September 9. Came down to breakfast and while eating discovered the tidal bore passed by without our knowledge. We'll try again tonight.
We arrived at Hopewell Rocks about an hour before the high tide. Today's will be about 36 feet, a little short of the 37 foot average, much lower than the 47 foot highest range.
At high tide, the eroded rock formations look like little islands. We walked along the bluff overlooking the bay and took photos for low tide comparisons. At noon, ate our picnic lunches before heading back to walk on the now visible ocean floor with an interpretive ranger.
He began by explaining how tides happen, using Chanda
the sun, Rick as the earth and another tourist as the moon. He wryly patted Rick's tummy as he described the bulge of water created by the gravitational pull.
The little islands from this morning are now the "flowerpot rocks" made famous by Ripley in 1936. Many shapes and sizes with bottoms dressed in 'rock weed.'
Tonight, kind of dark, but managed to get a photo of the bore as it passed by. We estimated it at about 8-10 inches high.
Tomorrow, Prince Edward Island.
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