Prince Edward Island 2

Today we drove to the other side of the island, about 25 miles, to rent some bikes and ride along the Gulf of St. Lawrence.  We rode for about two and a half hours and had a bald eagle swoop right by us and tips his wings in honor of seeing U.S. citizens (not really, but it sounds good).  We also saw some blue herons.  PEI is very flat so the ride was not strenuous or hard.

The weather was perfect--78 degrees and partly cloudy skies.  We made a picnic lunch and took our camping chairs to the beach and just sat and read and enjoyed the water.  I am amazed at how few people were on the beach.  This has to be one of the warmer days they have had this summer and it is the middle of August.  We enjoyed the quiet, however, and didn't complain.

We are enjoying our last day "on the far reaches" before we actually start heading back toward the good ole USA. Charlottetown actually has a busy airport, and has non-stop flights from NYC and Boston, as well as other major Canadian cities. I guess this is like the Martha's vineyard of Canada.

Our bike ride was great in that it allowed us to finally stretch our muscles after many days of sitting in the car. I had a super bike, as it was for tall people, and rode well. I think we went about a total of 15-20 miles round trip. So-a relaxing few hours on the beach was a good post exercise activity.

Tomorrow we head Northwest into Quebec. We don't think we can get all the way to Quebec City, so we are looking for someplace in between to stop.
  
We also are scheduled to go over the one huge bridge, which connects Prince Edward Island to the mainland. That should be fun.

On the historical front, it was this province, and in Charlottetown where Canada's Articles of Confederation, were signed way back in 1864, when we in the US were in the midst of our own Civil War. So, this city and this province take great pride in being key to the beginning of Canada. Cool, huh?

Onward to Quebec!