Tuesday, August 1, 2023
Today began with a beautiful sunrise over the waters of the Bay of Fundy. Wow, what a great way to start the day. We were up early this morning because we were going on a whale watching adventure. We ate our breakfast and took our Dramamine and put on warm clothes as encouraged by the tour group. We of course were the first to arrive for check-in but we didn’t have far to go since we spent the night in the parking lot. We were blessed with a gorgeous day. We headed out of the harbor into the Bay of Fundy hoping we could get a few pictures of the whales. We knew the whales were in the bay yesterday, but that is no guarantee that we would be able to find them today. They are wild creatures in a wild environment. We will not keep you guessing. We were able to see and photograph SEVEN whales today. There was a group of three unrelated whales, a mama and her baby, (really big baby, longer than BB) and two other single whales. We also saw several groups of dolphin and several ocean sunfish. We had never seen an ocean sunfish before Interesting to watch but really not a very pretty fish. They have two fins but no tail and swim on their side with one of the fins out of the water. For those that might want to do this adventure, we used Brier Island Whale and Sea Bird Cruises. They are one of two companies on the Island and were the first in the business. They began in whale research and now use the tours to help fund continued research. There were 2 naturalists on our trip, one teaching us about what we were seeing and doing and the other actually doing some research. All the staff were very helpful and we would recommend this group based on our experience.
After our tour, we scoped out some spots around the island to spend the night and drove about 3km out to another light house. After that we met up with the You Tube influencers, Owen and Lynn of VAN TREKKING Lifestyle. We have followed their channel (one of our favorites) for several years but did not meet until this afternoon. What a great afternoon we enjoyed with them. We are boondocking for the night next door to them overlooking St. Mary’s Bay. We are blessed to have two new friends that we will hopefully meet up with down the road. We have similar travel styles and likes so… hopefully we will meet again.
It’s been another fantastic day on the Summer Road Trip. Feeling very blessed tonight!
PS: After completing the blog we looked out and saw one of the prettiest moons we have ever seen. Had to go back and add it to today’s blog.
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