We really hadn’t planned this trip too far ahead, but it seemed so long since our last vacation (at least 4 months) we had to do something!
Neither of us have been to Prince Edward Island (PEI), and for me it is the only Province or Territory in Canada that I have not visited.
PEI is a 1350km (840 mile) drive from Ottawa, so a night stop was required. There are two ways to go, stay in Canada and follow the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River, or go through the US. We went the Canadian route, but will return through the US for reasons that will become clear later!
We left Ottawa at the crack of dawn (British Columbia time, or 9AM Ottawa time) and stopped at Timmie’s for breakfast on the go as we had used up all our milk at home! It was a warm and humid morning, but we should have been grateful as the warmth disappeared and the humidity increased as we headed east. Today is Labour day which is a public holiday here so the roads were pretty quiet. We headed out towards Montreal where we crossed over the St Lawrence. We then followed Autoroute 20 for about 500kms to Riviere-du-Loup where we headed south into New Brunswick. On crossing the border we instantly lost an hour as we also crossed into the Atlantic Time Zone.
Once past Quebec City the clouds lowered, the temperature lowered as did the rain! We dropped from about 22C to 12C. It was pretty cool as we got out of the car wearing shorts and T shirts!
Tonight we are staying in Edmunston NB, just over halfway to destination.