today was exciting ... we headed off early morning and went to Briar Island ... the Bay of Fundy on one side and St. Marys Bay on other .. out a Peninsula that was a hour and a half drive ... low tide here at Sandy Cove ... when we returned the fishing boat was floating ...
all this area was also under water , on our way back to the main land ... the tide is 26 - 30 ft here
waiting on our first ferry from the mainland to Long Island ... note the school bus on the ferry
it was at low tide and the ramp was so steep ... we are wondering how they do this in the winter months
heading down 26 feet to the ferry .... on the way back it was high tide and we were level to the loading dock
there was quite a current thru the islands, we said if we were on our sail boat we would rush right thru ..
there is only one sail boat that we saw in this area ... no power boats ... only huge fishing boats
heading into the Tiverton, on Long Island
the ferry's run once an hour ... and it did a double shift once ... a fuel truck had to get off one of the islands, and they don't allow cars on with the fuel truck ... we wondered about this and a resident said for safety reasons it has to travel alone
heading up the 26 foot tide ramp
we arrived at low tide, which is what we wanted to do
oh my another ferry ride, to Briar Island
this green bouy was out of place and tied to the wharf wall
what we saw was fantastic, and it is hard to show in pictures with an instant camera
lots of bouys, amongst flowers ... this is the fishing area's and there is tons of lobster cages, lines and rope ... the season starts around the first Monday in November ...these fishermen have the coldest season to fish in
we just love low tide, it shows everything that water hides
... I didn't realize that Joshua Slocum grew up here at Westport, Briar Island ... there is a monument here on the southern end of the island ... he was the first to sail alone around the world
I am at the monument, Joe down at the car, Peter Island and a bird sanctuary, to the right, which is the next picture
this area is very rugged and suited for back packers, whale watchers, bird watchers, and sea glass hunters
we happened to run into another Ontario man, that moved here 4 years ago and he told us were to go for sea glass .. we did have to hunt around sea weed, but it turned out okay ... pictures of the find at the end of this day's blog
we explored Pond Cove too, but only found 20 seals in the harbour and about 10 bald eagles on shore ... that was even better to see
Joshua Slocum's dad's boot making shop was closed when we arrived, but we found out that at age 10 Joshua was forced to leave school, and work in his father's shop, a job not to his liking. His interests were sailing and ship building of which his father disapproved. After his mothers death in 1860, Joshua ran away to the sea. Thirty five years passed before he returned to Westport.
next we headed back the Digby Neck Long and Brier Islands road ... to discover the Balancing Rock
from the parking lot, we walked for about 15 - 20 minutes, thru bogs, clear cut areas (another forestry lesson, it was only cut a year ago, the skipper said "AND.. right next to a nature trail !!") ..
this is what we saw ...
some 3 or 6 or 12 sided towers have already fallen, it is a columnar basalt sea stack, that rests on it's end .....
the sea was really rolling in, this is looking the other direction
there was a 15-20 min walk and 235 steps to get down to the rocks ... it was well worth the effort
this is some of the special pieces of sea glass that we collected today on Briar Island
the little red piece is a real find, the skipper found the red, the blue green piece above it and the part of a handle ... I found the purple piece and a marble .....
sea glass hunting is tons of fun, but lasts Friday I started climbing down a 6 ft, boulder/rock break wall , and I miss a step, and I fell head first down to the rocky beach ... I did not break any bones, but I'm supporting a grape size bruise on my right hip, and right shoulder, and right leg all scrapped up, face scrapes are now clearing up ... I still can't raise my right arm ... the skipper has to do all the driving in his standard car ... accidents happen and it did ... getting better every day !!!
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