We pulled out of Arm of Gold RV Park just after 9:00...it was a cloudy, gloomy day. Retracing the route we had taken and leaving Cape Breton Island. Looks like one day that hill will be gone...
The Canso Bridge is a rotating swing bridge allowing over 2000 ships a year to pass through the Canso Canal......
Canso Canal...
Whoa! Now that's a lot of lights for working on the road at night...
Red asphalt ahead...
We passed the Town of Pictou...getting close to Caribou and the ferry terminal...
Pictou Harbour....
We arrived at the ferry terminal just after noon and were told it was "iffy" if we would make the 12:30 sailing. We didn't have to pay anything to board the ferry...it is free to get on the island; you only pay to get off. We were told that if we planned on using both the ferry and the Confederation Bridge, to return on the bridge as it is cheaper than returning on the ferry...
To our surprise, we made it on!
We took our packed lunch upstairs and bought coffee...oh, and Steve had a dried out cinnamon roll from the concession for desert too!
Another ferry...
The sailing across Northumberland Strait took about an hour and 15 minutes...disembarking from the ferry at Wood Islands, Prince Edward Island...
I think Serena (GPS) took us on a back route to the campground...nonetheless, all the roads in rural PEI are pretty narrow. Yes, we will be renting a car again to explore the island!
Seal River...
A cruise ship is docked at the Charlottetown harbour...
About an hour after leaving the ferry, we arrived at Pine Hills RV Park in Harrington, a suburb of Charlottetown...
A long driveway into the RV park...
It is basically the end of the season for the park, so we had no problem getting a site. The family owned campground is very popular, especially with seasonals...who have only a couple of weeks left in the season.
After checking in, we made our way to our site. Although, a back-to-back site, we were given both sites so that we could drive through. We basically parked in one site though, since it was more level and that's where the services were. The site behind us will be used for parking our rental car!
We got ourselves all set up...and then decided to sit outside and toast our new location...
I have also booked a rental car from
PEI Car Rental, a local company. After trying Enterprise, who we usually use because they will pick you up, I was told they have no cars available because of the cruise ship being in town. So we took a chance and we were not disappointed...PEI Car Rental is owned by a couple who just moved here from Turkey 9 months ago. Tolga and Ozlem are not new to the business, though, having successfully owned and operated a car rental business called Akustik Tourism Centre for 21 years. Tolga even said he'd pick us up in the morning...sweet! Looking forward the next few days exploring PEI!
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