Day 10 - St. John, NB to Hopewell Cape, NB

Fog greeted us in the morning. It didn't leave until early afternoon.

We enjoyed our stay at Hardings Point Campground, but left at 10:15 and traveled 126 miles to Hopewell Cape.

Hardings Point memories from last night ... 

Office and camp store

Site #4 was clean and comfortable.

The free ferry runs 7/24 and is a fun ride.

The Route
We took the ferry to NB-177, went south on NB-177 to NB-7, south on NB-7 to NB-1, north on NB-1 through St. John to Penobsquis, then NB-114 through Fundy National Park and the town of Alma to Hopewell Cape.

Gas
The price of gasoline seems to be pretty consistent here. We've only seen variations of a few cents from city to city. It costs about $5.40 USD per gallon.

Highlights
NB-1 is a typical 4-lane highway ... smooth traveling. NB-114 gave us a different experience. It was narrow, patched and rough in many places.

We got many glimpses of low tide as we traveled near the coast. We stopped in Alma for lunch and got an even closer look.

We're staying at Ponderosa Pines Campground tonight. It's pretty nice. They have an attractive setting among the pines, clean restrooms and showers, and wi-fi at the site.

Site #122

Some sites (ours included) have an odd design. RV utility connections are located toward the rear on the street side. Campsites usually provide water, electric and sewer services close to the RV connections. Notice that our site has the services in the front on the curb side. Fortunately, our power cord and water hose were long enough to reach.

Hopewell Rocks
Yesterday we looked at the tides from above the water's surface. Today the tides let us walk on the ocean floor and see what formations develop underwater. Remember, high tide is 46 feet here.

Carol gets it ... don't be late returning.

Our first look at what's under water.

Wave action leaves its marks.

End of the Day
We met Evert and Kay Hawk tonight. They are relatively new Airstreamers from near Reading, Pennsylvania. They have a 2-year old 20' Flying Cloud that looks like it just left the show room.
They travel a lot like us and have already logged over 15,000 miles.

It's been raining lightly for the past few hours.

Tomorrow

We'll be staying near the Northumberland Straight in New Brunswick for the next few days and plan to go over to Prince Edward Island on driving tours.