Hopewell Rocks Provincial Park - Low Tide

 6/27/24 Hopewell Rocks Provincial Park

We left Hillsborough in the pouring rain to reach Hopewell during low tide so we could compare from yesterday. 

The Flower Pots fully exposed

At high tide the water was up to the the top of the bottom-most steps

LoversArch - the tide has to reach 28 feet straight u to cover the arch itself 

Trees will try to grow anywhere

Apple Rock

Close up of the conglomerate that makes up these rocks

A large stone erratic

It takes six minutes for the tide to go from the rock between the two grey coated figures on the left to the base of the seaweed covered rock on the right

The EmergencyPlatform - this is not a rescue platform but rather a place to scramble to and wait until the tide has receded so you could walk out again. There is no rescue if you get stuck out when the tide comes in. The park does a phenomenal job of “sweeping” the shore so that folks can return safely. In the off season, when there were no sweeps, a couple were out and the tide was coming in. It’s deceptive because you may think you have time because the area you are standing in has not filled in, but the walk back to the stairs has filled in and you can’t get to them. The wife knew this and tried to persuade the husband to return but he thought he had time. She went back and met up with a Park Ranger, who happened to come by to do some work. They went to a lookout and called down to the husband, who had reached the emergency platform. They couldn’t see the platform but they heard his reply. The Park Ranger told him that he’s have to wait for the tide to recede in 6 hours, as there was no way to reach him. The Ranger took the wife into town for dinner while the man sat on the platform waiting for low tide. Each year the couple return and go out to dinner with the Ranger.

Walking in the mud

Where google says I was

Diamond Rock

Mushroom washed up by tide

Sea Worm

Tide was up to the top of the green algae yesterday

Another view of the stairs without the high tide water

After exploring all we could before the tide came in we headed to Moncton’s Costco to get supplies and dinner from the food court

Poutine for me

Polish sausage for Matthew 

Before we left Moncton we drove to Magnetic Hill and experienced the optical illusion of going uphill backwards while in neutral

Google betrayed us as we headed to our site for the night in Shediac and lead us down a dirt road to go through this covered bridge, which was impassable! Luckily there was room to turn around and we arrived safely at the place we had chosen, a nice large flat area at a trailhead that we shared with a car camper and another van.