ZR-1 Canada Trip July 2011

[Scrrem]

Great pictures Jim, looks like a great trip. I want to get up there one of these days.
Rich

[ScottZ95ZR1]

Fantastic pictures - thanks very much for sharing them, Jim!

[Cdn ZR1 95]

Originally Posted by QB93Z

Hello from Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada. Thanks Crossing the bay, in the fog, on that small ferry (just one other car aboard) has to be one of the high points of the trip. At first we were bummed that we would miss some photo opportunities, but then it became sort of a magical transition from the US to Canada.

More to follow soon.

Jim

The fog is part of our border security & also to keep people from realizing what a great place it is to take a driving vacation.

You won't be disappointed. Looking forward to more pictures.

[93RubyZ]

[tomtom72]

Hey Jim thanks for the play by play and the picts!

I just love the "tropical" shirt motif in that picture!

[QB93Z]

Hello from rainy, Sydney, Nova Scotia. We have had to change our trip plan because it is raining today (Friday). More on that later.

To continue my Travel Log:

After the small ferry to Deer Island, New Brunswick, we drove about 45 minutes to the other end of the island to catch another ferry. It was not hard to make the trip, there is only one road and a spur on the island:


Here is one of the two intersections on Deer Island.
Just after we took this picture, the only cars we saw on the whole cross-island trip met at the intersection.


The second ferry was a little larger than the first:


This ferry is free to ride. The Canadian Goverment provides the ferry service to promote growth of Deer Island.


Our journey continued to Saint John, New Brunswick. We checked in to a nice downtown hotel:

and saw the sights, including the World Famous, Reversing Falls. The tides range is so high in the Fundy Bay, that the river flow reverses at high tide and the water over the falls goes up river. It is a very interesting geological phenomenon.

More about the Fundy Bay tides in the next installment.

Jim

[QB93Z]

After a night in Saint John, we headed north up the west coast of Fundy Bay to St Martin and the Fundy Trail.

The tides in Fundy Bay are the highest in the world. In St Martin there is a great example of the extreme variation in the water level caused by the high tidal range in Fundy Bay.

Here in the back ground you can see some caves in the cliff wall that are exposed as the tide lowers:


After we ate lunch, here is the same scene:


The rocky beach of St Martin's Cove is the result of erosion of the rocky remains from the glacial era that ended about 26,000 years ago.

Next we drove up the Fundy Trail where there are overlooks and hiking trails to some of the most magnificant scenery on the Fundy Coast:


We continued north to Moncton, New Brunswick and stopped at one of the most popular tourist attractions in Canada, Magnetic Hill:

There is a part of the road where a family discovered in the 1930's that a car stopped at the end of the road will roll backwards "up" the hill. Well we had to try it. We paid the $5.00 and sure enough when I stopped the car at the end of the road and released the brake I accelerated backward. It is a very strange effect. I will leave it to a future traveler to divulge the secret of "Magnet Hill" By the way it does work on fiberglass cars.

After recovering our equilibrium we drove on to Nova Scotia and headed to the the north coast and Cape George. Here we are at Cape George Point Lighthouse:


We drove east to Cape Breton Island to drive the Cabot Trail. We spent the night in deluxe accommodations at Whale Cove on the west shore (the Sunset Coast):


Then the rain started....

Jim

[tomtom72]

Outstanding Trip Capt.! I hope both of you are having a blast!

Thanks for the picture story.


Tom

[ZR1North]

Enjoying reading your log and seeing the pictures, Jim. Having grown up on the east coast of Canada, I can personally identify with some of your stops. Love your quote re Magnetic Hill (works on glass cars)!

Great job on keeping the car clean despite Mother Nature's weeping from time to time.

Enjoy the Ride!

Bob

[JThomas]

Beautiful trip Jim, enjoy the ride!