Moon cycles

The Bay of Fundy has the largest recorded vertical tides in the world. Every six hours, over 100 billion tons of water whoosh in and out of bay, resulting in over 50 feet of change. In some places, you can walk out over 3 miles - as long as you're careful to leave time to come back (or at least bring floaties).

It's recommended that you visit at low tide for peak ocean floor walking, but the way the day worked out we couldn't make it until just after high tide. I was disappointed and to be honest almost didn't go because it was over an hour drive just to get to this park. As expected, when we got there it was just a body of water. Still, it was very pretty and I enjoyed the peaceful breeze and rare lack of mosquitoes. We had it all to ourselves because people leave when the tide is high.

After only half an hour or so, we noticed that there seemed to be one more stair leading down to the ocean floor than we had noticed before. And soon, there were DEFINITELY more stairs. It felt like we were in an adventure movie, with a secret passage appearing before our eyes.

Over the course of a couple hours, what was an island when we arrived was completely accessible by land. There were little hermit crabs in tide pools and the red sandstone made me feel like I was on another planet. It was really beautiful and one of the most amazing things I've ever experienced. The craziest part was that when we left, low tide was still several hours away but the whole area we were in was already empty of water. This was one of the things I was most looking forward to on this trip and it was even cooler than I imagined.Read more