Fundy National Park is the first Canadian National park that I have experienced and it was wonderful! There were several important differences to American National Parks, the first difference was that there are no crowds, solitude and peaceful enjoyment of nature are easy to find. The people in Canada including Park employees are incredibly kind and helpful. They have full facilities; showers, laundry, hot and cold running water in the bathrooms and soap to wash your hands! I have visited many National Parks in the U.S. and have yet to find one where you don’t have to get in your car and drive to a location outside the park to take a shower. Most U.S. parks have only cold water in the bathroom, no soap and nothing to dry your hands with. I did notice Acadia has added hand sanitizer this year so that is a step in the right direction!

The weather at Fundy changed by the hour, although it was often foggy and we had frequent rain; it could without warning, clear and become a sunny day. 

The ocean was such a strange color, sometimes purple or indian red. Apparently there is a great deal of iron oxide in the earth which makes the water along that shore such an odd color. The tides were indeed amazing, one could walk way out onto the ocean floor at low tide. The hills and mountains came right to the sea so if you wanted to get to the ocean it usually required hiking down a steep trail. I would have liked to stay longer and find out about the geology of the place. 

I am certainly inspired to start doing art work and am busy organizing art supplies and paper. I brought plenty of supplies, I just have to find everything and begin. Sometimes beginning the first work is the most difficult – but it will come!

You drive through the mountains to get to Fundy National Park, this is the first glimpse of the shore.

The weather is so changeable, when we arrived at the shore it looked like this…

We walked a trail up a cliff overlooking the beach, it took about 20 minutes -look at the weather now!

You can see how strange the color of the water is. Of course Maya didn’t mind.

Maya started barking wildly at this strange ocean creature.

It’s a rock Maya!

At first I thought the beach was covered with clam shells.

They turned out to be scallop shells, Yum, I’d like to find some that were alive.

The geology of this area is so interesting, look at the contrasting colors of these two boulders on the beach.

I see the face of the “Old Man in the Sea” in these rocks.

Can you see him now?

The Fundy coastal drive has many covered bridges, this was one of my favorite!