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| Packed and ready to go! |
Nearly one year after "Retirement", the planned trip to Prince Edward Island Canada happened ... passport, PEI travel guide, list of "human/canine" things to pack, car serviced, hold on mail, insurance card etc and the day of the start of our 10 day "car-camping" trip arrives ;o)
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| First stop, Old Orchard Beach Maine |
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| Who Emma meets at Rest Stop! |
First night we stayed at our favorite oceanside Motel in OOB and then began our 1841 mile journey to PEI Canada
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| Do I blend in??? |
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| "Tent-on-Car" |
We camped 2 nights in Maine ... the awesome zipper screened tent over the back hatch door is great for "air without bugs" and those battery operated "OFF" bug repellents at the car doors work too ;o)
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| Mid-week is super quiet! |
An hour set-up each late afternoon, cook supper and an hour pack-up each early morning, breakfast, hot shower and hit the road to see what the day will bring ;o)
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| What's Cookin' ? |
Oh, how do we sleep ... comfy & cozy in our van with a thick foam mattress, double sleeping bags and a bunk-bed crate ... each has room to stretch out and enjoy the moon & stars out the side windows ... only one rainy day/night on the whole trip ;o)
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| Cumfy & Cozy ;o) |
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| Goody-bag for each day ;o) |
Gramee Jean packed us a human/canine treat bag for each of the 10 planned days of our adventure ... yummy excitement each mid-day ;o)
On day five we crossed the Confederation Bridge, a 13 kilometer span from New Brunswick to PEI ... it took 4yrs to construct and is the longest bridge over ice-covered waters in the world!
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| PEI Canada |
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| A true labor of love ;o) |
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| Bruce & Cheryl |
One day/night we visited work friends Cheryl & Bruce at their "Retirement" project "fixer-upper" home ... thanks for the invite ;o)
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| Soil, stones & beach sand are brick red color |
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| Typical beach |
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| Willow enjoys a free romp! |
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| Sutter ;o) |
After Labor Day, when all the schools are open again, most of the Provincial Parks (State Parks in USA) are empty and the girls had several times to play ball and run!
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| Visit to an Alpaca farm ;o) |
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| Field of tiny dandilion-like flowers |
Some Provincial Parks are for day use only and some are for overnight camping ... we visited many of each and camped every night with very nice facilities (privacy & hot showers)
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| Beauty of Birches ;o) |
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| Beautiful Willow ;o) |
Many times the girls got special 1:1 time, strolling the beaches or grass covered banks ... and photo opportunities were endless ;o)
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| There are many Wind Farms |
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| Loved this team of resting Draft horses! |
The landscape inland is of large farms, rolling fields of potatoes, rolled hay bales, livestock and windmills.
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| Wind energy & rolled bales of hay |
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| Evening stroll at Sunset with Emma ;o) |
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| Emma plays with a wave! |
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| Rule: One Museum per trip!!! |
Anne of Green Gables is a well known childrens book series and became a TV movie series ... so for a museum, it was appealing!
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| Willow at East Point Lighthouse |
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| OK ... there was a horse at the museum! |
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| Sutter enjoys "Cows" Ice Cream! |
| COW'S is like Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream in the USA (just not as many flavors) and we had it on our list of things to do ... yummy ;o) |
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| Emma being a little fresh!!! |
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| ? Can we swim there? |
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| Willow watches a Crow on our picnic table! |
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| Sold by the side of the road! |
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| Guess what we're having for supper! |
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| Anxiously awaiting supper! |
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| Craving a Cheeseburger ;o) |
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| Emma poses on the evening walk! |
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| Willow ... one tired pup at day's end! |
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| Emma dreams ;o) |
After everyone had supper, the clean-up was done, the nightly walks were taken ... it was time to roll out the sleeping bags and retire to the van with snacks for the night ... get out the DVD player and wind-down with a good movie ;o)
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| Stay on your side of the sleeping bag Sutter! |
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| Emma enjoying a Bully Circle chewy ;o) |
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| Emma enjoying the good life ;o) |
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| Last day... waiting for mom to take her shower! |
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| Back over the Confederation Bridge! |
Canadian time is 1 hour ahead of USA time ... with an 18 hour drive from our last PEI campsite at 8am (PEI time) on Friday and 2 stops for "power naps" & gas, we crossed into the USA at Houlton Maine Customs at 6pm (USA time) and were home by 2:30am Saturday ... whewwwww, great to be home!!!
Fantastic family trip and all went well ... Thank you PEI Canada ;o)
