Day 9 - Traveling to St. John

We woke up bright and early and hit the road before 9.  We had to drive across PEI to the Confederation Bridge, which is 8 miles long and presently under construction.  Fortunately, there wasn't too much of a delay in our direction.  We spent the whole morning driving.  

This was how much of PEI looked - red soil farmland

Approaching Confederation Bridge ($20 toll!)

On the bridge, normally one lane in each direction, but one lane closed part of the way for construction.

Scenery along the way

Hoping to spot a moose, but never did.

More scenery taken from the car

We made a quick bathroom stop in Shediak, the supposed "Lobster Capital of the World", but it wasn't even 11 am, so too early for lobster.  Then our next stop was Hopewell Rocks Park.  This park is along the Bay of Fundy which has tremendous tides.  We were fortunate enough to get there during low tide where you can walk on the "ocean floor".  The tides there can rise as high as 52 feet!  There's a long hike down, then a 99 step staircase down (it's 101 steps back up, but we took the shuttle the rest of the way). While we were wandering around, we came upon two baby goslings!  They were the cutest things!  A man from the park called for someone to bring a box to catch them (no mama around anywhere) and they were sending them to some wildlife preserve.

This was on the walk to the stairs

Half way down

View from above (and next two pictures)

kelp all over a rock

This is a picture of how the area looks in high tide.

Then back to our car where we changed out of our wet and dirty shoes!  Then about a 40 minute drive to a restaurant called Alma Lobster Shop.  Yum!

The view was great! 

We got to our new rental in St. John, which is a full house.  It's not very fancy, but meets our needs!  The only negative is that there's only one bathroom and it's downstairs, while the bedrooms are upstairs.  

Our rental in St. John

We got here, unpacked and just relaxed for a while, cause we've basically been driving all day.  Our host recommended a few restaurants, and we decided to go to the Cask and Kettle Irish Gastropub.  We decided to take a break from seafood, and both had steak.  Food was good but I didn't take any pictures.