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Lookout #1 -
Daniel Flats - Later the two RV Gypsies will actually walk on Demoiselles
Beach which is just in front of Daniels Flats - (those photos are towards
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Diamond Rock as seen from the lookout
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Diamond
Rock as seen from walking on the beach
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Big
Cove as seen from the lookout
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Big Cove as seen
from the stairs down to the beach |
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Big
Cove as seen from walking on the beach
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Two
two RV Gypsies heard some say that they counted the steps down as 96
steps. Each day the two RV Gypsies did walk down these stairs
to get to the beach, but each day they found a different way off the beach.
The first day, they climbed over big rocks to get to Demoiselles Beach
(that was difficult). The second day they walked a distance behind these
stairs and found a short set of stairs up to a parking lot. |
As
the yellow sign and clock below states, everyone MUST be off the beach by
a certain time or they will find themselves under water. Later on down this
page there is a photo of an emergency platform. One of the rangers told
the two RV Gypsies that once an Australian was stranded there for six hours waiting to be
rescued.
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Upon
reaching the bottom of the stairs, the two RV Gypsies looked back at the
staircase.
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Big rocks with
trees on top are known as Flower Pots. Although the flowerpot
rocks come in a variety of different shapes and sizes, they all have been
formed over million of years by the dynamic movements of the earth and erosion
form glaciers, tides, ice and winds. There are several different flower
pots on the beach, each with different shapes. Below is first view of Flower
Pots as seen from the landing on the stairs. |
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Flower
pots as seen from the beach. This is the most famous and most photographed
set of Flower Pots on this beach.
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Now
the two RV Gypsies stood under the Flower Pots that seen in
the photo above.
The first set of photos were taken with the photographer's back to the
water.
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The photos shown below were taken with the photographer facing the water.
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The two RV Gypsies walked towards the area behind the stairs.
Lee thought the rock formation looked like a dinosaur's head.
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Another
Flower Pot rock
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Another
Flower Pot rock
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Use
your imagination and see the face on this rock
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The below photos have people in them and shows how big these formations actually are. |
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This formation
looked different each time the two RV Gypsies moved just a few inches. In the first photo below,
there was an opening between the two rocks. In the second photo, the two
rocks appeared to be lightly touching at one point only. |
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In the photo below,
it appeared that the two rocks touched more firmly and the opening resembled
a candle flame. They really don't touch each other. It is all a matter of where the two RV Gypsies stood to take the photos. |
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Lee thought the
rock formation below resembled an elephant's butt with a glob of poop stuck in
the butt. LOL |
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Lee
thought this formation resembled King Kong
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Notice that "King
Kong" looks to be of a different coloration in each of these three
photos. That must be because they were taken on different days, with different
sun lighting, and two different cameras. The bottom photo is the actual
color that all of the rock formations appeared in the eyes of the two RV
Gypsies. |
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Time for photos
of the beach and the water itself. Actually, this is not a beach - it is
just low tide. and at high tide all of this area that the two RV Gypsies
have been walking on is under water. |
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This
rock formation looked like a FACE
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The emergency
platform on a high pile of rocks - in case someone is stupid enough to get caught here at high tide.
The wait would be many hours before rescue and the waves would certainly
splash over the platform getting the idiot wet. There is no exit from the emergency platform during high tide.
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A ranger told
the two RV Gypsies that since the rocks were dry today, they could climb
over these rocks as a shortcut to Demoiselles Beach and that way they would
not have to take the long walk back to the big staircase because they could
exit the area from Demoiselles Beach. It was impossible to walk around these
rocks, so the two RV Gypsies decided to climb over the rocks. What they
did not realize is that there were a LOT more rocks other than the few they
saw here. It was not an easy climb.
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After
climbing over the rocks, it was necessary to walk in a bit of mud before
coming to the area shown below.
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After
rounding the corner, a look back at the formation.
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Finally,
Demoiselles Beach and the Mud Flats. These are the same mud flats as seen
from the first observation deck at the beginning of this page.
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After
exiting the beach, the two RV Gypsies saw the sign with the name of the
beach.
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The
end of a perfect day
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Walking the path
through the woods to return to their truck, the two RV Gypsies saw an observation
deck that actually gave a view of the RV park they were staying in and could
see their RV, known as AWO which stands for "All We Own" (since they don't own nor rent a home anywhere). |
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On day two at
Hopewell Rocks, the two RV Gypsies marvelled that the big rock with pebble
formations all over was still the same as it appeared yesterday. After all,
this rock was completely UNDER WATER at high tide during the evening. |
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On day two at
Hopewell Rocks, , the two RV Gypsies walked the area behind the staircase
down (remember the 96 steps at the beginning of this page) and eventually
came to a very short staircase leading to a parking lot. At the top of this
shorter staircase, they loved the pattern of the area below. |
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Then
the two RV Gypsies had to take turns cleaning the mud off their sneakers.
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Then the two RV Gypsies walked
through the parking lot that was at the top of the stairs, stopped for
an ice cream at the concession stand, then walked past the original set
of 96 steps, and back onto the original path in the woods to their truck
in the bigger parking lot. |