Finding a campground that’s still open in October is starting to get challenging since the Provincial Parks are already closed for the winter. Private campground like KOAs are open, but the one on the north side of PEI is closed because of damage from hurricane Dorian last month (September). So Barney found a KOA that was open close to the capital of Charlottetown right on the water. And it’s been wonderful!
As you can see, Prince Edward Island is the smallest of the Canadian Provinces. We could name some of the other provinces from memory, but not many. You too? Here are the rest of the provinces that we can visit on another trip.
Canada has 10 provinces (alphabetical order): Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador (my emphasis), Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, and Saskatchewan.
The 3 territories are Northwest Territories, Yukon, and Nunavut. These are the big areas in the northern part of the country. If they ever have a high enough population base and developed infrastructure, they could become provinces. Don’t think we’ll make it to a territory unless we drive to Alaska!
We’ll talk more about the history of the provinces coming together to become a country in a future post.
driving into PEI
We entered PEI on the southern end of the Red Sands area. You can see the Confederacy Bridge at the bottom of the picture. Our KOA campground is on the far right just across the harbor from the capital of Charlottetown.
As we drove into PEI, our first observation was that farming and dairy cows was a big deal here. Later on we learned that farms primarily grew corn, hay, and potatoes. Spaces are wide open, fields look healthy, and gentle hills provide great views.
more road signs
KOA campground
We have a comfortable site under some trees, full hookups, the WiFi is great (each guest has passwords for 2 devices, and extra passwords can be purchased for a few dollars), and the laundry room was clean.
area around the campground
The area we’re in outside of Cornwall is a mixture of residential homes and potato fields. The homes for the most part seem to be smaller than we’re used to, but with the cold winters, it would be easier to keep a smaller home warm. As we drive back to the campground, we pass cornfields and potato fields. The potato farm down the road from us has a sign out that we can buy a 5-lb bag of potatoes for $5—just leave the money in the lock box!
Here are some pictures from that farm.
You know, I think we’ve only seen 1 UPS truck while we’ve been in Canada and no FedEx or Amazon Prime trucks. Kind of relaxing.
% of fat in half & half
Okay, you probably know that I like my coffee. You may not know that I use half & half in it. If only milk is available, I’ll take tea. Anyway, when we were coming close to the Canadian border at the start of our trip, we threw away our milk and my half & half since we had read that we couldn’t take dairy across the border. Of course, no questions about foodstuffs.
The first night in Fredericton, New Brunswick, we had to find a grocery store so we could buy my half & half. Was I ever surprised when I found options for the amount of fat in it: 10% and 18%. I have no idea what we have in the states! I went with the higher amount and love it. Today at lunch I had hot tea and was served the 10% creamer. Just thought you’d like to know about this.
18% fat—yummy 
10% fat—good too
If you’re a coffee with cream drinker, which would you choose?
In the next post, we’ll go to The Bottle Houses (yes, plural) and a potato museum. Or I’ll have a post for each.
