Camping on a deserted island

If you have been an avid reader of my posts, you will know that we have been to St. Martin's area quite a few times. On Saturday we went there once again because we had been told that you could camp on "split rock". Split Rock is a cliff-island that is only accessible during low tide. It sounded like a pretty sweet adventure to be "stuck" on a deserted island for 24 hours, so Saturday morning off we went.

Low tide was at about 9am-- so we woke up around 6am so that we could finish packing and make it to the island with enough time to get up the cliff before the tide came in.

We packed A LOT of stuff with us from the tent to chairs to firewood to water to food to clothes to sticks to rope to.....gah...you get the point!

Despite our arms ready to fall off and squishy sand and mud where we walked, we made it to the cliff island with time to spare.

This picture shows you the island in which we camped out on. You will notice the land in the distance on the left and then a gap and then a small island--that small island is what we climbed up and then camped out on.

Split Rock..in the distance

Once we arrived at the base of the cliff we worked our magic so that all of our gear made it to the top. For this to happen it included careful collaboration so that we could tie our gear with rope and then haul it up to the next level.

For a closer look at this procedure and an almost all video montage of our weekend adventure check out my boyfriends blog at Steps of Foreign Soil.

Once we made it to the top of the island we took our time examining the cliff and the view and then set up camp. While I decided I needed a nap and some time to soak up the sun my other half dug out an old, old old fire pit so that we could make a fire without burning all of the dry grass on the cliff rock.

The next 24 hours were actually spent admiring the view, understanding the phenomenon of the amount of water that goes in and out due to the tide and relaxing!!

Most of this post will include pictures of some of the amazing things I saw while on the cliff.

Enjoy!

First, take a look at these three pictures below so that you understand how much water comes in and out on the Bay of Fundy...

High Tide

Medium Tide (Sorry it's slightly fuzzy)

Low Tide

The island had some beautiful vegetation...

And some great shots of the clear water...

And amazing sunsets...

And even more amazing sunrises...

And some pretty cool cliffs and animal life...

Oh, and here's a couple pictures of one of the only two people who were camping out on split rock Saturday night...( I was the other person!)

Hmmm...and just a couple more ....