Over to Prince Edward Island

 

Welcome to Nova Scotia

Before our trip started, we were concerned about the New Brunswick entry restrictions and procedures. Just before the trip though, New Brunswick threw open their borders, so we thought "good to go". We didn't realize that both Nova Scotia and PEI had entry controls now! Pat told us about the PEI requirements, when we were in St Andrews, so we had applied online and got our pre-approvals for PEI.

After leaving St Andrews we had an uneventful drive to Nova Scotia, where Cathie wanted a stop at Deanne Fitzpatrick's rug-hooking studio. Before we could enter Nova Scotia though, we were stopped at the border:

 

A pleasant young fellow asked if we had pre-registered to enter, and we hadn't. Once he discovered that we had our PEI entry "passport" though, and were double-vaccinated, we were waved through. Whew!

Cathie had another nice visit to Deanne's shop in nearby Amherst, and supported their sales efforts:

Always working, at Deanne's

After leaving Deanne's it was back on the trail to PEI:

 

Because Pat had told us that we needed to get a PEI passport, basically to pre-clear for entry due to Covid concerns, this sign didn't scare us (much):

Onward across the bridge to PEI

Once across though, this awaited:

 

Once through the paperwork, we were obliged to have a Covid test, one of the more superficial rapid ones. They just did one person per car, so I was volunteered, as it's easier to test the driver the way things were set up. This was the first Covid test either of us has had. Not real pleasant, but not as bad as we understand the more invasive test to be. No news was good news later, so we're clear, and on our way to Stratford PEI.

We love seeing the mudflats

Aaahhh, parked at our favorite site, N&P's driveway

Later on once things had cooled off some, we went for a short hike in the neighborhood:

That's Charlottetown over there

Walking on Pat's trail

The trail is on town property, behind a new apartment building. There used to be a trail here before the apartment construction closed it. Once construction was done and the trail reopened, it was very overgrown so Pat got permission from the town to mow it, a lovely place for an evening stroll.