Goodbye Prince Edward Island, Hello Nova Scotia June 14-15, 2017

Yesterday, we visited Charlottetown, the birthplace of the Confederation.  In 1864, there was a meeting here in PEI involving the Atlantic colonies.  Quebec and Ontario requested to attend as observers, and the meeting went so well, that they all decided to join together in a Confederation that a few years later became the Dominion of Canada.   Canada is currently celebrating its 150th birthday.

The Province House where the meeting was held is under renovation, but they reproduced the original meeting room in the Arts Centre building next door and showed a film documenting the meeting.  Interesting stuff - Britain was happy to see Canada govern itself, unlike what the USA went through almost 90 years earlier.

Charlottetown is a pretty city and we walked a small pedestrian outdoor mall visiting shops near the Arts Centre.

Some roads in Charlottetown have telephone poles in the roadway - had to watch our mirrors!

We continued on westward along the "Red Sands Coast" to the Confederation Bridge and returned the 8 miles to New Brunswick and then east into Nova Scotia.

We stopped at a Provincial Campground for the night, but Nova Scotia's Parks have no utilities.  No electric = no TV and limited use of radio or other items that use the batteries.  Had a delicious dinner of sausage and pepper sandwiches, played some cards and early to bed.

Nicely decorated town intersection

Woke to a cold morning, with some clouds.  We got on the road about 10 am and drove through some pretty little towns along the north shore of Nova Scotia.

Stopped at Jost Winery - their specialty is a white wine, but Jack and I both prefer reds, so we got a nice red table wine and a cab, along with some locally made gouda cheese flavored with sun-roasted tomatoes.

Jost Winery

Stopped at a campground with full hookups mid-afternoon so that we could get all our electronics charged and do some laundry before getting on the ferry tomorrow.  We expect internet service to be spotty in Newfoundland, so check the blog occasionally to see if we were able to update.

The Map below shows the clockwise route we took around Prince Edward Island.  My impressions of PEI include small farms of tilled red soil, Anne of Green Gables, wonderful small harbor towns, and gorgeous views of the sea.