Prince Edward Island — OWN THE UNKNOWN

Since bicycles are strictly forbidden to be ridden across the 13km long Confederation Bridge we caught a lift from the shuttle van. Once on the bridge we realised that riding would have been terrible as there are no shoulders, just two skinny traffic lanes and that is it. Our driver was awesome and gave us the run down on the history of the bridge and tips on avoiding the heavily touristed parts of the island. It is always great to have a locals perspective on what are the best places to visit.

We were immediately impressed by the beauty of the island and after a short afternoon ride we ended up at a perfect ocean side campground.

The next morning we awoke to howling winds and driving rain. We hunkered down inside our tent until about 11am when things had calmed down somewhat to start our short ride to Charlottetown.

We thought we would have an easy ride to Charlottetown, but we didn't take into account the driving rain and the endless hills that just kept going and going. Even under cloudy skies the landscape was amazingly green.

We had a relaxing afternoon wandering around the old buildings of Charlottetown complete with all the Anne of Green Gables merchandise you could ever want.

After a taste of the hills we decided to spend some time on the flat rail trail that runs the entire length of the island. It was more gorgeous scenery as we travelled through a world of green.

Staying fuelled on the bike is always a top priority whether it's famous fish and chips or trying to cook on our tiny camp stove.

Some spectacular sunsets followed us as we made our way back to the coast.

We sought out as many small backroads as we could. Some were in dire need of repair.

We finished our journey in PEI at the ferry that would take us to our next province, Nova Scotia. It would have been fantastic to get to spend a bit more time on the island, but with so much more still to see it was time to say goodbye.