We woke to another day of beautiful weather in Winter Harbor, Maine and our last big driving day to PEI. We were on the road by 7:45am and stopped at a great little restaurant about 30 minutes later for some breakfast. We purchased our last American gas for a while ($4/gallon) just before the Canadian border and had an easy border patrol crossing in St. Stephen - only two cars ahead of us and a friendly border patrol guy.
We eventually stopped a few hours later at the Moncton, New Brunswick Costco to fill-up on gas: CAD1.80/liter, which is about CAD 6.80 gallon, however with the very favorable USD to CAD exchange rate (currently USD 1 = CAD 1.40), about USD 4.82/gallon. Interestingly, all of the New Brunswick gas stations charged the same amount per litre, and PEI the same (although a bit more than NB, about CAD 2.02/litre.) We also did a bit of food shopping at Costco, had a just-okay early dinner (late lunch?) at a nearby restaurant, stopped at a liquor store for some wine, a grocery store for a couple things, and eventually making it to our Airbnb in Charlottetown, PEI after a surprisingly long day of lots of stops (and "losing" an hour in the time difference): 11 hours; 370 miles.
When we finally arrived to our Airbnb, we were pleasantly surprised. Yes, we spent tons of time looking for one, deciding where on the island we wanted to be for four weeks, reading reviews, looking at photos, communicating with the owner, etc... but there is always a bit of "will it be as described?" thought. This one, in fact, was quite a bit larger than we anticipated, super clean, and very usable for a long stay (which requires different amenities than a couple/few nights).
The Livingroom (more than one couch so we can both read/nap/chill):
The Kitchen (dishwasher, full size fridge):
The Bathroom (large enough counter for our stuff, cabinets - there is also a full size washer/dryer and tub/shower):
This was a surprise - we have a downstairs room! (We knew there was a second living area, but did not know it was down some stairs - which is great!)
The Bedroom (the left door has a screen so we can sleep with the windows open):
The backyard (this was unnecessary but enjoyable - a private area and there is even a grill we might use):
We dropped off all of our stuff and went to (yet another) food store to grab a couple more things and started to unpack and organize, which did not take very long at all.
Now we start our four week PEI adventure! 😀
