With lobster rolls in the cooler we set out to Dickson Falls. We hiked 1.5k (1 mi) most of which was a boardwalk with some stairs. Fundy National Park is an Acadian Forest “which blends two types of tree populations: the most northern spruce and fir evergreen boreal forests common in New Brunswick, and the maple, yellow birch, larch, aspen, beech and balsam hardwood forests typical of the more southeasterly Great Lakes—St. Lawrence region.”
The moss that grows hear is so different from what we have seen before. It is very soft and covers the ground, trees, branches, etc. completely.
Then we drove to Herring Cove and had a picnic. The lobster rolls were delicious! We walked down to the beach and walked around on the ocean floor. The tide was out and there was an abundance of seaweed.
Next we drove across the Pointe Wolfe Covered Bridge. Interesting story here! “Originially built in 1908, the old covered bridge was accidentally destroyed in 1990 by a rock blasting crew whose purpose was to blast away some rock that would enable shoring up and stabilization of one side of the bridge. But the best-laid dynamite can oft go awry, and in this case, though the rockwork imploded nicely, the bridge also collapsed. It was rebuilt in 1992.”
On the way to the covered bridge was a little park along the river. There is a tree planted there in memory to a man who worked for the Park Service for 33 years. His family had this saying on his plaque:
“God will not ask thee thy race, Nor they birth
Alone he will ask of thee
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