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
Airstream Moho-A-Go-Go 