This shot and the 3 below are the Flowerpot Rocks at high tide.
Blow up this pix (double click) and you'll see kayakers in the lower left.
We’re camped on the Bay of Fundy which has the highest tides in the world at 40’ plus. We visited The Rocks Provincial Park to see the Flowerpot Rocks, pictured above. Trish went back after dinner to ‘walk on the ocean floor’ at low tide; I opted out on that, am not especially into mud. They call this area of water the Chocolate River for obvious reasons. The turbulent water stirs up lots of silt as it rises and falls.
The 3 pix below were taken at the same place as those above, but at low tide. At high tide, the water surface would be 35' over Trish's head in the first picture.
The Bay is the home of the only tidal water power plant in North America, in operation since 1984. It’s small, compared to the huge hydroelectric facilities and the big dams in the western US. It’s actually a pilot project but still employs the largest straight-flow turbine in the world and produces enough juice to power 4500 homes. We did a guided tour of the facility, found it fascinating. Harnessing tidal power has great potential as a renewable, green energy source.
.Today we return to the US, concluding the second leg of our travels, 2 short ones down, 1 long one to go. First leg was LHC to Minnesota, second was MN to and through the Canadian Maritimes, third and last will be our journey back to AZ. To date, we’ve logged 5000 miles; we’ll add another 4000 on the last leg but at a more leisurely pace. It’ll be good to be back in the States. Things are spendy in Canada, especially gas - our biggest expense by quite a margin.
I wonder what route you will be taking from Maine to AZ. It was 118 degrees in AZ yesterday--are you sure you want to leave the ocean breezes for home?
ReplyDeleteHaven't planned our route. It will be a month before we're back in SW US. Then will tour high country of NM and AZ; at 5000'+ altitude temps are comfortable even when it's 118 down lower.
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Enough miles for a while! Ranger and I are not getting in the car for a week, except to go to the ice cream parlor, and Ranger doesn't know it yet, but he will be going to the doggie parlor. People keep asking what kind of dog is that? I think they think he's part bear or wookie. We've checked into an RV park for one week near Acadia Nat'l Park. I'm planning on some lovely bike rides on the carriage roads throughout the park. It's sunny and predicted to be 80 today!
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