Bye, Bye PEI

Some people we had met on the road told us about a nice campground in Darnley so we were heading there after leaving Cavendish. Now the road maps we are using, I think, are printed by some joker in the department of tourism. Some of the numbers of the roads are missing and some of the roads aren't exactly where they are shown. Fortunately the towns are close together and the scale is is in kilometers which is smaller then miles. They other funny thing is that the road signs are way before the turns and then the road to turn on has no markings. What I'm getting at is that we missed a few roads and I've vastly improved my technique for making both U turns an 3 point turn arounds.

After a few of those we went though the little town of New London with it's couple of restaurants which reminded me that it was time for lunch. We don't go back (unless we have to). The good news is that a couple of clicks later we slowed for a bridge and spotted a nice looking restaurant which both agreed was the right  Great decision! One of the best meals that we have had. We both had a cup of seafood chowder which was wonderful - I had an oyster po'boy and Susan ordered two pounds of mussels which I had to help her finish. Can't wait to give Sou'East Bar and Grill a raving good review on Trip Advisor.

Now for the park. It was on both sides of the highway with beaches on either side of the park. There were over 600 sites - most were seasonal and most were empty, Recreational vehicles on the site but no people. Because the park was so large and also pretty far out in the boondocks they had, in addition to the normal amenities, a cafe, convenience store, small theatre, almost everything except for a gas station.

Yesterday we left Darnley and were going to spend the night  at another KOA before leaving the island. It was still early when we got there and so we decided to move on. Our last stop before leaving PEI was at Josie's Knit Shop just a few miles before the bridge.

Now there is no charge to enter PEI either by the ferry or over the bridge but you have to pay to get off the island. This is the last lighthouse before leaving.

By the way I'm calling our time on PEI as Tour d'Knit Shop.

There it is - 8 mile long Confederation Bridge, $36.50 and we're off PEI and back to New Brunswick.