Tourism 101: ask the locals.

East coast seaweed

We set out this morning with the plan of trying to see the big tide change in the Bay of Fundy. This was related to last night's super moon. Saint John, on the Bay of Fundy is just over an hour from Fredericton and we figured we could talk to tourist information about the best place to see all the action. High tide was at 1:10 and low tide at 7:00 pm so we had lots of time to get to the best place to see the change. We realized Nova Scotia is the best place but figured there had to be a place on this side too.
Turns out that there isn’t any place in the region and the fellow was surprised by our need to see the change of tide today anyway. He said there is always a 28 foot difference around Saint John but in fact in Moncton the tide change is always 40 or 50 feet!!
So much for the big event. We followed the Bay of Fundy scenic tour signs through 40 minutes of farm land and eventually found a place to pull over with access to the bay where we sat and had lunch. Maybe just as well - the fog was so thick we might not have seen the water if it was more than a few feet from shore. Turns out Saint John is the third foggiest city in Canada (after St. John's and Halifax). See tourism 101 - 3 for my thoughts about first, second, third.....

Churned up waves hitting the purple sands at high tide

Bay of Fundy Scenic Road