Got an early start yesterday on our way to PEI. Waved goodbye to Wolf, our German host. Anyone traveling to Cape Breton be sure to stay at Baddeck Cabot Trails Campground. They have cabins for those of you without an RV. Really a nice place and centrally located. We had less than a full tank of fuel so we knew we would be looking. Easy drive down to the TransCanada Highway. Should be lots of truck stops right? Wrong, but just about everybody has diesel. We pulled into one Irving, which usually had a truck island separate from the car islands, but not this one. Plus there were two tour buses and a circle K and Tim Horton’s drive thru packed with cars waiting in the drive thru lane. We couldn’t even get close to the fuel pumps so we continued on, dodging cars to exit the parking lot. Pretty soon we saw a PetroCanada sign with a big truck on it and a warning that there would be no services for the next 50km. We pulled in there, but the diesel pump (singular) was under construction. Not to worry, even though the fuel gauge is now sitting on empty, the highway sign indicated fuel was also available down the opposite direction on this side road we’re now on. Okay, no problem. Well, problem was it didn’t say how far down the road. We kept going, and going down this very rural road and no place to turn around. Finally, a rural market with one pump appeared. Of course, the pump was blocked by a pick-up truck and no one around. The owners of the truck were just in paying for their fuel and a few groceries. Rob was just able to get the coach to the pump and the car off the road…just! The good news was this was the lowest price we have seen for fuel, $1.24.9. Great right! Except that’s per litre.  It was lunchtime so I figured it would be a good time to make a sandwich since we would be at the pump for some time. Not much in the fridge so I checked out the store. I told the cashier to put my purchases on the tab for the gas. She says “are you sure? It’s already up to $410. So I added some more purchases. By the time we were through it was over $500 and her comment was “this will be my biggest sale of the day”. Heck, probably all week. The good thing about this little detour is that we totally missed the toll portion of the highway. We’ll put that $5 towards the fee to get off the island. The bridge to PEI, all 13 km, is free to go over, but you have to pay to get off the island…a basic fee plus for each additional axel. We have 5 so our fee will be $66. Maybe we’ll just stay.

The New Glasgow Highlands Campground is on the north side of PEI and our directions took us on a scenic tour of rolling hills with lots of dairy farms. Our CG hosts were waiting for us and spent a good deal of time showing us various sites we might choose from and telling us about the island. We chose the most remote site we could next to a wide open playground. The only children in the park are some college students camped in a couple of the cabins.

View from the bridge. Island is barely visible.

Marlene and Les' house. Marlene was busy weeding her garden.

Our Campsite