Ok, bear with me. This is going to be a really long post. So go grab a cup of coffee, tea, whatever you like and then come back and join me.
After Salem, we knew we had a big of a trek to Prince Edward Island. So we planned to take 2 days to get there so that it wasn't crazy stressful to get there. We drove 8 hours through Vermont and Maine all the way to Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. A few hours after we left Salem, the scenery started to change. It looked more northern, more woodsy and green. Once we were into Maine, we started to see signs on the highway to beware of moose! Which, I must admit, got me a little excited! Then, once we crossed back into Canada into New Brunswick we noticed all the fences along the highway to keep the moose away from traffic. There must be a lot of them. I was hoping to spot one sometime while we were driving, but we never did get to see one unfortunately. We did spot a baby black bear though running along the highway all cute and bouncy-like. He was almost waving at traffic like "Welcome to Canada." Momma bear must have been nearby.
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| Smallest border crossing ever. Only one lane. The other was Nexus. It was great, no lineup! |
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| Matt was super excited to get his Timmies again once we got back into Canada haha :) |
Watch out for Moose!
A cool video of the scenery in New Brunswick. Watch until the end, there's a cool view :) This is one of my favorite videos of the trip.
For my Game of Thrones fans, we saw signs for Kings Landing in New Brunswick ;)
We didn't get to do a lot in New Brunswick because we were only there for the night, but I would love to have seen the Bay of Fundy where they have the massive tides come and go. We did do Magnetic Hill though, where your car goes up a hill all by itself. It was pretty cool!
We grabbed a hotel for the night in Moncton, NB and the next day, we were only a few hours from Prince Edward Island!
To get to PEI, you either need to take a ferry or cross on Confederation Bridge, which is huge. It's almost 13km long. We took the bridge. Not gonna lie, I was a bit nervous crossing this bad boy because of its sheer size. It was a pretty cool experience though! Once we got high up on the bridge you could get a good look at PEI and see what it's known for, that gorgeous red dirt. It's also known for the potatoes. In Canada, everyone knows that PEI is famous for growing potatoes.
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| Confederation Bridge |
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| Finally driving onto PEI and seeing the red sandy beaches. |
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| My husband is a lobster. Good lord, I just love him. |
When we first crossed onto PEI, there was this sort of welcome village that was so clean, colorful, and almost resembled something out of Pleasantville. It was so stinking cute! So we had lunch and shopped. Matt had his first lobster roll there and was in heaven.
Here is a video of driving into our hotel. It was called The Rodd Crowbush Beach Resort. The hotel was awesome and I would highly recommend to anyone going to PEI. Matt surprised me with a cottage when I thought we had a hotel room. Heck, I was just as excited for a hotel room at a beach resort let alone a small cottage! What am I going to do with him? What a sweetheart.
Here is a picture of the beach at the resort.
Here is a video of the beach at the hotel that I'm sure most of our friends and family have seen because we sent it to them when we got there to show them where we were on our trip! The resort was so neat that you could just call down to the front desk, then they will come pick you up in this 6 person golf cart and drive you down to the beach because it was a bit of a hike. Then, they will come back for you whenever you tell them too. I felt so spoiled like we were some fancy schmancy couple. It was great! They also told us that they would set up a fire on the beach at night at our request if we wanted too. How awesome.
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| Matt barbequing a pizza at our cottage. |
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| Matt's fancy lobster dinner at the resort. They gave him a bib and all. I can't eat it because I'm allergic, but I must say I think I had just as much fun watching him devour it as he did eating it. It was whole lobster, shrimp, clams, mussels, potatoes, and corn on the cob all boiled together. It looked freaking awesome! |
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| I don't know why but we got a kick out of this sign. |
Driving around PEI. You can see the potato fields in the background. They were everywhere.
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| Lighthouse |
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| Basin Head Beach - Where you can leap off that bridge into the water and it's know for it's singing sands. |
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| Basin Head Beach |
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| The bridge at Basin Head Beach that you can jump off of. |
Here are a few short videos I took at Basin Head Beach. It was gorgeous there. Water was too cold to swim when we were there, but I guess it does get warmer in July and August. Also, I had heard about the "singing sands" there and when we first got there the sand was a bit wet because of the rain the night before so it wasn't making any noise. I was thinking the "singing sands" were a joke, but sure enough once the sun came out for a few hours, just walking on them you could hear more like a squeak sound that sounded really funny. Someone told Matt that I guess when it's really windy you can hear the "singing sands" from a distance. It was so cool. I could have stayed at that beach a long time.
Pretty Beach
Gorgeous Red Rocks on the Beach
Singing Sands :)
We loved Prince Edward Island. It's a place where you don't have to drive far to find a beach access. They are everywhere. The island is absolutely beautiful with the almost neon green landscape, the vibrant red dirt, rolling hills, the endless potato fields, and the deep blue ocean. Pictures and videos really don't do it justice. I know we will go back one day.
I hope you enjoyed the photos and videos from our trip!
