The Last Tent on the Island

Discovering that making memories is more important than making plans

- Janet Koops

The fact that our newly purchased used car had no airconditioning didn’t deter my then-boyfriend, now husband, Derek, and I from taking a late summer road trip. After all, it was only a 13hour drive from Montreal to Prince Edward Island. Not wanting to commit to booking accommodations, we decided to camp as we already owned a tent and felt it would provide us with the flexibility we desired.

One trip to a camping outfitters store later, we rolled down the car windows and set o–. We drove through Quebec up the Saint Lawrence River, putting about 400 kilometres behind us before reaching Rivière-du-Loup, Que., and crossing into New Brunswick.