Last Stop

Wednesday, April 1st saw us visiting our daughter Joanne, son-in-law Charlie and grandson Ben who live in Dartmouth. Ben will be 2 years old on May 30th and the rambunctious little fellow was putting on quite a show for his grandparents! The Tortola family also dropped by to welcome us home. Faye’s mother Ruby and sisters Connie, Beatrice and Ella were happy to see us on Thursday in Windsor where they were regaled with tales of our journey.
On Friday morning we hitched onto the RV which we had left parked behind the Irving Big Stop in Aulac, N.B. then headed across the Confederation Bridge, arriving home in Souris West in mid afternoon.
Since leaving on November 15/2008 we traveled 28,342 kilometers through 6 provinces, 2 territories, and 26 states. We left Calgary on January 25th towing the 24 ft. Fun Finder travel trailer heading straight south crossing the border into Montana. We were pleased that the trusty V-6 Dakota with tow haul transmission with cooler was equal to the task.
For security reasons and other comforts such as electricity, water, wireless, cable, and sewer, etc. we chose to stay in RV parks rather than dry camp in farmer’s fields, side roads or places such as Wal-Mart. We became members of KOA, Passport America, Good Sam, and Reserve America and were able to recover most of the fees through the discount. We found the State Parks excellent with KOA a close second. The RV parks gave us the opportunity to meet people and make acquaintances from many parts of North America. It was amazing how many of these people knew about PEI and Anne of Green Gables and wished they could visit. We became personal friends with a number of them with promises to visit here on PEI. In addition we always passed on The Communities of Eastern Kings website www.ekpei.ca (note the link to Souris Wildlife) run by Waldron Lead from Kingsboro, so these people could witness firsthand the beauty of our part of the Island.
This “once in a lifetime trip” was a truly worthwhile experience. We saw awesome landscapes, attended events local to whatever community we were in, met wonderful people, and learned a great deal about the history, culture, and lifestyles along the way.

End of road……. Thanks for keeping up with us.