Back In Ontario

 It had cooled off to 22º by morning. We waited for Montréal's morning traffic to become "fluide", to use the French term, and left the campground around 10:45.

We took the Rte 30 bypass around Montreal  and gladly paid the $5.50 toll. We made a short detour off  Rte 20 just before the Ontario border to do some grocery shopping. We stopped at the first ONroute service centre to have lunch and arrived at Maplewood Acres RV Park shortly before 2:00. This was our third time here.

We enjoyed a refreshing dip in the pool, the first this trip after passing up pools at two other campgrounds.

We had a very nice visit with our friends, Pat and Carole, who came from Cornwall  for dinner.

It reached 27º under mainly sunny skies and less humidity. We drove 125 km.

Au Québec: la fete de Saint-Jean Baptiste

 It was already hot when we left the provincial park and stopped to fill up In Edmundston to avoid needing gas in Quebec where it is more expensive.  It turned out to be  a longer motoring  day than we had planned for two reasons. First, we had forgotten we would gain an hour crossing into  Quebec and E.S.T. When we passed the first construction zone and didn't see a single worker, it dawned on us ....near the end of June .. Quebec's national holiday: Saint John Baptist Day. Even grocery stores were closed. We called ahead to reserve a site back at Camping Alouette.

Holiday traffic was much heavier but moving well. We made three stops at Haltes Routières and one more stop at a service station to buy milk before arriving at the campground  around 3:00. It was 37º "felt like" 42º. You could hardly see the water in the pool there were so many people in it! Our air conditioner really had a workout with the high demand on power in the campground. We motored 506 km. 

Motoring Through New Brunswick

 Another RVing first: a two hour power outage at the campground from approximately 10:00 until midnight

It was mainly cloudy when we left Shediac and headed west through New Brunswick on  Hwy 2, the TransCanada. There was more traffic than on our drive down June 10 - 11 but no congestion or slowdowns for construction. We appreciated the newly repaved sections; too bad there were not more as we still did a lot of shakin' and rattlin'. Poor Harvee Too.

We made very good time, stopping only twice. First stop was  at an Irving Big Stop just off the highway to have lunch. As there was no Tim's at this Stop, we found one for Kathy  a little later in  the town of Woodstock. Kathy did treat me to an apple fritter ...first one this trip!

We stopped around 3:30 at Camping Edmundston after travelling 459 km. It was a hot and humid 26º, "felt like" 33º. We had the air conditioner on as soon as we hooked up. Rain held off long enough for me to wash the numerous bug splats off the windshield, our buggiest drive so far.

Our Last Day in Prince Edward Island

 

We had a  later start to our day after our evening out and  had a short drive to the Confederation Trail for one last bike ride. We cycled to Summerside approximately 2 km one way. Kathy did go farther. The trail was  nice and flat and crossed many roads. Several  people were walking and biking the trail which eventually joined up with the boardwalk along the harbour in Summerside.

We made the turn for home and stopped at Gateway Village at the Confederation Bridge to have our lunch and 

one final PEI specialty.

 We couldn't leave without trying  Cow's ice cream. It boasts an "age old family recipe... handmade from 100% PEI milk ....uses 16% butterfat." The company started in 1983 exclusively in PEI and now has 12 locations across Canada. They have 32+ flavours and also sell everything "cow".

Our ice cream cones were very creamy;  the price for a single scoop was how much???... Holy cow!!

We paid the toll of $50.25, crossed the bridge and entered New Brunswick. We had one more attraction to see: the Cape Jourimain Nature Centre on 621 hectares  next to the bridge. In addition to  numerous   very interesting nature and conservation exhibits, there is  a building dedicated to the life and history of the Mi'kmaq people who inhabited the Atlantic provinces. We climbed the observation deck for a great view of the bridge and Northumberland Strait.

We were able to wait until returning to New Brunswick to gas up where gas is 10¢ / litre cheaper and  drove another hour in a steady rain to Parlée Beach Provincial Park in Shediac. It was now " high season". We paid $68.90 even with a senior discount for 3 services, our most expensive campground this trip. It reached only 16º and  rained well into the evening. We drove 121 km.