Day 13- July 9 Saint John to Hopewell Cape, NB

Day 13- July 9   Saint John to Hopewell Cape, NB

Started the morning in a very thick fog as we ventured out to explore Saint John.  Found a place to park the vehicle and trailer at King's Square.  Walked from there down to the boardwalk and down the Trafalgar Stairs.  It was difficult to see the ships in the harbour due to the thick fog, but if you concentrated you could see the outline of them. 

King's Square in Saint John

Saw Moosehead Moose (a statue), the Loyalist Rock, Irving Clock and eventually into the City Market.  We sampled some smoked salmon and had some lunch after walking around.  Stopped at the Three Sisters Lamps, which if ships can see all 3 lamps they know they are entering the harbour straight . 

Irving Clock

Loyalist Rock

Saint John

City Market

Three Sisters Lamp

Then we headed back to the reversing rapids to see the flow of the river at low tide.  What a difference the falls were from high tide!!  The water was now flowing over the rapids and back out into the Bay of Fundy.

Reversing Rapids at low tide.

Left Saint John about 3:00 along the Fundy Coastal Drive.  A very windy, bumpy highway, but the sun was shining!!  We saw some cute little towns and interesting sights along this road.

Old steeple on this church

We by-passed Moncton and headed south to Hopewell Cape for the night.  Set up at Ponderosa Pines Park at Lower Cape and then went to investigate the Hopewell Rocks as high tide was coming.  We spent about an hour walking on the ocean floor and as we were the last ones on the beach, we had to hang the closed sign for the park warden.

Better watch the high tide behind us!

Brody walking the beach at low tide.

Drove only 3.5 hours today and we are really looking forward to kayaking the Hopewell Rocks tomorrow morning.