| THE COLONY NEWS | AUGUST 2022 | 27
After Nova Scotia, I crossed the 14 km
bridge into Prince Edward Island (PEI).
Growing up, many of us as girls read and
loved Anne of Green Gables, which was set
in PEI. What a beautiful, serene island.
Most of the island is red sandstone, so
there are many miles of pink sand beaches.
Also, the island is famous for its potatoes
and for hay fields fenced in by the forest.
New Brunswick's Bay of Fundy has the
highest tides in the world. Whole bays
are only mud and with boats high and dry
twice a day. The flowerpot rocks show how
high the tides can be. In this area, the tide
difference can be 48 feet or almost to the
top of the rocks.
One of my favorite places is Peggy Cove
in Nova Scotia. This was the cutest small
fishing village I saw on this trip.
I love Canada and I loved that I could
buy a Canadian dollar for 70 to 80 US
cents, which almost made up for the cost
of their gas. The country is beautiful, the
people are so friendly, but their roads are
terrible — patches on patches, but I got
used to driving like I was traversing an
obstacle course. I am so glad that I took
the long drive to get there.
