On Tuesday we drove to Summerside and stayed at the Crystal Beach Campground in New Annan, PEI.
First thing Wednesday, we drove to the downtown area of Summerside and parked near the boardwalk. The boardwalk runs for 4 km along the waterfront. The three of us, Gopher being number three, walked from end to end. Lots of cute shops, restaurants, marinas, beach access spots, etc. Summerside, as the name implies, is a summer resort. Later on we parked at a beach and enjoyed a beautiful day. While in town, we were pleasantly surprised to see Dan & Anna Cleveland, from Land O’Lakes, FL, pull up in their motorhome. We had met them twice before on the road. The first time at the Fundy National Park campground and once again while we were walking around Baddeck, NS. Had lunch with them in Summerside. Funny how the nicest people keep turning up. We made another friend in Norm & Roberta ?? from Ontario, CA. Camped with them twice. I think among the most memorable part of traveling is the people you meet. We go out of our way to talk to others in the campground and have consistently met a nice group of people.
In the evening we went to the Highland Storm show at the College of Piping and Celtic Performing Arts of Canada. It was a “colourful spectacle of music, song & dance”. There were Pipers(bag pipes), drummers (the Scottish snare drum), Highland Dancers and Step Dancers, singers and one Celtic Harp player. The show was very, very enjoyable. When we went back to the motorhome we got a major surprise. Gopher had diarrhea. Everywhere. What a mess. After we returned to the campground I spent a few hours cleaning. Did four loads of laundry. The following morning we stopped at a drug store and got her some Pepto Bismol pills and some bottled water to drink. We’re guessing the campground water might not have agreed with her.
Thursday we went to the Linkletter Provincial Park just outside of Summerside. That’s where Dan & Anna were staying. What a beautiful place. Right on the bay. Shared a campfire with them in the evening. Gopher is still sick.
Friday. It was raining when we got up and the forecast is for rain all day. At least Gopher is feeling better. We went to the visitor’s center in Summerside and checked our e-mail. Later in the day we met Dan & Anna at the Mill River Provincial Park near St. Anthony. Read, drank hot tea, took a nap. That sort of day.
On Saturday the weather cleared up some. We drove north through Tignesh to the North Cape. I went into the local Co-Op store in Tignesh. A Wal-Mart on a very, very small scale. Not very many people live in this area. Mostly farms & fishing. No industry to speak of.
North Cape is a far north as you can go in PSI. “The North Cape has long been famous for its natural wonders, including the longest natural rock reef in North America and the ‘meeting of the waters’”. The Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Northumberland Strait merge together over the reef. North Cape is also the home of the Atlantic Wind Test and Site and the North Cape Wind Farm. We counted twenty windmills at the site. Included is largest windmill in North America. Quite a sight. The wind farm generates enough electricity to supply all of the surrounding communities. We also saw some locals harvesting Irish Moss; a type of seaweed that is used to make a seaweed pie, strictly an acquired taste I’m told. Driving south we stopped at Abram-Village, an Acadian community. Bought bread and some molasses cookies. Both were just great.
We came across the Our Lady of Mont-Carmel Church in Mont-Carmel. The first church on this site was built in 1820. The existing church in 1898. The church was built with over 450,000 hand made bricks. To fund the church construction , the bricks were “sold” for five cents each. The name of each “buyer” is remembered by a special mass celebrated each November.Spent the night at Linkletter Provincial Park
First thing Wednesday, we drove to the downtown area of Summerside and parked near the boardwalk. The boardwalk runs for 4 km along the waterfront. The three of us, Gopher being number three, walked from end to end. Lots of cute shops, restaurants, marinas, beach access spots, etc. Summerside, as the name implies, is a summer resort. Later on we parked at a beach and enjoyed a beautiful day. While in town, we were pleasantly surprised to see Dan & Anna Cleveland, from Land O’Lakes, FL, pull up in their motorhome. We had met them twice before on the road. The first time at the Fundy National Park campground and once again while we were walking around Baddeck, NS. Had lunch with them in Summerside. Funny how the nicest people keep turning up. We made another friend in Norm & Roberta ?? from Ontario, CA. Camped with them twice. I think among the most memorable part of traveling is the people you meet. We go out of our way to talk to others in the campground and have consistently met a nice group of people.
In the evening we went to the Highland Storm show at the College of Piping and Celtic Performing Arts of Canada. It was a “colourful spectacle of music, song & dance”. There were Pipers(bag pipes), drummers (the Scottish snare drum), Highland Dancers and Step Dancers, singers and one Celtic Harp player. The show was very, very enjoyable. When we went back to the motorhome we got a major surprise. Gopher had diarrhea. Everywhere. What a mess. After we returned to the campground I spent a few hours cleaning. Did four loads of laundry. The following morning we stopped at a drug store and got her some Pepto Bismol pills and some bottled water to drink. We’re guessing the campground water might not have agreed with her.
Thursday we went to the Linkletter Provincial Park just outside of Summerside. That’s where Dan & Anna were staying. What a beautiful place. Right on the bay. Shared a campfire with them in the evening. Gopher is still sick.
Friday. It was raining when we got up and the forecast is for rain all day. At least Gopher is feeling better. We went to the visitor’s center in Summerside and checked our e-mail. Later in the day we met Dan & Anna at the Mill River Provincial Park near St. Anthony. Read, drank hot tea, took a nap. That sort of day.
On Saturday the weather cleared up some. We drove north through Tignesh to the North Cape. I went into the local Co-Op store in Tignesh. A Wal-Mart on a very, very small scale. Not very many people live in this area. Mostly farms & fishing. No industry to speak of.
North Cape is a far north as you can go in PSI. “The North Cape has long been famous for its natural wonders, including the longest natural rock reef in North America and the ‘meeting of the waters’”. The Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Northumberland Strait merge together over the reef. North Cape is also the home of the Atlantic Wind Test and Site and the North Cape Wind Farm. We counted twenty windmills at the site. Included is largest windmill in North America. Quite a sight. The wind farm generates enough electricity to supply all of the surrounding communities. We also saw some locals harvesting Irish Moss; a type of seaweed that is used to make a seaweed pie, strictly an acquired taste I’m told. Driving south we stopped at Abram-Village, an Acadian community. Bought bread and some molasses cookies. Both were just great.
We came across the Our Lady of Mont-Carmel Church in Mont-Carmel. The first church on this site was built in 1820. The existing church in 1898. The church was built with over 450,000 hand made bricks. To fund the church construction , the bricks were “sold” for five cents each. The name of each “buyer” is remembered by a special mass celebrated each November.Spent the night at Linkletter Provincial Park
