A Quick Drive Over To PEI

[ghYHZ]

I had to make a quick trip over to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island last Saturday (Nov 7) and the shortest route is a 50 minute drive to the ferry terminal at Caribou, Nova Scotia and a 75 minute crossing on the NFL Ferry MV Confederation. Breakfast, Coffee, read the paper......then another 50 minute drive into Charlottetown. The ferry crossing going over to PEI is free but you pay $75.00 upon leaving the Island. Map here:

http://tinyurl.com/psgz2lb

Trans Canada 106 ends at the NFL Ferry Terminal in Caribou, Nova Scotia (that's PEI....14 miles across in the distance)






.....and Trans Canada 1 begins at Wood Islands, PEI 








PEI has several "Heritage Roads"  ......the old red clay wagon roads of 100 years ago.

https://www.tourismpei.com/pei-scenic-heritage-roads






......and when the PEI Railway was abandoned in 1989 almost the entire ROW was retained as a Trail network.







Entering Charlottetown on TCH 1.... crossing the Hillsborough Bridge......and the Charlottetown Bypass







A 6km section of TCH 1 was recently realigned in the Bonshaw area to straighten and lessen grades:

http://www.gov.pe.ca/tir/tchimprovement








Saturday evening I left Charlottetown in time to make the 6:15pm ferry crossing. A nice dinner onboard and I would be home by 8:30pm.

But as I made my way to Wood Islands I noticed the winds picking-up and when I checked in at the Terminal. I found out the evening crossing had been cancelled. The winds were now almost at gale force out on the Northumberland Strait.

It wasn't a question of what to do now? I knew......drive around via the Confederation Bridge over to New Brunswick and a 400 km, 5 hour drive to get home. Even while on the Bridge (9 miles/13 km long)......speed was reduced to 60 km/h due to the high winds and high sided trucks were being restricted. Map Here:

http://tinyurl.com/pnt62u6

An interesting day to say the least! What should have been a quick round-trip..... ended up touching three provinces.  I did save $75.00 on the Ferry but the Bridge Toll was $45.00 plus the additional gas to go around.

[SignGeek101]

Beautiful pictures. I haven't been to PEI; maybe someday.

Not really a fan of the shield there, but it could be worse.

[ghYHZ]

Beautiful pictures. I haven't been to PEI; maybe someday.

Not really a fan of the shield there, but it could be worse.

Thanks.....and the Shield.......It's a heraldic interpretation of PEI's Coat of Arms:  "a single plot of land on which stand a mature oak tree representing England and three saplings which represent the three counties into which the province has been divided since 1767."





And the Star Fish represents the Points East Coastal Drive:

http://pointseastcoastaldrive.com/

[Alps]

Beautiful pictures. I haven't been to PEI; maybe someday.

Not really a fan of the shield there, but it could be worse.

This better?

[SignGeek101]

Beautiful pictures. I haven't been to PEI; maybe someday.

Not really a fan of the shield there, but it could be worse.

This better?

If it were a cutout