Our Outrageous, Enrage-ous Anniversary Celebration

@ Hopewell Rocks

Day 65    August 13

Today was our wedding anniversary. And what better way to celebrate, than to go visit a place called Cape Enrage. The irony. Ha!

We paused for one last photo op in Alma as we left Fundy National Park, and then we were on our way.

Low tide in Alma

Low tide in Alma

Darn…too early to stop here for lunch.

New Brunswick coastline

En route to Cape Enrage, we stopped at a remote little mom and pop winery to buy some celebratory booze. We picked up a couple bottles of their sweet blueberry wine, and a couple pieces of chocolate.

Let the anniversary gift shopping begin!

View from the winery, back out to the bay.

Rocky shoreline on the Bay of Fundy

And, in the other direction….

We made it to Cape Enrage, and it did not disappoint. Yep, it was yet another beautiful spot in Canada.

Cape Enrage! The ultimate in wedding anniversary destinations!

Crazy person ziplining @ Cape Enrage (not me, not Mark)

@ Cape Enrage

@ Cape Enrage

@ Cape Enrage

@ Cape Enrage

Before you knew it, it was time to get on the road and find a place to have our anniversary lunch.

Leaving Cape Enrage. Which way are we supposed to go?!

Scenic route out of Cape Enrage

Horses….what a life these guys have!

We travelled onward on Rt 114 until we came upon a nice little lunch spot, the Red Roof Restaurant. As is our anniversary tradition, we had dessert first, a lovely chocolate cake with boiled icing. I don’t know what boiled icing is. The “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy was in effect.

Anniversary lunch time!

Do dogs cause kitchen fires? huh?

Next major stop on the anniversary outing, was Hopewell Rocks. This is another of those extreme tide places. We happened to hit it at high tide, and watched a bunch of kayakers maneuvering around the giant rock formations. At low tide, it’s a completely different place. I took a photo of a poster that shows what it looks like at low tide, since we weren’t gonna wait around to see it in real life.

@ Hopewell Rocks

@ Hopewell Rocks

@ Hopewell Rocks

Way down there…kayakers at high tide.

Tourists @ Hopewell Rocks

Poster of Hopewell Rocks at low tide.

Ice cream and water break

The day was fun and eventful, for sure. But, the ultimate treasure, was celebrating our 26th wedding anniversary at Camper City campground in Moncton, New Brunswick. Hanging out in our camp chairs, Trixie and Dax by our sides, feasting on sushi and blueberry wine. It doesn’t get any better than that!

Doing a drive-through of Moncton, New Brunswick

@ Camper City on our 26th wedding anniversary!

@ Camper City on our 26th wedding anniversary!

Dumb and Dumber Go To Canada

Mark @ West Quoddy Head Light

Day 64     August 12

We were excited to be heading to Canada today, but first, we had to make sure we touched ground on the most easterly point in the contiguous United States, and that would be at West Quoddy Head, in Lubec, Maine.

West Quoddy Head

West Quoddy Head Light

West Quoddy Head Light

The Atlantic Ocean @ West Quoddy Head

Next stop…Canada!

We crossed into Canada at the very low key border checkpoint between Lubec, Maine, and Campobello Island, Canada, and made our first stop at the very beautiful Roosevelt Campobello International Park. The park is jointly owned by the USA and Canada.

We’ve arrived in the Great White North

The bridge from USA to Canada, from the Canadian side.

@ Roosevelt Campobello International Park

@ Roosevelt Campobello International Park

From Campobello Island, our plan was to take the tiny little local ferry boat over to Deer Island (1/2 hour crossing, cost $40 one way), and from there, take the bigger public ferry boat to mainland New Brunswick (about a 1 hour crossing, free) . Seemed like a good plan at the time, and it was quite fun and scenic, except for one little problem…extreme low and high tides for which this area is famous.

We’d been warned not to go on the ferry to Deer Island at low tide, so we went at high tide. The concern was the angle of the boat ramp, and the possibility of completely bottoming out in the RV. Surprise! There were extremely high tides that day, which caused the same dang problem.

The ferry boat that will take us to Deer Island

We did hit bottom, but fortunately, it looked and sounded worse than it was. We bent a metal piece under the rig, which Mark had to then remove. It would probably be expensive to fix…but not critical to our journey, so we tossed the metal piece into a drawer, and pretended it never happened.

Aaack!!! I watch in horror as the space shuttle hits bottom

Mark, checking underneath for damage. In the background, another RV owner also checking under his rig for damage after he also hits bottom.

Once on the ferry, we enjoy a peaceful ride over to Deer Island

Ferry to Deer Island

Approaching Deer Island

The next ferry ride was less eventful, with just a minor scraping bottom while loading. Piece of cake!

Deer Island

That’s us…the small dot…

Waiting in line for the ferry from Deer Island to the mainland

Approaching the mainland

And so, we had made it pretty safely over to the mainland. From there, we zipped up Rt. 114, and to Headquarters Campground in Fundy National Park. If you don’t already know this, the Bay of Fundy has some of the highest tides in the world. At this time, tides were at about 40′. So, when the tide goes out, it really goes out, leaving  you and your dogs with a gigantic beach to explore!

Mark & Dax

Bay of Fundy @ low tide

Bay of Fundy @ low tide & sunset

Trixie

The harbor at low tide

Low tide

Canada was already proving to be fun, exciting, challenging, and beautiful. And we’d only done a couple dumb things today, so, chalk it up as another great day