Kouchibouguac

Wouldn't you know, the day we were leaving Prince Edward Island, the sky was blue and the sun was brightly shining. It wasn't that the weather on PEI was awful, except maybe yesterday, but it was foggy, cloudy or overcast the entire time we were here - except for at night when we ofter were able to see a sky full of stars and the waxing moon.

It was time to move on and from where we were camping we had about a 50 mile drive to the Confederation Bridge. On the way, Frederick took some nice pictures from the car as we rolled by the beautiful scenery.

This Anglican church also wants to be a lighthouse.

The eastern part of PEI did not have the tall pine trees separating the fields, so as we drove west, it was nice to begin in to see that again. 

I think I mentioned before that it is wheat harvesting time on PEI as you can see from the fields above. This field still has its huge rolls of hay.

You can just glimpse the Confederation bridge on the horizon.  It has a very low profile.

Traveling this way on the bridge we did not have a free ride. It costs $45, plus $7.50 for each additional axel. It cost us $60 to leave PEI. I think it is very smart of PEI not to charge to come to the Island.

New Brunswick at the end of the bridge.

We had a long drive to our next campground, at Kouchibouguac National Park. Over 175 miles. Don't feel bad if you are scratching your head over how to pronounce this park. It says right on the Visitor Guide - "Difficult to pronounce... impossible to forget." Several weeks ago, on Newfoundland, I asked a woman from New Brunswick how to pronounce it. She said - Koo chi bo wack. However, even the natives have trouble with the pronunciation, she left out a syllable, it is pronounced - Koo chi bo djew wack. It is Mi'kamq for, "River of long tides."

From what we have glimpse so far, it is a lovely park. Right behind our site is a bike path and then this view of a marina across the Kouchibouguac River.

This is our site.