Last full day on PEI

Today is our last full day on the island. Kate and I awoke early a went out for a 6K run. PEI is surprisingly hilly.

We also used our rain checks at Green Gables to take Ian and Ben out for nine holes of golf. It was a good way to finish the golf portion of our vacation. I managed two birdies and two pars... We were however playing from the forward tees (400 yards shorter for 18 holes) since we were playing with novice golfers and we wanted to ensure our foursome did not slow the course.

No photo today

We were hoping to go Paddle Boarding on Malpeque Bay but the winds were too strong. The kids went to an alternate destination: SandSpit Amusement Park. Kate and I enjoyed a beach day: sunning, swimming and flying a kite.

Glasgow Hills Golf Course

This golf course is probably the most scenic of the four courses that are featured on the Cavendish Trail Golf Card. Today we moved back to the blue tees playing a little longer than 6400 yds. This added a little over 300 yards of distance to our previous outings. I took 55 strokes on the front and 48 on the back. My best hole was the 18th. I birdied it.

It was a rainy day....

No photos today... It was a rain day.

Highlights included:

A trip into Summerside to see a matinee of Batman The Dark Knight Rises

Lobster supper back at the clttage

Andersons Creek Golf Course... Designed by Graham Cooke, Perfected by Nature

We teed off at 9 am. The weather and course conditions were perfect. I had an uneven round of golf, two nines, one ten, a birdie, several pars and a lot of bogies and double-bogies. 50 strokes taken on each nine, which means I actually played my average round of golf. We played from the 'Homestead' tees, (white tees), making the course 6060 yds long.

Isabella, Amelia and Kate traveled to Victoria by the Sea this morning to enjoy Island Chocolate and Coffee.

Ian and I did a late afternoon trip to Charlottetown to find a Future Shop... Ian has had this day marked on the calendar for a video game release.

We finished our day with a fire on the beach.

Basin Head and Point Prim

 

The first two photographs are from last Tuesday from our rain-shortened outing at Green Gables Golf Course in Cavendish.

 

Today was a very busy day. We headed out at seven this morning and traveled to Basin Head Wharves and Beach, (almost the most easterly tip of the island).  We wanted to arrive there around 9 am. because that it when the tide was forecast to be at its highest. The wharf that you see behind me is about ten feet high.  This beacg features a  channel that runs between two wharves.  As the tide pulls in, a considerable amount of water is pulled up into the basin.  When the tide releases, a considerable current or rip-tide is released through the wharves.  The current between the channel runs at about five feet per second. We were able to spend about four hours leaping off the wharves and being expelled through the channel into Northumberland Straight. After that, we were quite tired and ready to move on to our Low Tide Destination.

 

Our return journey included a Low-Tide stopover at Point Prim.  Point Prim features Canada's only brick lighthouse. The lighthouse warns local shipping of the shallow waters that lie just off of the point.  At low tide, the point is dotted with many tide pools that contain an abundance of sea life... especially purple star fish and hermit crabs.We explored the tidal pools for about an hour before heading in Charlottetown for a Starbucks Coffee and an evening meal at Swiss Chalet.  I know that Swiss Chalet does not feature local cuisine, but it has become a traditional destination on our Basin Head Beach day since one of the vacationers is not able to eat Swiss Chalet chicken on any of the other 364 days of the year.

Another gorgeous day in the dunes

Saturday was another beautiful day. Kate and I started the day with a morning jog followed by a quick trip into Kensigton to visit Mary's Bake Shop. The cinnamon buns from Marys are a must. In addition to the cinnamon buns, I picked up some Apple and Raisin muffins for breakfast and was informed upon my arrival back at the cottage that I should have left the muffins for the older residents of the island. I won't be choosing Rum'n'Raisin ice cream when I go to Cows... Even though I would really like some.

The rest of the day was spent swimming and relaxing and reading on the beach... Oh... Isabella, Amelia, and Ian did a quick trip to Cavendish board walk... Isabella said she needed to purchase a sun hat, but I suspect the three of them were at Cows Ice Cream hiding their craving for Maple Walnut.