Glooscap

 Day Ninety Nine

We leave Halifax today and plan to spend the next week along the Bay of Fundy, known to have the highest tides in the world. 

How these tides come about? 

Long ago, the Giant at Glooscap decided that he would like to take a bath. But being a giant, he knew it would be difficult. The rivers and lakes were too shallow. So Glooscap went to the beaver and asked him if he would build Glooscap a dam at the mouth of the bay of Fundy. Surely by trapping the water in the bay, Glooscap would have enough water to have a bath. So beaver, being Glooscap’s friend built a dam and Glooscap prepared for his bath. 

Just before Glooscap entered his bath, beaver and Glooscap heard a noise coming from the other side of the dam. There, in the waters of the Atlantic was a whale and he was very upset. He wanted to swim in the Bay as he had always done. 

“Why have you blocked my way into the Bay?” Asked the whale. “I’m sorry, whale, I didn’t mean to cause you harm. I wanted to take a bath” Said Glooscap. “Beaver, can you please take down the dam you built so the whale can swim freely.” Glooscap asked. 

As beaver began to slowly dismantle the dam, the whale became impatient. “Move aside beaver.” He said. And with all his might, the whale slammed his tail into the dam. The wood from the dam scattered and the water on both sides of the Bay of Fundy began to swell. To this day, the tides of the Bay of Fundy are the highest in the world thanks to the power of a whale. This is the legend told by the native people of Glooscap. 

Today we make our departure from Halifax. In the morning we quickly packed up the Rv and were ready to head out shortly after nine. The temperature was quickly pushing into the twenties and turned into a very beautiful day for a jump. Our destination for the next week is the Fundy Rv campground along the coast of the Bay of Fundy. The drive only took a few hours arriving shortly after twelve. 

We set up the Rv and quickly discovered the electrical in the campground is best described as appalling. The electrical surges coming from the park are so bad our surge protector cuts out every ten to fifteen minutes. We currently have to run the generator for the AC and the propane on the water heater. I will speak with the park about adjusting our rate due to me consuming my own resources to do what their electrical supply cannot. 

Our spot is located on a hill overlooking the bay with a road that takes you down to a small fishing harbour and rocky beach below. The wind thankfully is cool this afternoon, keeping it acceptable for the pups, hopefully it will get cooler in the evening so I do not have to run the AC.