Prince Edward Island

It was nice to have a day where we had fewer miles to do.  We left Miramichi, opting to not explore the river because it's not salmon season, so we wouldn't see any fishermen, and the weather didn't cooperate.  We drove to Shediac, which is right on the coast of New Brunswick.  When we came through Shediac in 1973, we discovered a Lobster Festival was in progress.  We stopped and enjoyed the local cuisine -- every imaginable way of fixing lobster.  We had such nice memories of the place that we had to at least stop for lunch there.  After some delicious seafood chowder, we headed to Prince Edward Island.

 This was a new destination for us.  There is now a bridge to PEI.  We stopped at the visitor's center near the bridge and watched a film about the making of the bridge. What an amazing engineering feat.  This is a bridge to an island in the ocean!  It was completed in 1997. Until then if you wanted to go to the island, you had to take a ferry.

Confederation Bridge

There was an observation tower, and in addition to a great view of the bridge, we could see a lighthouse in the other direction.

What we have seen of Prince Edward Island so far is beautiful. It's very rural with beautiful farms and rolling hills.  We had enough time to drive around the coast part way to see a beautiful sunset.

Tomorrow we go exploring.  We still haven't decided whether to spend a second night here or go on to Nova Scotia.  Depends on how many places we want to see.  One place we plan to go is the setting for the Anne of Green Gables books.

It's nice to get back to the room in time to watch Ohio State play some great football.