So the ride from Moncton to PEI bridge wasn't to bad although the heat and me don't get along. I should have started out earlier. I stopped in at Shediac and got a picture with the lobster. And then I went to possibly the best beach in Canada.
Parlee beach is an ocean beach where the water was 23 C, the water clear, small waves a great sandy beach with no rocks. Whe wind was calm and the life guard told me that weather rarely hits the beach due to its location.
It is better than beaches in South Carolina even which is saying something!
As I was getting close to the Confederation Bridge I stopped for a pop at this shack along the very rural highway and I was stund at the # of people who stopped there for bite to eat. It was a steady stream of people and they all knew each other. It was really novel to listen to them talk about going out mackerel fishing.
I did get a couple of pics showing the length of the brdige. At the info centre on the NB side you call and get a shuttle over. The bridge looks fine for biking so I don't know why no biking.
The bridge is an amazing marvel of engineering, to think a 17 km long bridge through an ocean channel where massive iceflows are a problem.
This area is very proudly Acadian as you can see from.the power posts and flags. The day after I cane through was Acadian day which would have been fun to see.
And as the sun was setting my feet touched down in our only island province.
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