Somewhat cool to start the day on PEI. I had a sweatshirt on for our walk. By the time we got back I was able to take it off. The sun was out and there was not much wind.
I tried to take pictures while driving. I have done this many times with no problem. I am not sure what I did today, but after I got the picture the GPS was turned off and I had to stop and get it going again. Only a couple of minutes, but I did not take anymore pictures today while driving. Maybe I will try tomorrow.
We were on the road about 4 hours but it was not bad. We stopped at a “Rest Area” the 1st one I have seen in Canada. It had picnic tables and a building with restrooms. A little different on the restrooms, each potty had it’s own individual room. There were no mens or womens designations. There were probably 8 rooms and there were no concessions or machines to buy snacks.
We did go back over the PEI bridge and the toll was not as expensive as I stated the other day. It was $50.25 and not $50.75 (LOL). I checked the odometer when I was at the toll boot and then again as we crossed over the New Brunswick shore, and it was about 7 miles. Lot of traffic backed up at the toll boths but for some reason it did not translate to a lot on the bridge, and it moved at the speed limit, 80 KPH.
I was somewhat suprised at the traffic in Nova Scotia, there was a good number, not enough to slow anyone down. It did lighten up after we passed the exit to Halifax. Everyone pretty much stayed at the speed limit, early it was 100 KPH and later it was 110 KPH. I stayed at 100 KPH all the way.
We arrived at the campgrounds like it was in the middle of nowhere. After getting into it, it has some pretty interesting views. Part of it is on a penninsula that sticks out into a bay that open up to the Ocean. The tip of the pennisula is like a little park and on the right is a swimming area for the campers with a swimming platform about 100′ off shore. On the left side it where they handle the rental boats and another beach that was suggested was better for the dogs because it had fewer shells on the water bottom. I was cautioned that you need to wear beach shoes if you go swimming so you do not cut your feet on the shells. There is also an area for RV’s just across the road. except there were no services. I assume because of its proximity to the water.
Kelso suprised me. we got down by the dog beach and I took his leash off. He walked around and went into the water and it looked like he was going to drink it but I told him no and he listened. He did the going in the water a couple of times. What it meant was that when we got back to the RV I had to hose him down to get rid of the residual salt. He did not like that but I held his collar. We go thru the same thing in Florida when we go to dog beach for the day.
The campgrounds are not full, but probably at 80%. Lots of tents all over the place and the RV’s in the areas with services. It has mostly open area for the RV’s and the campers get the more private site in the woods.
It evening and it is cooling down. I think we were in the mid 80’s today but I think it is going to high 50’s tonight then low to mid 70’s tomorrow.
This was one of the roads I took on PEI, maybe a mile or 2 from the campgrounds we stayed at. This is where I had the problem with the GPS.
This is looking out from the swimming beach toward the ocean. That is the floating swim platform the campgrounds has.
This is from their park area lookin to the left of the picture above. That is one of the camper kids fishing along the shore.
This is the little park area on the penninsula at the end of the campgrounds. They even provided some benches for seating. Dog beach is to the left.
This is the campgrounds just behing the swimming beach. These campers can look out over the water from their site.