5916.1The roads we were on went along the coast. There were many coves and little harbors and a few light houses. Around 10:30 AM, heading west, looking to our left across the bay we saw a factory and a smoke stack that was sending a white plume into the sky. Then about 2:30 PM, heading east we passed it again. It was like we spent that last several hours making one big “U” turn.
We stopped in one of the many rest areas for lunch. It is very impressive to see how clean everything is and well maintained public places are. While much of the maintenance is done by government workers, the public does a fantastic job keeping the country side clean. I have seen so many individuals stop to pick up papers, etc and dispose of them properly.
In Caraquet on Thursday June 23, the agenda called for us to go to an Acadian Historic Village. The Acadians were French and were living here when the English defeated the French in the late 1700’s Many of these people were shipped back to France. Others hide out or traveled to the Louisiana Territory which was owned by France at that time. These people became what we know today as the Cajuns. Having seen similar old time villages, Jackie & I passed on this and spent the time relaxing after getting our laundry done and cleaning up the motor home. There's a few more pictures at: http://summer2011jb.shutterfly.com/pictures/1011
June 24, I was low on fuel and gassed up in Caraquet at the low price of $4.80/gal. The previous fill up was at $4.92/gal. $4.80 felt like they were almost giving the gas away :). After weeping quietly to myself we were off to Prince Edward Island.
5916Since we have been in Canada we have seen many “Tim Horton” fast food places. We haven’t been in one yet but we will let you know what they are like when we visit one. At the Kouchibuguac River (the pronunciation is waaay beyond me) there was this bridge.
That was the “little” bridge. The big bridge is the Confederation Bridge that takes you to PEI. At 8 miles long, it is the worlds longest “over ice-covered water” bridge. The movement of the ice during the spring presented challenges to the designers and engineers. It replaced the ferry service which was costing the Canadian government significant sums of money each year in maintenance and replacements. It took four years to build and required more than five thousand workers and cost one billion dollars.
Quoting from the reference: “The Confederation Bridge is 11 metres wide, and has a 3.75 metre-wide lane for traffic in each direction, with a shoulder on each side. It features a hollow corridor through which a series of cables run, carrying utility services from the mainland to Prince Edward Island. “ Here is a picture of the cross section.
If you are interested in reading more about the bridge go to: http://www.confederationbridge.com/en/index.php
As you might expect, you need more than a few quarters to use this bridge. A strange thing (to me) is that you pay the toll on the way back to the mainland rather than on the way to the island.
Maybe they want you to have more money to spend while you are there. The tolls are: $43.25 for the first two axles and $7.00 per each additional axle. So, with the motor home and tow car, I have four axles. There are information centers on both sides of the bridge. We stopped on the island side where we found shops and restaurants.
After leaving the information center it was a relatively short drive to the KOA in Cavendish located on the north-east side of the island.
More Pictures at: http://summer2011jb.shutterfly.com/pictures/1142
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