"Merry-time" trip days 5-8

Day 5 - We left Parlee Beach, New Brunswick and drove across the Confederation Bridge, (12.9 km or about 8 miles), the longest bridge in the world that spans ice-covered waters, to get to Prince Edward Island.  I generally like to support local coffee shops but we had to make a stop at Starbucks since they have those handy dandy VIA packs that I use in the RV.  Our campground for the next 2 days was on the north part of the island so we got to see a bit of scenery along the way.  Lots of signs for fresh veggies and red potatoes for sale.  Our campsite has beach access right across the road - about a 3 minute walk from our campsite- YEA!!!  The beaches here are quite different from the white sands in other places - the sand is more of a reddish color.  I do miss walking along the sand, or just sitting in a chair and running my feet through the sand - looking out at beautiful water.  It is so relaxing.  We drove to a seafood place 5 minutes away for dinner, just as the rain started pouring down.  There was a line out front of one place and next door was a take out, so we got fish tacos to go and ate in the RV, with a lovely view of a harbor.  I tell ya'- traveling in an RV is soooo convenient!  Having your little house with you everywhere you go is amazing! We even saw a little bit of a rainbow on the way back to camp.
Day 6 - Beautiful weather today so we got the bikes off the rack and rode some mountain biking trails and a paved bike path along the coast.  We stopped at one spot called Bubbling Springs.  If you look closely, you can see them in this picture. 

Back to the beach that afternoon to spend more time. I started a drip castle (the Steve Robinson version) but didn't get to finish it.  I put my feet in the water but didn't actually go swimming.  It's just a wee bit cold for me.  That evening we drove down the road to Cavendish campground for a Mi'kmaq (First Nations) story telling cultural program, including dancing and drumming.
Day 7 - We got up early to catch the ferry to Nova Scotia.  As we were waiting to board the ferry, we met a couple from Lexington, who were in their Travato, 2 cars in front of us in the waiting line.  In "Travato speak", we call this "seeing another Travato in the wild".  This was our first time to meet another Travato owner and talk about our common interests.  So fun!!  After the ferry ride, we started driving the famous Cabot Trail.  Between the narrow lanes, intermittent rain, potholes, and cars behind me and passing, I was a little frazzled, and we hadn't even gotten to the steep portions of the trail yet. But the views were amazing!

 We made it to our first stop, Cheticamp campground and settled in.  We decided to attend the evening program called Bio Blast.  Park employees are always so happy to share their love of what they do.  We learned about some new apps for identifying plants and helping catalog and inventory locations for world-wide usage.  
Day 8 - More driving along the Cabot trail.  I didn’t really know what to expect, but we had amazing weather, amazing vistas, and we stopped at almost every scenic overlook, did 3 different hikes (a bog, a lake and a waterfall), seafood chowder at a real chowder shack, put my toes in the Atlantic Ocean at Black Brook Cove, hung out on beautiful beach, boondocked at Ocean view along the trail in Wreck cove. Best day yet!