As the snow has melted and driving conditions have improved, we have been itching to get out and do some more exploring. Although, spring in the Maritimes brings with it a whole new exciting set of driving conditions... potholes, washed out roads, and MUD. We have begun a few driving exploration trips and had to abort them as we were worried we would get stuck. Not today though! We have been wanting to head over to Moncton, New Brunswick for a while now and today was the day.
Ultimately, it is only another 30 minutes past the bigger town we visit for our larger shopping trips... so only about an hour and a half from home - closer then Halifax even. Being spring, things were still pretty quiet on the tourist front but we did drive down the river to visit the Hopewell Rocks and iconic Bay of Fundy destination. The drive out to the rocks took about 40 minutes from Moncton and was on a lovely, meandering road that followed the river to the open bay. Although the area is "closed" and there were quite a few signs warning that if we do go down to the beach we are doing so at our own risk, we decided it was worth it. We actually spoke to 3 locals, one of whom worked for the visitor's center and mentioned we were allowed to go down. Normally, I am a rule follower and would not have gone but the locals made us feel more confident. I do have to say that I am very glad we did as the rocks are just beautiful, and we had them all to ourselves. I can imagine how busy it gets there in the summer, so to have the beach to ourselves was quite a treat. We were cautious of getting too close to the cliff, with it being spring, the danger of rock fall would be even higher. As we wandered back towards the car we looked back at one of the rocks and discovered it looked very much like a face which always makes me smile as I feel as though it is a guardian for the area. After speaking to a lovely gentleman who lived up the road we know that we want to come visit in the summer to explore that shore and travel further south to the fishing villages, Fundy National Park, and Cape Enrage.
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AuthorCarolyn and Will Bollwerk share their adventures with their 5 year-old daughter, Dylan. |