Crossing to Prince Edward Island

In the last 24 hours, we have been busy. After our walk on the ocean floor, we came back to the campground. We discovered earlier that there was a Costco in Moncton, just 27 miles away. We decided to take advantage of our membership and somewhat lower prices, so off we went. George and Merrily(two of our caravan buddies) drove and we managed to almost fill a cart with stuff. One thing we found interesting is that milk is sold in bags! Good thing we have a container! On the way back, we saw a McDonald’s—the sign in front said “McLobster is back!” FYI—it is good (of course we HAD to try it) and only available in Canada. We returned in time for ‘social hour” with some local entertainment.

This morning we left our campground in New Brunswick. Destination: Cavendish, Prince Edward Island. We drove through the town of Moncton and up to the Northern coast. There we entered onto Confederation Bridge to the island. This bridge, built in 1997, is 9 miles long! It is 145-200 feet above the water. It is a toll bridge, but toll is only paid when one drives back to the mainland. The toll for a car is $40.50 and our toll is more. Can you imagine being a resident and having to pay that every time one traveled to the mainland?

The road to our campground passed through lovely green hills and acres and acres of potato farms. Prince Edward Island supplies 80% of Canada’s potatoes. We passed Cavendish Farms, supplier of French fries for Burger King and Wendy’s in the US.

Shortly after we arrived, we had a social hour/birthday celebration for one of our traveling companions. Unfortunately it started to rain at the same time (tropical storm Beryl is passing over us). What we will do for a piece of cake!!

Tomorrow we will be taking a tour of the island. The rain is supposed to pass—we are keeping our fingers crossed.