Jul 11 - Confederation Bridge to PEI
It stopped raining, but now there's a stiff breeze. We break camp
early – just had power last night, so one cable to store, attach the
spring bars, and awaaaaay we go.
On the drive to the main highway we caught our first glimpse of the
Confederation Bridge. Flashers on, pulled off to the side of the road,
and a friendly New Brunswicker pulls up along side and tells us that
there's a wharf about ½ mile ahead where we can take pictures. We
thank him and find the wharf entrance. The gentleman flashed his
lights as we approached the turning. What a nice guy!
We pulled into the wharf and took this shot.
We've been here before. When we lived in Nova Scotia, we visited Charlottetown one weekend. Here we go again across this mighty structure.
Check out the murals on the end wall of the building. Nope, they are paintings. I had to go across the street and take a closer look. But they look so realistic?!
We walked a short distance along the "front" of the old railway station and found this plaque, flanked by these.
We stopped at the Tourist Information Centre just at the entrance to PEI. There is a display of a bridge section surrounded by plaques and "tiled" with bricks with the name of every worker involved in the building of the Confederation Bridge. Pretty impressive stuff!
Armed with lots of maps and information brochures, we decided our first stop would be Samuel's Coffee Shop in Summerside. After coffee we walked the main street towards Alfie.
Wouldn't you know we'd find the old railway station – now a library.
Summerside is a major PEI port used by both recreational boaters and commercial ships.
A bit further and we found this – Mile 0 of the Trans Canada Trail!!
We stayed on the back roads as much as we could, but eventually we hit the main Hwy 2. In no time we were at the Mill River Provincial Park. We're here for two days.
