We are staying at Fundy National Park, which was our second stop in Canada last year, too. But today the weather was pretty iffy, quite cool with clouds, showers and a little sun, so I looked for what might be a nice drive.
I found this route that looked promising so we loaded up Matey and off we went.
A lot of the route was through the country here. It was lovely and the road was empty. Imagine our surprise when after traveling on roads like this for 30 miles we came to a gate and entrance booths. We’d come to the eastern entrance to Fundy Trail Parkway Provincial Park. (By the way, that’s not dirt on the hood of the truck, it’s spruce pollen. But perhaps because of the humidity or the species, Bud’s allergies aren’t flaring up.)
We paid our entrance fee and the nice young man at the booth told us not to miss the Walton Glen Gorge/Falls Overlook. So we parked and took the trail. It was just under a mile one way.
Along the way we spotted this species of trillium in bloom. This is Painted Trillium (Trilium undulatum ). It’s beautiful and I don’t remember ever seeing it before.
We also saw this beautiful Pink Lady’s Slipper orchid.
I may have seen these before, but I don’t remember ever seeing one this big!
Then we came to the overlook. I could hear the water but it took a while to spot the falls way, way down there.
The glen was impressive.
This tree lived a while on the precipice, but no longer.
Way in the distance you could just spot the Bay of Fundy.
We returned to the truck and drove on to another overlook the young man recommended. This is the view at Martin Head Lookout and I can see why he said it is his favorite.
I thought this view at the Big Salmon River Lookout equally dramatic. This is looking west, not east.
We went as far as the Big Salmon River…
where we took another short walk…
across this suspension bridge.
I carried Matey. The bridge made him nervous and then his paws slipped into the cracks.
I stopped on the bridge to take this photo of a fish trap. This is a restored salmon run, so we figured this was set up for counting fish.
They also had this contraption. The large funnel can be lowered into the water. It appears to have vanes that would make it spin in the current. We’re not at all sure what it’s used for, though.
I’m also not at all sure what this is. There were several in a row. They’re pines, but have a bush form, no leader, not even a trunk. My ID programs call it a Jack Pine, but none show this bush form.
Whatever the answer to our mysteries we are very glad we came to this place. It as, as the brochure says, “Truly Spectacular.”
On the Roam Again 
Just beautiful! Those trilliums are very pretty, and the Lady’s Slipper Orchid is quite interesting, too!
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