George the Groundhog
Okay, so I’m definitely dedicating today’s post to my new friend George, the groundhog. Yesterday I mentioned running into a groundhog by a bridge, and today we went back to see if he was still there. He was definitely still hanging around the same place, so I’m guessing he probably lives in the concrete dividers nearby. We fed him some wheat-thins, and he got just wonderfully close to us. Didn’t get to pet him, but got pretty close. George is a pretty cool critter, altogether. He’s even nearly vegan (apparently they occasionally eat “some insects”). Well, he does wear fur, but I guess I can let him slide on that one.
Some rocks at the bottom of Fundy Bay
After that we headed off to check out the Fundy trail, which goes around a portion of the Bay Of Fundy and has beach access. The Bay of Fundy has a tidal change of something like 50 feet, so there’s a pretty great deal of seabed dry at lowtide. I got out on some nice rocky beach and made some photographs (see one to the left), and then we got attacked by rain. I sort of incoherently dashed up some steps, which turned out not to take me anywhere near the parking lot where my grandparents had rushed back to the car. I ended up hiding under a pavilion for a while with my camera stuffed in a bag, but finally got back all safe-like.
Next we drove to Moncton, where we went to see the Hopewell rocks, which are big rock formations that have been carved out by the tidal shifts, so that they’re significantly narrower at the bottom than at the top. Got some interesting shots there, and then we came back to stay here in Moncton for the night. After we checked in, I found that there was a vegetarian cafe in the area. Let it be put down in the record that Calactus Vegetarian Cafe in Moncton, New Brunswick is an absolutely excellent establishment. I had some delicious curried lentils with bread and chutney tonight, and I thoroughly intend to go back tomorrow for some pizza, or perhaps a veggie burger. Decisions decisions…