Cavendish to Sackville

Not much to report today. We didn't get started until 10:30 because I did the blog this morning. We have reached our free kilometre limit on our rental car and briefly thought about skipping our first stop. It is about 200 km more than going direct to the Confederation Bridge. But we decided we might as well see what we came to see.

We drove to the North Cape on the far northwest tip of PEI. There is a wind farm there that was highly recommended. They had an interpretive centre that explained the local history and nature as well as going into great detail about wind power. It was pretty interesting. I learned a few new things. Their long term goal is to use wind power to make hydrogen and then use the hydrogen in fuel cell storage devices to run vehicles and store power for when there is insufficient wind. A laudable goal, but there is a long way to go.

From there we drove to the bridge. We stopped at a little tourist village on the PEI side for a bite to eat and a couple of last minute PEI souvenirs. After crossing, we stopped and explored a bit to get a look at the bridge. We finally drove on to Sackville, because it is very close to our first stop tomorrow.

Temperature today was in the low 20s with a breeze and a mostly overcast sky. Not unpleasant, but not ideal either. It was a little cool in the wind.