Today we are headed to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
It was mainly a travel day. We did some geocaching along the way, but most of it was not super awesome or blogworthy. I will say thanks to the cachers that hid caches specifically for those that are traveling, as it made the day go faster (and yet, not a single LPC). It also rained a lot of the day, so we spent most of it in the Geovan of Destiny putting on some mileage.
I did manage to cache in 3 provinces today, which is kinda cool. Its not easy to do that, given each province is so dang huge.
The highlight of the trip was Confederation Bridge. It is a 12.7KM (8 mile) bridge that connects New Brunswick to Prince Edward Island. It runs the entire width of the Northumberland Strait. Then longest span is a short hop of 820ft (you could hide two geocaches on that one span alone - too bad pedestrians are not allowed on the bridge). I think you will agree that this is one substantial bridge.
There is a puzzle cache that starts at the highest point of the bridge, which requires getting information off a sign as you drive by. I had solved that with Street View before I left North Carolina (thanks Uncle G!), and I managed to grab the final before crossing the bridge.
When we got to PEI we found another cache that promised a view of the bridge. It did not disappoint:
Yeah, *this* is what caching is all about. This is Confederation Bridge in the background, with the famous potato fields of PEI in the fore. A truly beautiful scene, and highly appropriate given the province I was now in. It is also my first PEI cache. Win.
Tomorrow we're going to explore the island. What adventures lie in store for us? Stay tuned.