Off on our great adventure to Down East, with the first stop in Nova Scotia. We chose Truro, not because of any great site or attraction there, but because of its central location. Just about anywhere we wanted to see was within three hours drive from Truro.
It was interesting that Truro was itself on the Bay of Fundy, location of the greatest tides on earth thanks to a giant sloshing-bathtub effect in the bay. The tremendous amount of water moving back and forth also keeps the bay stirred up, so it is a muddy reddish color all the time, something you never see in the post cards. The rock and dirt in this area is red due to iron content in the ground. The Maritimes are the northern most part of the Appalachian mountain chain, which is rich in iron, so the red dirt and clays of Alabama and Georgia, and the red dirt of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island are actually related.
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