Now in Prince Edward Island

Well, I've got some updating to do. I hope I cover it all since it's been so marvelous. After we left Bar Harbor, we headed for Eastport, ME. This was on the 22nd of June. There we stayed in Seaview RV Park. Right on the water, but I guess I have to get used to that. Eastport is the most eastern city of the continental USA. As with the majority of this trip so far, most everything is closed in town since we are too early in the season. We did have a good day with only occasional rain. We also toured Lubec which is the eastern most town. There the Quoddy Lighthouse is the most famous lighthouse, being the eastern most lighthouse in the USA.




The flowers and scenery is great. Also, the total atmosphere of the people. It's really friendly. Here's where I had the first lobster of the trip.
This was great and I throught a really good deal at $17.95 us.














On the 24th, we entered Canada. We had heard horror tales of getting past customs into Canada. It was a total sham. They didn't even stop us except to ask what we were bringing in and why we were there. It took a total of 10 minutes to clear customs. We had worked so hard to cook all our unlabeled meat and drink all of our wine. We headed up to Bay of Fundy, on the way we saw our first whales of the season. Of course, there was no place to pull over and we didn't get any pictures, but it brightened another gloomy day. We got in pretty early and had time to relax and look around to plan the next day. Getting up the next morning, we started the day at the Visitor's Center and then decided to hike the Coastal Trail, 6.9 km one way. ( Figures round trip about 8 miles.) This is getting easier to figure the longer we're here. We started about one hour after low tide and returned right at High Tide. In the Bay of Fundy, the tides are really extreme.






Our campsite at the Fundy National Park is like really camping. It's in the woods and way off the road. We finally had clear skies. After the hike on the 2nd day, we decided to take several short hikes, looking for moose. We found moose tracks and moose droppings, but alas, no moose. I will still be on the lookout for the elusive creature on the rest of our trip.
I can't begin to post all the pictures and give all the details on this blog, but I'll be glad to give to details to anyone who would like more.
On Saturday, we headed to Prince Edward Island. This is absolutely one of the most beautiful places we have ever seen. Not just because it's sunny and warm, but the air is pristine. The views are like looking at perfect jigsaw puzzles. The colors and shapes of the fields and flowers are just perfect. We were only going to be here for 2 nights, but have decided to take the Wood Island ferry across to Nova Scotia and save around 70 miles so we'll be able to stay one more night.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Break Down

Image
This will bring the travels up to date with a Bummer of a breakdown. After playing on Sunday morning with Tom and Becky and their son-in-law, we headed out. We were actually going to stay in a RV Park, the RPI on Wellsby Island in the middle of the St. Lawrence. Going through Fulton, we heard a crunch and a loud clanking. We pulled over and saw nothing, so headed out again. Too much noise, so decided not to chance it. Called CoachNet to arrange a tow. Spent one night in the Valero Gas Station parking lot. On Monday morning we were towed to Camping World in Syracuse, NY. One week later, we're still here, camping in their parking lot, waiting on a new rear-end. Luckily, there's water and a dump within hose length. Here's the problem child. A rear end problem.
Read more

April Family Fun

Image
  Winter’s gone and the seasons over.  We got to Happy Trails at the end of October and immediately started with tournaments. Not playing just working.  In December, we took our annual trip for a beach and snorkel fix.  Then back for more tournaments.  I had back surgery on Dec. 17th, so no pickleball for me the rest of the season.  In April, my big brother Jim Richardson, my Sister, Gladys and Husband, Denny Houghton, and my Sister, Anita and her husband, Stan Kubin cam to visit me.  We normally meet somewhere in May for an annual get together.  This year it was April and at my place.  Dom and Sue were nice enough to move their rig and Gladys and Denny  parked on their lot right next to us so that we could all be together.  Bob and I moved into our RV the night before they arrived since we were headed out after they left.  Picked Jim up at the airport on Thursday, April 18th.  We stopped for lunch/dinner at our favorite Mexican Food restaurant and headed home to welcome Anita and S
Read more

Ending of one Epidsode and On to another

Image
 On June 3rd, we drove up to the Teton's in search of 399 and her 4 cubs.  No luck, set for hours where she was supposed to be but, OH Well, that's the breaks.  We did see another Sow and her 2 cubs and some beautiful scenery with lots of snow.  Only portions of the park were open.  On June 5th, headed out for one last hike in the area.  Went to Palacais Creek Trail.  Hopefully there will be a moose at the lake.  It's a 10 mile round trip hike and the moose does make it worth the miles. We not only saw the moose, but some goats up in the cliffs along the way.  Differently a good hike. The moose has a deformed paddle.  Probably won't win any cows or survive the fall.     The creek was really running Saw several goats up on the cliffs.   So on the 9th of June, we had closed on the lots and headed up to Clyde Park to visit Wayne and Nancy and determine what is our next step.  Sad to leave friends behind, but we'll see them in Happy Trails and Surprise. Ready for a new
Read more