Tuesday 2nd August 2011…an exploring day!!!

I couldn’t get Internet yesterday so this is a report of Tuesday’s fun!!!

Will post again tonight….cheers Les

Yet again another great spot for the night and so nice to wake up to seeing the ocean!!!

Today was going to be an exploring day on my drive back towards the centre of the Island…..I took all the back roads and see for yourself if it was worth it!!!

One of the tour books I have tells me that these working horses, look how strong he is, uses a plough to dredge up Irish peat moss from the ocean which is then used for fertilizer and other foods.  Didn’t find any of them working but there are lots of horses in the fields.

Also a lot of beautiful churches it seems every small village has one.

Came to a little harbour where these guys gave me a lobster lesson…I now know a little bit more about the lobster industry!!

Found this hidden gem of a beach by taking a very narrow road…

You should know by now that X is Ramona!!

I cannot stand it when you go down side roads and come to this deserted beach and you think you have it all to yourself only to go around the corner and see it packed!!!!!

Some very interesting rock formations!!

I was just playing with this shot and had the camera on the rock but I think it turned out different!!

At the opposite end of the beach this formation..

I enjoyed my time here and think I walked at least 7km.

Some more scenes along the way!!

It was almost 5pm and I had picked out what i thought may be a good place to stop although I was only guessing but I found my way to this dirt lane

and I think I was right had the whole place to myself

If you look very closely at the above photo way in the distance to the right hand side is the Confederation Bridge!!

As soon as I was settled a howling thunderstorm and lightening broke out so I brought the slide out in and it lasted over one hour but now peaceful again and amazing cloud formations…

I feel so lucky to be able witness vistas like these!!!

Today was a great day hope yours was too!!!!!!

Monday 1st August 2011….Prince Edward Island!!!

Hard for me to believe it is a new month I have been on the road now 37 days!!!

On the road by 9am and a pretty uneventful drive towards PEI I shall explore more of New Brunswick in late September on my way back.

By 11.30am I was approaching the Confederation Bridge… now not a joke like yesterday… this is the world’s longest free standing bridge over ice covered water.  You can get on to PEI by this bridge or further north by ferry the beauty of it is that you do not pay to go over you only pay when you leave the Island.

Some views of the bridge!!!

 

 

I stopped in the Visitors Centre and received some great maps and decided for my first day I would drive to the North cape on the west tip of the Island!!

It was obvious right away the flavour of the Island and the loveliness of it all and many people had told me that and also how friendly the people were…well it was time to put that to the test as I needed to fill up my fresh water tank and 3 gas stations that I stopped at had no outside water tap…so on the small side roads that I was travelling I decided to stop at the next house that looked good for me to ask to fill up the tank and before long I found the right house the man was outside cutting grass.the driveway was wide and I saw a water tap at the corner….so I  went into his yard and told him my story and of course he said sure drive on up!!!!!  A great start to the Island trip!!

Some traffic obstacles!!

After about 80 minutes I arrived at

There was a huge parking area and it looked right away a great place to spend the night so here is Ramona all settled in

I do love the ocean and it will be nice to go to sleep with the lapping of the waves tonight.

I try and do a good walk everyday and there was a great trail here along the cliff top about 9km

Have to like the zoom on my camera!!!  The good news about that is that I have not had to exchange it now in over a week!!!!!!

Lots of red clay!!

The trail…

This area is a test site for these wind generated machines and this is the first time I have been so close to one to see the hugeness and the power and hear the noise!!

Back at the parking lot there was some information on the turbines..

Just huge!!!

I am determined to put my feet in the Atlantic Ocean but I think these bodies of water are not it anyway I shall dangle my toes at every opportunity and one day soon it will be the Atlantic!!!

So i had a great first day, a lovely hike, a nice supper, a great view and now tea and a movie.

I shall try and post this tomorrow sometime on my journey!!!!