Scenic Seaside Escape to Summerside

I liked Charlottetown so much it was kind of difficult to leave. However, we did leave, after another brunch (smaller than yesterday) at Cora’s. I noticed that franchises were available and I think someone in Saskatchewan should seriously consider it!

We drove down the coast to Summerside, where we will stay for the next three nights. Everything is so close that it sometimes makes map reading difficult. The scale is rather different than other maps and a few times today we were past a turnoff before I was even looking for it. Oh well, it made for some extra scenic driving on a beautiful sunny day.

I am constantly amazed at how the island seems to be fairly flat, then make an abrupt drop to the sea, as if some giant cookie cutter cut out a patch of land, iced it with green and left the sides bright red. We stopped at one historic site complete with two lighthouses and some trails down by the ocean. A man walking by offered to take our picture next to a lighthouse. He proceeded to back up so far that I was sure we would be no than specks in the distance, and then called back, “Can’t seem to get it to work!” Rob ran back and showed him what to do. The result is the blurriest picture you could imagine. I have no idea how you can go that far wrong on a very automatic digital camera.

We also stopped by a beach – which was nothing at all like Regina Beach! Again, grass right up to the edge, then a steep drop, and bright red sand. The water was very shallow at the edge, and appeared to be red as well. Note how ‘busy’ the area is. We have definitely NOT had any crowds to deal with anywhere at all. (Though Green Gables is still coming!)

We are now taking a little break before heading into Summerside (we are staying about 3 minutes out of the city), looking around, and then going to the Anne and Gilbert musical. I have started to get Rob up to speed on the story! He even had some raspberry cordial to drink today – perhaps to get into the spirit of things.

By the way, yesterday’s concert was great. It turns out that the guy playing guitar is also a CBC radio host and he was an excellent storyteller. I’ll try to remember some of his jokes to tell when we get home.

Thanks so much for the 2 ½ points. It was all worth it. I don’t know what the next days will hold but we’ll see what we can do. For those of you reading and not commenting – anything I can do to make you respond?