Today we traveled separately from our friends. They headed north to Cavendish and Anne of Green Gables country while we headed east to see the eastern tip of PEI. We got an early start since it was going to be along day (~200 miles). Our first stop was Georgetown on the eastern shore. Unfortunately the whole main street was under serious reconstruction and impassible. This part of the island has much less agriculture and more forests of spruce, firs, and white birch. We stopped at many of the “Discovery Points” listed in the tour book from the Information Center. These included beaches with white sand in stark contrast to the reddish sandy soil throughout the island. Most of these required a short drive down a side road to the point of interest.
Near Souris we found Fire and Water Creations, a shop Donna found in reading the materials we picked up at the information center. The woman who runs the shop specializes in beach glass jewelry. She found a necklace with green glass she liked. Of course we bought it! We stopped for lunch at Cable Head West Beach. This is a white sandy beach noted for its singing sands. The sand squeaks when you walk on it. After lunch we headed east to East Point Lighthouse where the Northumberland Straight, Gulf of St. Lawrence, and Atlantic Ocean meet. From there we headed west towards home. On interesting stop is North lake Harbor, the tuna capital of the world, so they boast. This is the area where the extremely large Blue fin tuna are caught that bring big bucks in Japan. No, we did not see any.
Our friend’s day took them on a much shorter journey north to see the Anne of Green Gables House and Prince Edward Island National Park. They found a restaurant called Chez Yvonne. Guess where they ate? Apparently they also ran across many other Anne sites, but avoided the temptation to stop. Unfortunately many of the shops up there have closed for the season.
Oh yes, the weather today was nearly perfect! Not only was it sunny with blue skies, the breeze was light and the temperatures soared into the mid-70’s. I had to break out the shorts and t-shirts for the first time since Montreal. Since Harvey managed to procure some abandoned firewood and we convinced Paul to split it we had another fire tonight.
We had the "boys" out on leash today. Patrick enjoys running around chasing flies and bugs. Christopher is much more reserved, not really happy outside. He did chase a bug and pounced on it mightily! Unfortunately it was a bee. He can go in reverse as fast as in forward. Yup! He got stung on the paw. He looked like he had a boxing glove paw, but it is fine this morning!
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