Farewell Nova Scotia...hello Prince Edward Island

September 15, 2015
Seal Cove Campground
Prince Edward Island

We departed Nova Scotia but stopped at Mass Town Market 

before departing to collect some fresh veggies....and none for me of course!!  We spent a night at Cape Tormentine Campground, NB and fed the mosquitoes.  They weren't too bad and bug spray kept them at bay.  That was our second mosquito challenge of the trip.  Not a bad record😀  

This morning we zipped down the road just a hop, skip and a jump and traveled the longest bridge in the world

that crosses ice covered water (not icy today of course)....the Confederation Bridge that connects PEI (Prince Edward Island) with New Brunswick.  There is a ferry from Nova Scotia to PEI that my parents road on with just their truck when they were here several years ago.  The bridge which opened in 1997 is impressive....huge...awesome!!  8 miles long!!

In 1993 when discussion of a possible bridge referred to as "the fixed link" took place, there were many contrasting opinions of what a bridge linking the island to the mainland would do to the current life style.  A winning vote of 59% allowed the bridge to be built.  Now wouldn't you think they would want year round access to the mainland?  The ferries don't travel in the icy water.  Only 59% were in favor of change!

One of the first things noticed were the stop lights.  Yes, they have the red, yellow, green lights that you expect to see but they are also shaped.  Red is a square.

  Yellow is a diamond, Green is a circle.

We traveled across the island ...it really isn't all that large an island....to Seal Cove Campground and settled into our waterfront site.  Ah...what views. 

We are backed in with our large back window looking out over the water. Smile for the camera Dad.  Momma's at it again.

And as luck would have it, Momma and Dad arrived on a pot luck day.

It was the end of the season celebration as the campground closes down on September 19th.

  Now knowing that PEI is famous for its potato crop, they expected lots of potato dishes.  WRONG.  But all the dishes we tasty and varied.  A nice assortment to choose from....while I was left home with...yep, my same old dry dog food.  
But I was able to secure some of my favorite dog treats when Dad had coffee break later in the evening.  Life is good!!

I'm Chloe