One of my Favorite Days Yet
Trip Start
Jun 29, 2010
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Trip End
Oct 24, 2010
Where I stayed
West Point Provincial Park
West Point, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Sunday, August 29, 2010
It's Sunday. Went down to Spinnaker's Landing to the VIC and got info on Summerside. There are a bunch of stores at the Landing and had fun shopping. There was a cool celtic store and the lady is from Dawson Creek, been in the maritimes for 10 years now.
I was really hungry, found a seafood restaurant on the water and had a big bowl of mussels - I was so full after! Then I wondered through Summerside and saw some of the murals. It was pretty quiet - oh yeah - Sunday!
Decided I would drive 'up west' - the west side of PEI taking the North Cape Coastal Drive. It wasn't long before I see this huge church. Pulled over and got some pics. I know I have some info somewhere - will have to dig it up.
Not too far up the road I see what's left of a church - not sure what happened to it but just the steeple is left. Looks like the land is being made into a rest type area with plants and picnic tables. There weren't any signs except 1862 - 1962 so will have to do some googling.
My next stop was in Cap-Egmont to see the bottle houses. This fellow decided to build the first one after seeing a bottle house on Vancouver Island. There are several buildings now, the chapel, the gabled house and the tavern - over 25,000 bottles were used. The 'bottle' was built by the grandsons just recently. The gardens are absolutely beautiful and peaceful. This place was just...magical. I could have spent the whole afternoon here.
Back on the road, I made my way to West Point and Cedar Dunes Provincial Park. Went to see the lighthouse which was built in 1875. They have a museum and I got to climb to the top. Was a great view! The last set of stairs to the top was pretty much a ladder and I was very careful! TIP: not the best idea to climb ladders wearing a skirt.
I went down to the beach and put my feet in the water - the Atlantic Ocean. I was walking the beach and found my first piece of sea glass! It was small but hey - fun! It was getting late - 7pm ish so got a site at the provincial park for the night. A pretty spot, watched the sun set.
Comments
can sense the peacefulness.....