Waterfront View
Sunset over the Malpeque Bay from Cabot Beach Provincial Park:
Day 13: July 8
We were up early for the ferry, but still too early for a sunset picture! Time to say goodbye to the Iles de la Madeleine:
It was a great crossing. the sun was shining, and many of us sat outside for most of the time. We felt it was like a Riviera Cruise in the winter: a little chilly and windy, but everyone was catching some rays on deck.
We got into Souris EXACTLY on time (and sailed by the Souris Lighthouse where, apparently my friend Shauna’s Mom was raised):
After stocking up, we hit Red Point PP (Site 16, $31.85 E/W, PEI has Seniors Rate for everyone over 60 at 10% off) and walked the beach:
I found the best piece of beachglass EVER:
…love the “spaceship” design and will look this up when we’re home)
We enjoyed this view from my chair, complete with a seal sighting, accompanied by the radio broadcast of the Antigonish Highland Games Opening Concert! Perfect:
Day 14: July 9
We woke to an ocean view again! Just what we needed. But it was a dull, chilly morning, perfect for more coastal exploration. There are many long, red mud roads that may or may not lead to oceanfront properties.
Crowbush Cove has a beautiful beach next to the golf course we played years ago. They were setting up for a windy wedding on the sand:
Next stop was Savage Harbour, a small lobster-fishing wharf where we had another good chat with a fisherman who was putting the season to bed. He reminded us that they were getting $7.75 a pound for lobster this year, but that the north shore season was really difficult, so the record high prices wouldn’t be AS profitable for him! Oh, and the trees were filled with Great Blue Herons in this apparent nesting area:
We stopped for Fish and Chips at Rick’s in St. Peter’s:
Though famous and a second stop for us. it’s popularity made for a long wait for only a pretty good lunch.
Back at the park, I took my one-hour beachwalk and almost took this as a souvenir (my birthday is January 17) until I saw the tattered men’s briefs nearby. Eeks.
There was no one on the beach, except for the jogging lifeguard, then Finally, some shorebirds:
After dinner, we spent some time talking with the family next door who are here from Switzerland (they lived in Ontario and come back for camper trips).
Here’s another view of our site:
Day 15: July 10
We were up an away early for a bit of a nostalgic drive from our trip 30 years ago. There was Tracadie Harbour, Stanhope (and this little cutie):
…Rustico, and then, after two weeks of relative quiet and few crowds, the chaos of Cavendish Beach. It’s busy anyway, but this was the final day of the Cavendish Beach Music Festival (Blake Shelton! Kenny Chesney!). Wow.
Since we were on the Green Gables Trail, we saw crowds at the National site (she was fictional, people, and this place is not real) but not at the Lucy Maud Montgomery Birthplace (SHE was real and so is this place). There’s even an Anne of Green Gables Museum (fictiional aritfacts?). We don’t get it.
The bays continue to be filled with mussel and oyster farming, and we think this is a blight on the waterfront. Oh, well.
We decided to stay at the Cabot Beach Provincial Park (Site 114, $27, Unserviced), and I rode my bike, walked the beach, then came back and enjoyed the view from my chair:
Day 16: July 11
It’s another chilly, overcast morning. But we rode our bikes (potatoes and ocean!):
and walked the beach:
No glass, but we found this driftwood Inuit Kayaker complete with Greenland Paddle:
We hung out and enjoyed our waterfront view. Later, I rode to Malpeque Wharf:
The late afternoon was beautiful, sunny and warm and led to THIS view from my chair (along with all the other sunset watchers):
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