The River and the Sea

Sixty miles away from where we’re staying is the Seaside Adjunct of this park. I’m not sure how the two are related except the seaside part is not too far from the mouth of the Mersey River, which flows through the park and was an important route for the Mi’kmaq people who lived here. In any case, since Hurricane Ernesto had just cruised by well offshore, Monday we decided to drive over there to see the waves. It turns out it was a long walk to the shore. As we crossed the open area approaching the shore we noticed the curved bands of clouds, the outer bands of the hurricane.

We only made it as far as the first overlook, but I did manage to get a picture.

We are at least a half mile from the shore and the swells are big enough to show up, even at this distance.

Since Matey wasn’t up for walking all the way to the shore we left there and drove to a lighthouse where I took this video. It’s still hard to see the size of these waves, especially since there was fog blowing in with the waves.

I got the best shot along the road as we were driving out.

Tuesday we decided to explore more inside the park along the river. This is the Mersey River before it flows into Kejimkujik Lake.

This is Mills Falls on the Mersey.

There’s another rapid right under a pedestrian bridge. Bud and I were trying to figure the route a kayak could take.

It would definitely be a tricky run.

This morning we left this beautiful and busy National Park, but it had one last treat for us. As we were breaking camp Bud noticed this stunning maroon shelf fungus. I’ve never seen one this color before.