07/18/13 - Fundy National Park and Drive to New Glasgow, NS

Our plan calls for spending the whole morning in Fundy National Park and then drive to Nova Scotia (NS) in the afternoon.  During breakfast in our hotel in Magnetic Hill, Moncton, one of the guests told us a story about the reason of this location being called Magnetic Hill.  It is because there is a magnetic hill where you can witness your car going backward uphill like it is attracted by magnet.  He highly recommended us to visit this place.  We did.  It was amazing that our rental car went backward uphill when we put it in natural gear.  However, after the ride we did ask one of the staff about the detail of magnetic force, and she told us that there is no magnetic force and it is just an illustration.

In the morning, we hiked Matthews Head and Coastal West trails.  Matthews Head and Coastal West trails are along the Bay of Fundy and we hiked on the edge of cliffs most of the time.  With forest on the right and the ocean on the left, the scenery is breathtaking.  

We also hiked on Dickson Falls trail which is a short trail with beautiful forest and brook.  A nice falls in the middle is the highlight of this trail. 

The original plan was called for traveling to Prince Edward Island (PEI) to visit Prince Edward Island National Park.  After we found out that we would need to drive a long time along with a ferry ride crossing the ocean from PEI to NS (we did not pre-book the ferry ticket), we decided to change plan and just to drive to the midpoint between Moncton, NB and Pleasant Bay, NS.  We identified New Glasgow as the stopping point.  After we arrived New Glasgow, we went to visit Melmerby Beach Provincial Park.  It is very exclusive with one way in and one way out and it is situated at the end of a peninsular.  We met some locals there and they were telling us how blessing they are to live near Melmerby Beach.