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.
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