Hopewell Rocks!!!

Our last stop was at the Hopewell Rocks in New Brunswick on the Bay of Fundy. We walked around the flowerpot rock formations (which look like flower pots at high tide) at low tide. We were lucky in that it happened to be the lowest and highest tides of the season, rising 47ft at high tide. The Bay of Fundy is actually in the running for the 7 wonders of the natural world because it has the highest tides in the world.

The same spot at high tide 6 hours later

It was so neat to walk out on the mud flats at low tide. It felt like a day at the spa, except when I stepped on a rock covered with barnacles.

It was amazing how quickly the tide comes in and out, as you can see in the following video my mom took of her feet.

You can see the dark line on the rocks marking where the water reaches at high tide.

I really wanted to put on a swim suit and just go slide around on these mud flats. 

Once the tide came in you couldn't even tell it had been a great big field of mud just hours before.

This flock of migratory birds was so amazing to watch. They acted just like a school of fish.

Jason and I signed up to go kayaking at high tide. B didn't get to come but she loved playing in the kayaks while she waited on shore with my mom.

Launching the boats.

We paddled south along the rocks for about an hour before turning back and it was amazing how much the water had receded in that short amount of time. On the way out we went through "tunnels" where the only way through was to use our hands on the sides but on the way back we had more than enough room to use our paddles.

That night we ate at a restaurant attached to an amusement park and we introduced B to the wonderful world of skiball.  It was like a right of passage.

We had such a fabulous time the 2 weeks just flew by. Now back to real life.