Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Cape Enrage


















New Brunswick is the Province that keeps on topping the last place...and finally, Cape Enrage. This cape culminates with a slim slice of sedimentary rock turned on edge by geologic forces, and worn down by erosion. The tip is marked by a lighthouse which warns ships to avoid the sharp rocks under the water with light, and a 140 decibel foghorn. To one side of the cape is a unique beach. First, the chocolate water of the Bay of Fundy laps on a fine brown silt. Further up the beach are rounded rocks, smoothed as the tide rolls them up and down twice a day. At the top of the beach, the larger rocks, and a line of seaweed that marks high tide. What kind of tide? 53 feet! Amazing. See www.capeenrage.ca. Not for the faint of heart is a zip line running 600 feet out to the lighthouse. Afterwards, dodging deluges from rainstorms, we headed to Alma for some seafood. Two places: one, a fish shop. They sell fresh lobster, scallops, and fish caught daily. You can buy the lobster live or cooked. We chose cooked, and took a 2 and a quarter one home to make our own lobster rolls :-). Then, to our second stop, a lovely restaurant right on the bay. Nancy had fish and chips, I had the delicious scallops.

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