"One Day at a Time, 2015” ..... Partial Canada ..... (July 16th - August 19th) ….. August 19
August 19 – Day 35 - Headed for the United States! 421 Google KM - Travel Day
A few more thoughts about PEI:
- Canada's smallest province
- Confederation Bridge holds the world record for longest span over ice covered waters
- The red colour of the soil is a rare occurrence globally and is the result of a high content of iron oxide in the earth
- The first people were the Mi'kmaq.
- It has many nicknames - Garden of the Gulf, the Birthplace of Confederation, the Million Acre Farm
Posted October 5, 2015
And so our Canadian “vacation” will end. I call it a “vacation” because even though we
consider ourselves “full-time RV’ers,” this was a vacation that we had always
wanted to take. So I guess from here on,
we are just living our dream of full-timing.
Before my blog leaves PEI and Canada, I’m going to include
pictures taken in the countryside from all of our drives. The area reminds both Bruce and I of our USA back
in, say, the 60’s when farms weren’t so big, when you still saw cows out to
pasture, when life wasn’t as hectic. I
think that’s why I enjoyed this island so much. We missed the points East Upper Coast Drive but we were so fortunate to see much of the rest of the island.
Words and thoughts --Miles and miles of fields as far as the eye could see -- roads that look like they go nowhere -- climb to the top and hold your breathe as if you were cresting the hill like a roller coaster -- fields full of grain and potatoes, and canola plants -- dairy farms --expansiveness
This video's for you Shelly and Julie. Remember our Idaho potato field adventures. Well wait till you see how BIG this one is!
"The noble potato is one of the single most nutritional vegetables on the planet! We here on PEI are the pioneers of potatoes. It is a great source of nutrition that can supply all of the essential protein and amino acids required to meet the needs of growing children. The potato has no fat, no cholesterol, it is high in fiber, vitamin C, B6, potassium and is abundantly rich in antioxidants and rare phytochemicals that fight free radicals and it provides the highest protein level of any other root vegetable. Our farmers have the highest rate of Environmental Farm Plan adoption in Canada. We are proud of our history of nutritious and delicious potatoes. So make sure you enjoy the authentic taste of fresh PEI potatoes while visiting our beautiful Island." Text courtesy of the PEI Potato Board
August 19 - United States
We did a tour of town (actually we turned the wrong way and it just looped us right back where we started from) and found route 9. I noticed that it was rather deserted looking but at this time of night I didn’t think that we really didn’t want to travel the coastal scenic route. We drove quite a ways and after seeing absolutely nowhere to park, decided to take advantage of the expansive truck stops they have along this road. We had passed two or three and determined we would check out the next one. I was even bigger than the other two and we were the only occupants. It was perfect! We even put our back slides out (the slides on the side away from the road).
Oh, my, it’s good to be “home.”
Words and thoughts --Miles and miles of fields as far as the eye could see -- roads that look like they go nowhere -- climb to the top and hold your breathe as if you were cresting the hill like a roller coaster -- fields full of grain and potatoes, and canola plants -- dairy farms --expansiveness
This video's for you Shelly and Julie. Remember our Idaho potato field adventures. Well wait till you see how BIG this one is!
"The noble potato is one of the single most nutritional vegetables on the planet! We here on PEI are the pioneers of potatoes. It is a great source of nutrition that can supply all of the essential protein and amino acids required to meet the needs of growing children. The potato has no fat, no cholesterol, it is high in fiber, vitamin C, B6, potassium and is abundantly rich in antioxidants and rare phytochemicals that fight free radicals and it provides the highest protein level of any other root vegetable. Our farmers have the highest rate of Environmental Farm Plan adoption in Canada. We are proud of our history of nutritious and delicious potatoes. So make sure you enjoy the authentic taste of fresh PEI potatoes while visiting our beautiful Island." Text courtesy of the PEI Potato Board
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| Down the road from this farm was "just Anudder Farm." I didn't get a picture of that one. |
We started out for the Confederation Bridge around 9:45 a.m. We were in fog! Why is it we get foggy days when there is something I really want to take a picture of?
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| Starting to lift a little. |
We had to stop in Moncton, New Brunswick to pick up the part for the car air conditioner. They have been holding it for us all this time. With that done, our only other chore was to stop at Costco and use up the Costco Cash card we had purchased here in Canada when we needed to buy gas. Our American Express card would not work here; they are already using Visa. I’m just glad we asked if the cash card would be good in the US because it won’t. Bruce found us a big shopping plaza to pull into and went over to buy a few things while I stayed with Zoey and got out our Passports and anything else that I thought we might need to cross back into the US. We ate part of our Costco turkey sandwiches and hit the road.
We hadn’t been on the road in over a week so I wasn’t sure how many miles we would want to accomplish. Now, it may not seem like a lot of miles, but I have put my foot down about traveling for hours and hours. I have to remind the Mr. that we’re retired now, and there is no hurry to get anywhere. I prefer about 2 – 3 hours driving which enables us to get to the next stop and have time to get set up and still enjoy the day and the place. And since I’m the one planning the trip, then that’s the way we’ve been doing it!
However, because we were making such good time, and Zoey was okay, and Bruce must have put his “determined” hat on this morning, we just kept going and going. We entered the United States around 6-ish and remembered that the time changes back to Eastern Time so we lost an hour already. We came through the International crossing in the small town of Calais. This “bridge” was constructed in 2010 to ease the backups at Milltown and Ferry Point but we were the only people entering!! We were asked if we had any fruit (we did; several apples and bananas) and where we had been. After telling us to be sure and sign our passports (which we had neglected to do) we were authorized to come on in to the grand ‘ole US of A. And he didn't even take the fruit!!
August 19 - United States
We did a tour of town (actually we turned the wrong way and it just looped us right back where we started from) and found route 9. I noticed that it was rather deserted looking but at this time of night I didn’t think that we really didn’t want to travel the coastal scenic route. We drove quite a ways and after seeing absolutely nowhere to park, decided to take advantage of the expansive truck stops they have along this road. We had passed two or three and determined we would check out the next one. I was even bigger than the other two and we were the only occupants. It was perfect! We even put our back slides out (the slides on the side away from the road).
Oh, my, it’s good to be “home.”
A few more thoughts about PEI:
- Canada's smallest province
- Confederation Bridge holds the world record for longest span over ice covered waters
- The red colour of the soil is a rare occurrence globally and is the result of a high content of iron oxide in the earth
- The first people were the Mi'kmaq.
- It has many nicknames - Garden of the Gulf, the Birthplace of Confederation, the Million Acre Farm
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