It was our intention to head up the next day towards Doaktown, New Brunswick to visit with Keith and Cheryl. (Keith works at the pulp mill in PG with the boys.) There’s so much to see and do along the shores of the Bay of Fundy we had to phone them and delay our visit another day.
Somewhere in our travels, someone told us about Cape Enrage. This abandoned and run-down lighthouse site was taken on as a project by area students about 12 years ago. They have got things really fixed up and have a small gift shop with local art, a little restaurant and they offer “kid activities” like repelling and rock climbing and kayaking. They run it all on donation and they are doing a great job of everything.
However, they don’t have road-building funds. No one told us. I am telling you. You cannot take a 23 foot trailer into Cape Enrage. We did. We know. I was really glad I was on the bike for this ride that was reminiscent of the Cabot Trail except extremely narrow with bumps and cavities. HUGE bumps and cavities.
We girls went to support the students in the gift shop while the guys descended a very long rickety set of stairs down to the water’s edge. There they got to check out the moose that tried to jump into the ocean from the ledge 300 meters above. It didn’t make it.
By the time we got to St. Martins we decided to call it a night a get a campsite on the ocean with a view of the sea caves. It was beautiful. I cannot believe that this site is still completely uncommercialized. The caves carved out by the quick moving tides of the bay are incredible. I found it just as beautiful and amazing as the Hopewell Rocks. And there’s no admission, and no chains and warning signs telling you where you can’t go. The boys took advantage of this and did some exploring.
Somewhere in our travels, someone told us about Cape Enrage. This abandoned and run-down lighthouse site was taken on as a project by area students about 12 years ago. They have got things really fixed up and have a small gift shop with local art, a little restaurant and they offer “kid activities” like repelling and rock climbing and kayaking. They run it all on donation and they are doing a great job of everything.
However, they don’t have road-building funds. No one told us. I am telling you. You cannot take a 23 foot trailer into Cape Enrage. We did. We know. I was really glad I was on the bike for this ride that was reminiscent of the Cabot Trail except extremely narrow with bumps and cavities. HUGE bumps and cavities.
We girls went to support the students in the gift shop while the guys descended a very long rickety set of stairs down to the water’s edge. There they got to check out the moose that tried to jump into the ocean from the ledge 300 meters above. It didn’t make it.
By the time we got to St. Martins we decided to call it a night a get a campsite on the ocean with a view of the sea caves. It was beautiful. I cannot believe that this site is still completely uncommercialized. The caves carved out by the quick moving tides of the bay are incredible. I found it just as beautiful and amazing as the Hopewell Rocks. And there’s no admission, and no chains and warning signs telling you where you can’t go. The boys took advantage of this and did some exploring.
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