July 2/3: St. John's to PEI

July 2

Today was a driving day!  We left St. John’s by 10am and drove across Newfoundland for the second time!  We’re thankful we weren’t counting on the ferry leaving from St. John’s as it, like our first ferry had also been cancelled!  On our way, we passed a beautiful wooden house and we couldn't believe that the owners actually had it up for sale!

After about 10 hours of driving we are now waiting for our midnight ferry back to Nova Scotia.  In all our driving today the most exciting thing that happened was Carl hit a bird…It’s his THIRD one this trip!  We must be attracting them to our windshield or something???  And in all of our driving in Newfoundland, which we figure has been over 24 hours, we never saw a moose!  Not a one!  Everyone we spoke to before we came out here guaranteed us that we would see a moose – moose fail!  We were also a little disappointed that we didn’t get to see any ice bergs.  Apparently this year they came early in May and early June.  Ahhh well…

Making soup for dinner at the ferry terminal - it was cold and foggy!

Carl eating the soup - yup, right out of the pot we shared!

July 3

We survived the red-eye ferry!  We didn’t get much sleep but that didn’t stop us from having what I think is one of our best days yet.  We drove from Sydney, Nova Scotia to PEI.  On the way, we stopped at a little lighthouse at Cape George and went for a short walk. 

We then headed on to Melmerby Provincial park to enjoy some beach time!  The weather was beautiful!  The water in this area is the warmest water North of the Carolina’s…I guess it hasn’t fully warmed up yet because it was still pretty chilly.  But we enjoyed our time relaxing.  I’m not sure if the baby loved or hated being in the sun but it was moving quite a bit so we also spent some time just watching my stomach jump around with each of the baby’s movements.  

From there we hopped on yet another ferry to PEI.  This one was only about an hour and it was warm enough to stay outside the whole time and enjoy the view!  

PEI at first glance is gorgeous.  It’s quite flat but the red rocky shoreline and lighthouse that greet you on your way in on the ferry are enough to awe you.