100 billion tons

After weeks of gypsy travel we have landed in Parrsboro NS. Our home for the next month is a cottage set in a fir forest fifty feet from the Bay of Fundy, or at least a cove off the Bay of Fundy. 

When I say fifty feet I am speaking of high tide. The cove we are on is about 40 feet deep at high tide and empty 6 hours later at low tide. Every day 100 billion tons of water moves in and out of the bay.

For my Indiana friends, think of Lake Monroe emptying and refilling twice a day, and that just accounts for our "little" cove - not the whole bay.

To quote a biblical passage: The Lord giveth......

..... And The Lord taketh away.....