Today began the long drive back, starting the morning at the North Eastern tip of Prince Edward Island. We started with a light breakfast at the Johnson Shore Inn, with cool but sunny weather.

Johnson Shore Inn - morning on PEI

We then drove all around the eastern tip and onto a stretch of beaches called Bothwell and Basin Head. In fact, we spent most of our time on Bothwell, which is accessed by an unmarked, unnamed dirt road mentioned to use by our Host Denise at the Johnson Shore Inn. We then popped in quickly to Basin Head, one of PEI's more popular beaches in the summer; however, like most places we visited in PEI, we were the only ones there!

Bothwell Beach, Prince Edward Island

Basin Head Beach, Prince Edward Island

For our final leg back, we stopped off briefly in Edmunston, New Brunswick where we spent the night at the Auberge Les Jardins, a very quirkly motel/hotel right across from the New-Brunswick Botanical Gardens. We ended up in a cottage which is very cute from the outside, and very confusing on the inside - complete with a combination sink/electric stove, dangling drapes over the electric baseboard heaters and thick, monstrous furniture that needed twice the space.

Auberge les Jardins, New Brunswick

But all in all it was a quiet night's sleep before we left the Maritimes and Atlantic Canada for good. I'll plan on posting some final thoughts and photos in the days to come...

06/01/09 by visitEarth
Tags: PEI, Atlantic Canada, Maritimes, Johnson Shore Inn, Basin Head, beach, PEI beaches, Auberge les Jardins