K & L's Travel Blog

June 11 2022

We checked out of our hotel about 8:00 and schlepped our way up the slope to the Bridge Terminal Bus Station (bus #320, Stand #5). The bus ride is about 40 minutes and I am lucky to sit across from a fun couple from Edmonton. They are on their way to Porto to embark on the Camino del Santiago. I had only known that the trail ran from France or Spain, but there’s a Portuguese segment they will hike. I am impressed with their small daypack carry-on. We chat the whole way. They are originally from Germany (Münster) and are amazed that we’ve been there and remember the Cathedral. We end with enthusiastic bonding over the virtues of travel. 

We have no problem getting the rental car and the drive goes quite easily. We shop at an Atlantic Superstore about half-way. For months I’d been dreading the Confederation Bridge. We first looked at it on live cam in March when the water was full of surging icebergs. Today it was calm and sunny and the water was water instead of ice. You can’t see over the edge in a car, so it was nothing like the foot crossing yesterday. 

We picnic at a small park at the base of the bridge. The drive to our place was lovely. The GPS routed us in circles at one point, but we had plenty of time and it turned out to be a very scenic detour.

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We stopped at a Provincial Park (Bonshaw) and walked in the woods until we noticed the mosquitos (before they noticed us) and turned around. People stop to talk and share stories. We are getting used to all this friendly.

When we got to the farm we meet Tyson and Joyce. Tyson had built the cottage and Joyce handles the rental. They seem to have an easy relationship and idyllic life. Joyce admits she has no cellphone. The farm is immaculate: lots of acreage and not a blade of grass out of place. Goats graze in the front pasture and there’s a bull in the back. It’s almost too bucolic. The cottage is tiny, but exceedingly cute.

Kitty fixes us spaghetti for supper (a standard first-night meal) and then we walk about back up a hill for a beautiful view. The sun sets about 9:00 but the light lingers until 10:00. We are both exhausted from the long day and sleep well.