Borden-Carlton Prince Edward Island to New Glasgow Nova Scotia 135 miles
Today the sky is completely overcast and the wind is blowing. As usual the car would not start. A group of about 5 oriental ladies got a real charge out of pushing the car. That did not work however. Then another guest agreed to pull. It took a couple of passes but then it started.
We are planning to drive around the coast to the ferry location. The wind is blowing pretty hard which does affect the car. Of course its hard to tell how much of the wiggle is the road and how much is the wind. Lots of the road is patches on patches. The rain comes and goes but most of the time is at least a drizzle. This means the curtains are down and the windshield is covered with drops. Consequently seeing things is difficult. The landscape is small rolling hills with small farms and towns. The houses are well maintained and have green lawns. Some have incredible flowers too. The houses out of town have big yards. Glad I don’t have to mow those. We don’t see much livestock. Still don’t know where all that hay is going. The farms do have larger barns so perhaps the animals stay in doors. We saw two signs for buggies but not the Amish buggy so not just sure what that means. With further research we determined these were for Amish. There are stands for fresh vegetables, eggs and fire wood. One farm grew mushrooms. Another advertised “Clucks and Quakers”. Only occasionally did we see the ocean. Prince Edward Island is known for its oysters. Connie was all ready to have some until she discovered that they are raw on the half shell. Turned out it was raining too hard all day and we didn’t want to stop. For several miles there were cottages for rent. Obviously a favorite place to vacation. At least they weren’t as close together as the RVs. A surprising number of places are for sale. We guessed prices are high. Not sure what their winters are like but if they have this much wind to go with the cold being outdoors would be miserable. One short distance actually had mail boxes at each house. This has not been the case everywhere else. We did see one mail delivery person. The entire front of the group of boxes opens so mail is put in from the front. Also a new sign was for a trail crossing. This could be people, bicycles or snow machines. We encountered several very wet bicycle riders. They had to be miserable. Another new sign indicated church traffic. We didn’t see any of that so it must be like the moose. A side note: most churches have cemeteries adjacent to them. After driving about 2 hours we decided to cut the journey short and head for the ferry. We can’t see much due to the rain. The wind is terrible too. We stopped for gas in Montague. For the first time the car would not start after starting for the day. The car was pulled only a few feet and started. On to the ferry. We got there just as the earlier ferry was arriving. We could lie up for the wait list and possibly go earlier but we elected not to gamble. They had us go off to the side and come back after 1:30. So we parked and ate sandwiches in the car. We listened to the audio book until closer to time to line up. The car would not start again. Rob went for help. We ended up being towed to the line up area by a forklift. They want to put us at the front of the ferry so we can be pushed out. The ferry ride is about 75 minutes and their cafeteria is open. We ate there since we don’t know what it may be like on the other end. We bought brown gravy for the fries. Several other people in line bought gravy as well. Not really all that bad but definitely different. The chicken strips dipped in the gravy was good. When we got on the other side the crew pushed us off the ferry and we stopped on the side. No one coming off the ferry offered to help. Rob eventually asked some folks of Indian descent to pull us. We went further than normal but nothing. We sent them on their way. A man eventually stopped and he pulled us again. Faster and further. The car did eventually start and we drove to our hotel in New Glasgow Nova Scotia. Looked up some weather facts for Prince Edward Island. The hottest month is July at an average of 66 degrees. During the winter they get 114 inches of snow and the wind still blows. Rob is going to install a new battery cable tomorrow morning. After that, maybe air-freight a working starter from his brother in Renton, Washington.
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