Moncton

After a 5-hour drive, we took in one of the more natural scenic tours along the boardwalk, admiring the bird life (a good chance to stretch the legs too!!!), the heat and the many wonderful creatures that crawled, buzzed and flew around us! Heading back to the hotel (it bucketed down with rain - must have come with us!!!) we chilled for the evening.

The morning soon came, taking us down to Hopewell Rocks, a natural rock formation on the Bay of Fundy, which has been shaped over time from the high tides that flow in (each day the tides are dramatic, heading km's off shore, as well as coming up very quickly - which we experienced first hand!!!) Hopewell rocks was amazing, as was the Fundy National Park (a 45-50 minute coastal drive from the Rocks). Taking in the scenery - we sat on a picnic bench in the middle of the park, surrounded by thick forests (and right near a covered bridge -that we drove across, with noone else in sight - or ear shot!!) Pretty amazing! The day was spectacular (about time!). As we wandered through one of the many trails that the park provides, we found ourselves heading down towards a very cute inlet. We met a couple that had been swimming there and had just returned from Cape Breton. Exchanging stories, we found out that we teach in the same suburb/city (Kanata) and roughly 5 streets away.....very small world. Both Kate and I took many photos around one key rock, but soon found that the rock was disappearing (in a matter of minutes), as the tide came surging in, we thought it was time to head back to the rocks for another view!!! Driving back to Moncton (heavy rain fell.....again), we got a lovely Mongolian meal - deciding it was time to ready ourselves for PEI.......here we come!!!