We started the day in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island in dismal weather. The showers that greeted our arrival last night had turned to a steady downpour. And we needed to find a geocache before we left the island. We did a quick scan of all the caches around our hotel location, found some candidates, loaded the car, and started out. The first one we tried was perfect. We drove right up to the location, the cache was slightly visible, and we signed the log in the car and were on the way.
We had arrived on P. E. I. from the east by ferry and we were continuing west on our departure. The route off the island was by the Confederation Bridge over the Northumberland Strait. We were surprised by the amount of the toll - $41.50.
Traveling northwest along the coast, we were in the rain until we got a break around the small town of Cap-Pele. There were several caches in this small town and we were able to snag our first New Brunswick cache here, a tradition micro in a small park. As we left the town, the rain started again.
We continued on east on the Trans Canada Highway with rain off and on all day. At Edmundston, on the western edge of the province, we decided to stop for the day. Throughout our journey so far, the areas we drove through were predominately English speaking. In New Brunswick, we started seeing more areas that are predominately French speaking. Surprisingly, Edmundston is a is 98 per cent francophone.
As usual, we had not made hotel reservations for the night so the first order of business was to locate a place to stay. We spotted a few from the highway and turned off to take a closer look.
There was a brand new major brand hotel that we noticed so we stopped to check on room availability. Here is what greeted us in the lobby.
The hotel had just recently opened and the price was OK so we booked the room.
Tomorrow, we continue west into Quebec.
Today's travel - 387 miles
Cumulative mileage - 4911.58
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