Alma, New Brunswick (Bay of Fundy National Park)

We are in the tiny fishing village of Alma. They boast the highest tides in the world - average 40 feet. When we got here, it looked like the tide was down a bit and according to the charts, we were about 2 hours past high tide (top picture). We went playing in the surf and thought maybe the tide would go down a few feet. Then we realized as we were playing that it was receding about 1 foot per 5 minutes or so. We started to think that maybe this tide goes out quite a ways since we were about 5 hours away from low tide.

We stopped at a new fish store (they just opened up this weekend) and bought ourselves the lobster pictured above. It was only $19.20 for the entire thing. Yvonne absolutely loved it and we decided to buy another tomorrow. There's no better deal than a $100 meal for $20. Lobster season here in the Bay of Fundy was closed July 31st but opens again Oct 15. So what they do to supply in the meantime, is they have a huge tank area where they keep the lobster alive until they are ready to be bought, they cook them daily and put them out for sale.

Then, after dinner, we rode our bikes back down to the same beach and found it quite transformed. The water was WAY out, you could walk for at least a km on the sand and rocky ocean floor. Now, the boats at the dock were sitting out on mud (second picture). This really showed us the full potential of these tides. We are really lucky to have hit it close to a full moon since the tides are even more drastic at that time.

Canadiana: Facts about Canada that I am just learning and thought I would pass them on to you. We are an amazing people and country. Jim

Did you know that. Canada has the longest National Hwy in the world. 7821km from Victoria to St. John's NF. I know I am almost all the way across.

>Vancouver has the 2nd biggest in city park( Stanely Park) in the world. Paris, France has the biggest.