Blogs from Prince Edward Island, Canada, North America - page 14

Well we are now in PEI. Thursday I took it easy. I sat in second cup for 2 hrs enjoying an iced americano and searching for places to stay in PEI. Thursday night we went out again with Brett's work group. We went to a really nice Italian place and had a 4 course set menu for dinner. We than stayed out very late enjoying East Coast hospitality. To bad for Brett that Firday morning he still had to go to class for 8am. On fri I packed us up and picked up the rental car. We were driving out of Halifax by 3pm. We drove over the Confederation bridge rather then taking the ferry because it is way faster. It took us only 3.5 hrs to from downtown Halifax to our B & B in ... read more

We left Maine in late June to begin our summer in Atlantic Canada. After washing the coach and car, we drove 2 days in intermittent rain to reach Prince Edward Island. Of course, we had to wash the vehicles all over again when we got here. The only way to drive to the island is over the 13-mile Confederation Bridge from New Brunswick. We were glad it wasn’t too foggy that day. PEI, the “Green Island,” is lush, with rolling hills and farmland. The population is around 135,000. Fishing, farming, and tourism are the main industries, with potato farms in abundance. PEI is famous for lobsters, blue mussels, Malpeque oysters, scallops, clams, and fresh fish. We are definitely enjoying the seafood. Island strawberries are now in season, and they are terrific—not too big but really sweet ... read more

PEI!! We love you!!! We arrived in PEI after cycling 81 kms to get to the ferry. We had planned to find a nice place to camp on the other side of the water in PEI and call it a day until we arrived there...it was warm, breeze-less, hill-less, green; it was absolutely amazing and had Brad and I wondering how a 70 minute ferry ride could bring us from a grey fisherman's land to lush green paradise!! We were so pumped we eneded up cycling another 36 km before arriving in Orwell. Orwell is a little historic town that we expected to be much like Fort Langley. We expcected a nice small town to spend the evening in and at the least, we hoped for a gas station so we could get some supplies ... read more

Motorhome News from North America 18 21st - 28th July 2006 Prince Edward Island Alrighty, let’s get started. An eight-mile bridge separates Prince Edward Island from the New Brunswick mainland, sweeping like a giant snake across the wide Northumberland Strait. 140 miles long east to west, and up to 40miles across, PEI is home to 170,000 people who would doubtless never dream of living anywhere else on earth. The short summers are mild and sunny, the rolling fields so green and fertile and the ever present sea flows gently back and forth on shallow shores where the Micmac Indians once fished. The winters are long, chill winds drive down from the northeast and snow will blanket the ground as the sea freezes, cocooning the island to sleep out the winter. The French called it Ile St ... read more

Odometer: 37063km For the most part, today's ride just retraced my previous trip back down to Antigonish and New Glasgow, NS. From there I went to the ferry at Caribou to go to PEI. I planned to spend a day and two evenings in PEI, but that was not to be. On my way to Antigonish, I turned off the main highway to take the old road that wound along the coast. At Havre-Bouche I stopped in to Gary's Quick Mart and met Gary. He is the brother-in-law of some friends of ours and they suggested I look him up. Unfortunately Gary's store had been broken in to the previous night so he was pretty busy and wasn't able to take the time to talk much. I certainly understood his situation and said my goodbyes to ... read more