The Bay of Fundy

So much catching up to do. First I'll blog about the Bay of Fundy trip my parents, brother, and fiance and I did 2 weekends ago. We'll see how bored I get by the end of this and see how much else I get blogged about.

The night that Chris came in, my brother, dad, and him went on the Keith's Brewery Tour. I'd already been and my mother didn't want to go, so we just hung around outside and took pictures.

These are like those Cow Parade things. Tech has a bunch of Buzzes and UGA has a bunch of bulldogs (boo). Jacksonville has jaguars everywhere and Buffalo has well... buffalos! So, Nova Scotia would not be complete without lobsters. There's also dolphin versions on the pier.

We ate at a place called Opa! which is a phenomenal Greek restaurant. If you're in town you really need to try it. Everyone really enjoyed their meals. If you don't like lemon, stay away from the oven roasted potatoes and just order the rice instead.
I happened to see someone walk in with a Georgia Law sweatshirt on it. There's only one person that could be! There's another UGA Law student that was supposed to be in town working for the Public Prosecutors (the Crown). I walked on over and introduced myself to him. Unfortunately, he was not allowed to remain in the country because he doesn't have a work visa. Ridiculous, I know! Technically we're not really working, we're just observing. But the cranky gaurd said that either he was working and needed a work visa or was studying for school and needed a student visa. Too bad we're not doing either. We're "researching" for a paper and not for class credit. If he had said he was just vacationing for the summer, he would have been fine. Oh well...

Okay. So Bay of Fundy trip with Ryan. First we went to this little cove across from Cape Split. Cape Split is a rocky cliff that has split away from the main land because of the tides in the Bay of Fundy. Fundy has the highest tides in the world, something like 50 feet or so. And it's really evident when the tides are moving in and out even if you're only in the same spot for 10 minutes. It's almost as if every wave brings the tide in or out by about a foot. During the tidal periods, 115 billion metric tonnes of water flow in and out of the bay.

People here make their living off of fishing. It's particularly difficult in this area since you have to time the tides in order for there to be enough water to make it in and out. When the Bay is at low tide, the boats rest along the bottom of the Bay (still moored) waiting for the tide to come back in again.

High Tide


Low Tide

I have a few great waterfall pictures from the beach we were at, but I forgot to upload them. I'm at work now, so I'll upload them when I get home. Forgive! Here are a few others of the shore.

We took a short trip over to Hall's Harbour, which is another cute little fishing town. There wasn't much there, but there were some amazing pictures of the bay. Again, have those on the computer at home and will upload those when I get home. Here's one of a little craft store:
That's my dad and my brother. this little shed just sold little paintings and ceramics that local Hall's Harbour artists make. Chris bought this cute little blue ceramic pig. He has a thing with pigs.

We then went to go eat at Blomidon Provincial Park in this nice picnic area. Ryan made sure we had a spectacular lunch overlooking the red cliffs. He even climbed over the fence onto this steep slope in order to get some pictures of the cliffs for my dad. What a good guide! On the way we stopped overlooking the valley. It was breathtaking.

Next, we sped (literally) over to Gaspereau Vineyards in order to go on a wine tasting tour. It was awesome and beautiful! The wine here is fabulous, but they really only sell it in a few places around the area. They also make icewine. Icewine (one word. Ice Wine is force produced) is made when there are 3 consecutive nights of -8 degree celsius weather, or a hard freeze. The grapes are then harvested immediately and pressed while the grapes are still frozen. It's very expensive since the grapes produce much less juice this way. It's amazing though. There's a high sugar content in the juice from this process, so it's very sweet. If you get your hands on some, you should try it. But make sure it's icewine and not Ice Wine to ensure that it is real.



My mom was obsessed with taking pictures of lupins and also Anglican chuches (she has pictures of her in front of Anglican churches from all over). So poor Ryan kept hearing about it. But he's an awesome guide, and got excited for my mother and would point out Anglican churches and lupins every time we passed them and even stopped for her.

Don't be fooled. They may be beautiful, but they're weeds. They will literally take over.

That night we went out to the Old Triangle for dinner and went to Cows Ice Cream for dessert.
I've been to a Cows before. I think there may be a few in the US because I'm pretty sure I ate there with my family. I vaguely remember my dad getting ice cream because he loves the stuff and I remember wandering around and looking at all the stuff. I ever remember the layout of that store. I just like the merchandise. I love cows, and this place had the best cow stuff!
Notice the "this is a parody" in the upper right corner :) All their merchandise is a spoof of pop culture something. I'm sure they got sued a few times or something over trademark issues. However, you can rip off logos as long as it's a parody. I guess they put that there so that there wouldn't be any arguments.

I think I may buy this one...

Maybe this too. If you lived in Canada, you always watched Hockey Night in Canada and they had this thing called Coaches Corner. The cow in the ugly suit is Don Cherry who is this totally bizarre former coach/commentator. He's hilarious and completely crazy. =

It's definitely amazing ice cream and was voted the #2 ice cream in the world after some place in Scotland. REALLY good. I had a picture of us with the sign, but deleted by accident. Put that on the list of pictures to add when I get home tonight.

Here's a funny one instead:
My mom, dad, Chris, and my brother went to PEI and apparently had really good lobster. How cute are they??