Prince Edward Island- Visit #2

Confederation Bridge

We decided to make a second visit to Prince Edward Island, this time to the west side.  We have never travelled to the west side in our PEI visits.     We have been royally treated by the islanders.  Our first night, we stayed at Sun and Shade Campground in Borden-Carleton, near the Confederation Bridge.  That evening, the park owners along with other locals entertained in country western fashion.  Harold Noye and his family entertain Fri and Sat nights for the Halifax Children’s Hospital charity and have raised about $60 000 dollars.  It was wonderful.

While there, Cowboy and I walked the Confederation Trail, part of the cross-Canada trail system and constructed on the now defunct rail line.  Our walk took us between concessions; at the southern end, I could see the Confederation Bridge.

A 1932  Willys Jeep

The next day, we travelled to Port Hill and Green Park Provincial Park and again were entertained by the locals.  Sunday, about 50 antique cars assembled in the park.  The cars were in mint condition;  two of them are the only ones like them in Canada.  There are only three Willy-s Jeeps like this one left in Canada.  For the hood ornament, the owner was offered $12 000 dollars and he turned it down...this one is authentic, the replacement would have been plastic.
The 1989 Curtland is a Ford product and is very rare; it is built on a mustang frame, but looks nothing like a Mustang.  It has 8000 original miles as it has been in  an Ontario storage for 21 years of its life.

1989 Curtland powered by Ford

 Today, we visited North Cape and the Wind Energy Research Station.  A long spit of reef off the tip reaches out into the Strait, touted to be the longest reef in PEI.  A gentleman with binoculars spotted a walrus sunning on the reef; thousands of cormorants  rested after a feeding frenzy and seagulls drifted overhead.

Stompin' Tom's Home at Skinner's

Further down the coast, we visited Skinner’s Pond, the boyhood home of Stompin’ Tom Conners.  We viewed the beach from the dunes and boardwalk, as well as the harbour. The peak at the backside of the house has Tom's boot nailed to it.  The beach has the whitest of sand; it was great to hear the gulls as they flew over the shore in hunt of dinner as well as the lapping waters of the Northumberland Strait.

A Visit with the Chisholms

Blair and Joan's Beautiful Home

A jaunt to St John, New Brunswick specifically, Hampton, and even more specifically, Nauwigewauk, had us camping in the driveway of our travelling friends, Joan and Blair.  We met this wonderful couple in 2006 in Llano Grande, TX, camped beside them in 2007 and they joined us in Arizona in 2008.  Blair is an antique car buff and in 2010, he and his wife joined 120 other like minded car buffs and travelled across Canada in his 1960 Thunderbird, a car that  Blair has fully restored from the ground up.  It is a beauty!

He and Bill worked on car window and door adjustments during the week, we took a trip to Calais Maine, a driving tour of the St John area, a trip to St Martens and the caves with a feast of clam chowder. shopping trips into St John for Joan and me and cards every night but one!!!!.  WE had so much fun and so many laughs.\( I have a photo of Blair's car and when I find it I will post it)

Wish we lived closer so that we could visit more often...who knows when we will get together again.  Even our winter destinations do not match up as Joan and Blair are Florida bound and we are off to California.  We will Skype our visits!  We treasure the short time we had together and pray that we will again have a chance to visit!

Nauwigewauk's Covered Bridge

The village of Nauwigewauk boasts a volunteer fire department and a short covered bridge...blink and you miss them both.

Prince Edward Island...Visit #1

Blogging without pictures for now as my internet connection is sporadic.  Will add the photos later.

July found us visiting Red Point Provincial Park on the east side of Prince Edward island, an area we have visited several times before.  We needed a time of rest and this was why we came here.  As named, spits of high red cliffs mark the outline of the red point shore.  The ferry to the Magdalin Islands passes twice daily to and from this very French Island, a 5.5 hour run. We were perched high upon the terraces of the park, a good vantage point and wonderful view of the Northumberland Strait.  Such beauty and how wonderful to be able to soak up this spectacle.  Weather was beautifully warm; we walked a few miles with the dogs while here as well as on the singing beach sands.

More to follow.