Thursday we left Seaside and drove through Bay of Fundy National Park. Surprisingly we only saw distant views of the bay. We did stop at Hopewell Provincial Park to view the "flower pot" rocks. If you have ever seen a photo of the tidal changes in the Bay of Fundy, the "flower pot" rocks are what they show. We arrived at close to 'medium tide' and were able to walk around on the ocean floor. At high tide, the water would have been 14' higher. The tidal change at Hopewell Park is the greatest in the world. The park closed at 5:oo and the high tide was later than that, so we decided to drive on to Prince Edward Island one day early.
The drive was only just over two hours and we arrived in Cavendish, PE, at the KOA. We crossed over into PEI on the Confederation Bridge, the longest bridge over ice covered water in the world. The bay wasn't ice covered when we crossed, so in the summer it's just a long bridge. The bridge is 12.9 km (8 miles) long and was opened in 1997. All traffic prior to that was by one of two ferries.
Today, Friday, we drove the North Cape Coast Drive and stopped at "The Bottle House" at Cap Egmont. Then we went to the "Potato Museum" at O'Leary. The photo next to me standing by the museum sign is of a newly planted potato field. Imagine how the fields will look when the plants begin to flower. PEI produces lots of seed potatoes for export worldwide.
Later we drove to the end of the island, North Cape. North Cape has a large wind farm and is home to Canada's National Wind Energy Institute. North Cape also lays claim to the longest natural rock reef in North America. It is the point where the waters of the Gulf of St. Lawerance and the Northumberland Straits collide.
On our way back to Cavendish, we stopped in Summerside and walked around the waterfront. The weather was perfect - sunny and warm!
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