June, 2018
Leaving out of Fredericton, New Brunswick we found ourselves for 2 nights in Truro, Nova Scotia. Truro is just about halfway from Fredericton to North Sydney (where we will pick up the Newfoundland ferry), and as we found out it is home to one of the earth’s anomalies.
Truro is home to one of the Bay of Fundy’s tidal bores. Know what a tidal bore is? Nah, neither did we. But here’s the scoop. Rivers run from their headwaters to a larger body of water, and in this case the Salmon River runs through Truro into the Bay of Fundy. BUT, the high tides in the Bay of Fundy are so powerful that at high tide the flow of the river reverses. Yup – the tide causes the river to flow from the Bay of Fundy upstream! The pictures do not do this phenomenon justice. Watching it occur was definitely a breathtaking experience.
We have to share a picture of a visitor to our campsite. Neither of us have seen such a large pheasant close-up but this fellow was strutting his stuff in the early morning as we were travelling out to take a walk in the town’s very, very lovely Victoria Park. I hear there’s good eating in those things!
We got our 3 mile or so, 10,000 steps, and 45 flights of stairs in during the couple of hours we spent hiking the Vibert Trail. The trail featured a wonderful waterfall, and, we were told, is home to quite a herd of deer.
Last stop for us in this part of Nova Scotia was the Five Island Lighthouse park which is located at the northeast corner of the Bay of Fundy. We watched commercial clam fishermen digging clams during low tide, an ATV scooting along the hardpack, and just simply took in the view.
Just have to take a minute to mention our wonderful neighbors Patti and Faye who invited us to share some wine, conversation, and their fire. Although now residing in Nova Scotia they both had lived in Newfoundland for a good portion of their lives and educated us on Newfoundland colloquialisms, what to see and what to do while in the Province; the best fish and chips in St. John’s, and they offered to call friends to help us out should we get in trouble. Their warmth and friendship is greatly appreciated!
Hard to believe that we left Bethlehem almost a month ago. So much we’ve seen, so much we’ve done, so many miles we’ve traveled. Even with so much behind us, our excitement is building anticipating getting ourselves on the ferry to Newfoundland.
Barbara and Brian
Aimless Wanderings 