We packed up early and left our airbnb in Hubbards. The hosts didn’t serve breakfast, so we headed for a Tim Horton’s. After breakfast we traveled to the north shore of Nova Scotia, west of Truro. We did a little exploring. We found this beach on a cove off the Bay of Fundy.

Beth noticed that her GPS was not charging, so we did a little investigation while parked in this out-of-the-way spot near the beach.

It turned out there was a blown fuse caused by the 12V-5V adapter she was using to charge her phone. The tip of the adapter came unscrewed and shorted out the socket. It took me awhile to find the fuse I had installed two years ago. It was under the seat. I’m going to change that so it’s more accessible.

From Truro we headed to Caribou to catch the ferry to PEI. They lined us up in lane 4 next to the big trucks.

We had to wait 1-1/2 hours, so we had a light lunch in the canteen. The ferry is a double-decker. They put motorcycles, trucks, and campers on the lower level. Cars go on the upper level.

Everyone had to go to the upper deck during the crossing. They had concessions and a little entertainment. The trio play country songs. While in the indoor lounge, we struck up a conversation with a bass trombone-tuba player who was a PE Islander. We not only had a great conversation about music (he studied with the tuba player of the Pittsburgh Symphony, Murray Crewe), but he gave us some pointers on what to see on the Island.

We took the Starfish Trail when we got off the boat. We had forgotten to get gas but we found a station several miles down the road. We learned that Beth’s bike can go farther than we thought. We saw a lighthouse along the way. Interesting feature of the lighthouses up here. Many have ice cream shops in them. There was a horse grazing next door to this one.

Our airbnb for two nights is in the historic district of Charlottetown. We rode our bikes down the narrow passage to the back yard and parked them there for the night.

It’s here in 1864 that the Maritime Provinces met to discuss forming a confederation. There were two delegates with the same name, John Hamilton Gray, depicted in the statue. One was from New Brunswick and one from PEI.

We walked downtown and had dinner at a brew pub. They had good food, and better beer.

We met our host when returned from dinner and briefly discussed our plans for the next day.