Sept 21 2009 Day 24

Sunny day again. High 22c. A very short 7k drive to the northern tip of PEI. The Reef at North Cape is the longest natural rock reef in North America - the site of many early shipwrecks - you can walk out onto the reef at low tide and witness the "meeting of the waters"as the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Northumberland Strait converge as the tide moves back in. This is also the spot where you'll get to see the tides rise, and view the “meeting of the waters” as the two waters come crashing together.
At North Cape, the Island’s northwestern tip, towering turbines turn the abundant wind into energy at one of Canada’s leading wind test institutes. Cutting-edge research into renewable energy.

Jennie and Marcel

Standing on shore, we heard seals barking. We couldn't see any, and thought these were birds. I zoomed in and after downloading the pictures and zooming in again, saw that these were indeed the seals we heard. Love this camera.

Gov't experimental wind farm turbines in the distance.

We attempted the 6k hiking trip, but after about 2k we decided to return. On the road again, we drove to the small town of Mininegash. The tour book stated that this is where seaweed was pulled out of the ocean by horses and harvested. But found out this is not a big industry anymore. Also in this town we passed a seaweed pie cafe.

Arriving in Summerside, an auto parts shop was found and u-joint parts were bought. The motor home was parked at a large open lot next door. Here a flat tire was changed also. (Must be the extra weight from all the rocks Jennie is taking home) The u joint was not as bad as they thought, but was changed anyway. We bought a few groceries and did some window shopping at a nearby mall. A huuuge 1.5 foot salami.

This took about an hour, and only 1/2 hour later at 3:10 we had to stop --again--too much shaking.
They balance the driver with washers, but because they changed the u-joint, they had to re-balance. One washer was taken out..

At 3:15--another stop--remove one more washer.

At 3:30--stopped again, just before we crossed the Confederation bridge back to NB.

At 3:45--Stopped again as soon as we crossed to remove one more washer.

At 3:50--and another stop

At 3:52--almost the last stop. Peter found out the transmission has to be lifted, that's what was creating the problem. A few washers shoved up there would temporarily fix the problem.

4:20--last stop. Our two way radios are sure used a lot.

Confederation bridge.

Amazingly enough, we did make it to the next campground. In Grande Digue, NB. Close to Shediac on the East coast. Jennie and I went for a long walk along the beach. We found this stingray, and Jennie is washing off the sand so we can get a good picture.

Sure was stinky.