Blogs from Prince Edward Island, Canada, North America

Tuesday 26thSeptember 2023 Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island Captain announced whilst we were at dinner last night, that the reason we were late leaving Port in Sydney yesterday, was because we had dragged up another anchor!! This caused lots of laughter in the restaurant as we had lost an anchor on the other side of the ship, in the hurricane!! (Apparently, we could still sail with one anchor because of the stabilisers on the ship!!) Anyway,we didn’t have high hopes for Charlottetown as Prince Edward Island (PEI) is said to be very flat and the only thing worth doing was Anne of Green Gables Museum (which we weren’t doing!!) as she was born in Cavendish on the north coast! Decided to just have a wander on the Historical Red Route (as advised by Tourist Info!!) and duly ... read more

Road trip 2022 kicked off with us driving to the United States border, crossing at Coburn Gore. This would be the first time I would be entering the USA since the pandemic began. From there we found a way to Nataris Campground for our first night. The sky was overcast with clouds, but no rain was falling yet. We set up camp and boiled some water to eat a few packets of ramen noodles. Not the healthiest of dinners but it would have to do for the time being. As our camp was enveloped in darkness, the sounds of loons could be heard across the lake. The next day we departed early and continued down route 27, stopping at a small diner for a greasy breakfast. A few hours later we reached the city of Bangor. ... read more

Day 6-7: Yea! We are headed out on our own for a 2-day road trip. A big circle starting in Halifax, Nova Scotia, up through Prince Edward Island, down into New Brunswick and back to Halifax. The day started out cloudy, rainy, with fog on the bays. Turned out the private limo from the Westin to the airport was $10 less than a cab so, no decision here. Eli, our driver is 52, lived in Halifax his whole life, and regaled us with a lot of history of the area. As we passed an unusually large IKEA, Eli gave us his opinion of our President and his hopes that he will be out and this "craziness" will end soon. The airport is about 30 minutes north of downtown Halifax. The roads all over Canada are wonderful ... read more

Ugh! As usual, I am way behind blogging. Right now we're on the train to Winnipeg - a 34 hour trip. Hoping I can catch up a bunch. PEI and New Brunswick (6/1-6/4) We again landed back at North Sydney and again ate dinner at Bette’s (a hole in the wall with great inexpensive homemade food – lots of carrots and turnips (have I mentioned the carrots and turnips? The only vegetables they seem to have in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia). We headed south through Cape Breton and stayed at Ann’s Airbnb halfway down the island. Ann was quite a character who lives in a charming 100 year old house. She had 2 friendly horses and even a cranberry bog on her property. Unfortunately we didn’t have time to check it out, nor did we want ... read more

English Version Follows (Scroll down) _______________________________ Jour 40 - Mardi, le 17 juillet 2018 - Eldon, Point Prim (Î.P.E) Réveil à 06h00 ! Arrivée à North Sydney à 08h30 (heure de la N.É.) Fatiguée mais je me mets en route pour me rendre à Amherst, N.É. dans le but d'y dormir et de me diriger ensuite vers l'île du Prince-Édouard. Mais, il y a un changement en cours de route. Je me dirige finalement vers le traversier pour me rendre directement à l'île du Prince-Édouard, où je passerai les prochains jours. J'économise des kms., et surtout, je n'ai pas à conduire. Je suis maintenant installée dans un petit motel à Eldon. Pas cher! Le propriétaire, en voyant mon T-shirt où c'est écrit que j'aime la photographie, me demande de faire quelques photos de son établissement. Il ... read more