My husband will be retiring at the end of this year. We are planning our first retirement trip next summer to Maine (Acadia NP and possibly near Baxter SP), Nova Scotia, PEI, and Quebec.We have a 40’ 5th wheel with 3 slides and a Chevy 3500 diesel longbed truck...we take up a lot of room! I am looking for suggestions on campgrounds that can accommodate us...specifically near Baxter (Medway?), Nova Scotia, PEI, and Quebec. We have been to Acadia many times, but would welcome others thoughts on campgrounds there. Also, I would welcome any suggestions on places to see in these areas and along the way...we don’t have a timeframe...just want to see what is there....Thank you...

We will be staying at Pine Grove CG in Medway, Camden Hills State Park, and Narrows Too CG in Trenton in late June/July. Those were my chooses after much research. This will be our first trip to New England.

Some rambling thoughts.We can't go that route without making a stop at Saint Andrews by the Sea and Kiwanis Ocean Front Campground at the mouth of the Bay of Fundy. A must see is Van Horn Estate on Minister Island. While in Saint Andrews by the Sea, we will take a day trip to Saint John.In Nova Scotia, we love Cape Breton and stay at Broad Cove CampgroundIf you are doing Nova Scotia and PEI, go to Nova Scotia first and take ferry to PEI. Leave PEI on the Confederation Bridge. Since one doesn't pay to enter PEI, it is cheaper that way.On PEI, we stay at Parks Canada Cavendish Campground. A big attraction in Cavendish is Green Gables Heritage Place.Tom

pulsar wrote:Some rambling thoughts.If you are doing Nova Scotia and PEI, go to Nova Scotia first and take ferry to PEI. Leave PEI on the Confederation Bridge. Since one doesn't pay to enter PEI, it is cheaper that way.TomI don't get how it can be cheaper ! You pay the ferry to get to PEI and you pay the Confederation bridge on your way back !

Thank you all for wonderful campground and attraction suggestions. The NS-PEI ferry sounds interesting. When I was about 7 (many, many....many moons ago) we visited PEI and the ferry was the only way to get there. I remember my dad taking me down to where cars, etc were...even train cars! It would be a “blast from the past” for me.....

drenjoey wrote:pulsar wrote:Some rambling thoughts.If you are doing Nova Scotia and PEI, go to Nova Scotia first and take ferry to PEI. Leave PEI on the Confederation Bridge. Since one doesn't pay to enter PEI, it is cheaper that way.TomI don't get how it can be cheaper ! You pay the ferry to get to PEI and you pay the Confederation bridge on your way back !No. You do not pay for the ferry to get to PEI.

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drenjoey
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Jun 10, 2018
pulsar wrote:
Some rambling thoughts.
If you are doing Nova Scotia and PEI, go to Nova Scotia first and take ferry to PEI. Leave PEI on the Confederation Bridge. Since one doesn't pay to enter PEI, it is cheaper that way.
Tom

I don't get how it can be cheaper ! You pay the ferry to get to PEI and you pay the Confederation bridge on your way back !
pulsar
Explorer
Jun 09, 2018
Some rambling thoughts.

We can't go that route without making a stop at Saint Andrews by the Sea and Kiwanis Ocean Front Campground at the mouth of the Bay of Fundy. A must see is Van Horn Estate on Minister Island. While in Saint Andrews by the Sea, we will take a day trip to Saint John.

In Nova Scotia, we love Cape Breton and stay at Broad Cove Campground

If you are doing Nova Scotia and PEI, go to Nova Scotia first and take ferry to PEI. Leave PEI on the Confederation Bridge. Since one doesn't pay to enter PEI, it is cheaper that way.

On PEI, we stay at Parks Canada Cavendish Campground. A big attraction in Cavendish is Green Gables Heritage Place.

Tom
ekirkland
Explorer
Jun 09, 2018
We will be staying at Pine Grove CG in Medway, Camden Hills State Park, and Narrows Too CG in Trenton in late June/July. Those were my chooses after much research. This will be our first trip to New England.

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