We took the smaller highway along the eastern side of the huge Bras D'or lake in the middle of Cape Breton to get back to the main part of Nova Scotia. Part way down we stopped at a nice place and enjoyed the water a bit. This is not quite a real lake as it is salt water so it's more like a giant inlet. This place is super nice. If you are looking for a quite place to retire then this is the place.
We went over the Canso Causeway again and headed for the New Brunswick border and then the short distance to the Confederation Bridge. The bride itself is not all that interesting. It's just long. 13km long.
The information centre for PEI has been the best we have seen so far. It's a large plaza with a bunch of shops as well and Anne is everywhere. PEI does a really good job of selling it self here and you come out of the welcome area feeling like you really have come to someplace special.
The land of PEI itself feel's very homey. Flat in some parts an gentle hills in others. But the big difference is the soil. Most of the island is this large layer of red sandstone that we saw a bit of in NB and NS but here it's all over and all of the soil has this red sand in it. It sort of looks like it could be the surface of Mars if it were full of farms. Nowhere is this more evident than the endless fields of potatoes that we kept seeing as we drove along. Perhaps NASA should look to PEI for some ideas about terraforming!
We got a hotel for the night and went over some pamphlets to see what we could see.
The next day we went to see the experimental wind farm at the north-west tip of the island. It was amazing to see all the wind generators that they had. A few small ones of various types. A dozen or more of a medium size models and 4 very large ones.
There has been a lot of debate in Essex county about these things going up in our area. The ney sayers think they will be noisy and ruin the view but even a whole field full of these things are whisper quiet and they do not look at all ugly to me. These people should come to PEI and take a good look before they complain about a project that would supply the whole area with clean power.
With this we have completed all the Maritime provinces. It sure was a cool place to see and there is much more we can do here but it's time to head west and see what they have to offer.
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