toward the water until we reached a man-made set of stairs that people use to get down to the ocean floor.  Once we were on the ocean floor, we hiked around and took a few pics to capture what the environment looks like at low tide.

There was more evidence to support my belief that Nova Scotia was, at one time, just a big rock.  At Hopewell Rocks, as with many other places in Nova Scotia, most tree roots grew on top of the ground, and trees and other plant life grew out of rock.  Most of the ocean floor for the first 200 yards or so solid rock which made walking around pretty easy as long as you avoided the shallow trenches and other collection areas for the reddish orange silt. But once the tide went out far enough,  the red silt got deeper and more mud-like. If you get that orange muddy silt on your clothes, it can be hard to get out. In fact, they sell t-shirts here that are dyed with the local orange silt.

These are called the Hopewell Rocks “Flower Pots”.  I call it “Yogi Bear and the Flower Tops”

This is another interesting geological feature. Most of the rock in this area is boulders and cliffs made of a mix of rocks and some kind of natural concrete. The rock is extremely hard. (I think I would have enjoyed studying mining and/or geology!)

This is the reddish/orange color of the bay and tributaries in all of the rivers and streams connected to the bay. The high volume tides basically keep the sediment stirred up all the time.

Fortunately, the park has a nice area where people can sit on a bench and wash off your shoes…….and Frisco!

All we really captured today at Hopewell Rocks was the low tide. Tomorrow we’ll be heading over early to get a few more shots of low tide in the morning, and the high tide in the afternoon.

We picked up 2 lbs of fresh scallops at the docks in Lunenburg and had about a 1/2 lb. tonight for dinner with vegetable and potato. The scallops were outstanding……fresh really makes a difference with seafood!

Bye