SUNSHINE ALL DAY

tHIS WAS THE FIRST DAY THAT WE WOKE UP TO SUNSHINE. a bit chilly but that didn't bother us. We had blueberry pancakes at the Inn with some local fellows. David convinced us to backtrack and go to Cape D'Or. Don found fossils close to where we were of the largest crocodile, estimated to have been 30' and weigh in at 10 tons. He had spoken many places including the Smithtonian. There were 10,000 "fossile lovers" who listened. We felt honored to be talking to hinm. David explained why the seaside villages were 15 milles apart. In the days of the horse and buggy, horses could only go 15 miles before they had to be fed and watered.
We arrived "above" Cape D'Or, of course down a gravel, curvy road. We walked down the steep, rocky road to the lighthouse. It was high on a cliff. The walk back up was no fun! We then went to the 5 Islands Lighthouse, not in service anymore. Because of the action of the Bay of Fundy the lighthouse has already been moved away from the cliffs 3 times. We gazed at the 5 island about 1 mile out in the bay. The tide was beginning to recede. Once a yr, 2oo runners go 1 mile out to the big island and then run around it. This is always on the lowest tide. There is only a 30 mins. time period that they can get around the island. From having no water to having 56 feet of water made the timing very important. If stragglers get caught in the water they always keep a boat there to get them.
A man from Calif bought one of the islands. He built a retreat on the top with 190 steeps stairs to get there. They take them by boat and use a hydraulic lift to get their belongings up to the top. We age at Mo's owned by the same man. This restaurant was highly recommended by the locals. It was delicious.
Most of our drive today was filled with gorgeous colored leaves. Nancy kept pulling off the road so we could get pictures.
We ventured to Economy Point. Down a road that was more potholes than road. As I said before the tide was going out. At the overlooks on our 2 1/2 miles walk through the wilderness we could see huge boulders that were now out of water.. The water was out more than a mile. It's really amazing to see the high tides then see the water disappear.
We got a cabin overlooking the Bay for the night. We walked down to the waterless bay. It was so dark that we didn't get to see it when the water was high because it was low when we got up. We ended our day with a glass of wine on our porch, a lovely mean at Mo's and another wine when we got home. Since we didin't have a t.v., for the first time we had to read ourselves to sleep. We're hoping for another sunny day.