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would base my explorations from the capital, Charlottetown. Upon my arrival in Charlottetown, I drove through
town to look around and get my bearing. I found a tourist information center that gave me some good
information and a local map of the island and they also helped me make accommodations for the next two nights
at a motel immediately over the bridge in Stratford. The manager of the motel suggested that I have dinner back
in Charlottetown at the Water Prince Shop. I had the lobster dinner with mussels for the appetizer. It was all
very good, even though I’m not the biggest fan of mussels.
Friday, September 5: I walked around downtown Charlottetown for a couple of hours. I stopped in to
Province House, which is known to be the place where the idea of Confederation of the various provinces was
breached and gained momentum, the beginning of the country we know as Canada. I watched an informative
video there and took a tour of where the politicians met and conferred. From there I walked by the Wharf.
There I went by some boutiques with local handicrafts, bought an excellent ice-cream cone and watched a
portion of a sporting competition of firemen. The competition was pretty impressive. These men had to wear
oxygen masks while they performed various strenuous activities, while racing against the clock. From here I got
in my car and went for a drive around
P.E.I. I took the Blue Heron Scenic drive that took me around the perimeter of Queens County. It was a very
beautiful drive with the rolling hills, farmland, marshes, bogs, coastline and beaches. I pulled over at Cavendish
beach and walked on the boardwalk to the beach. The beach has a reddish pink hue. I discovered that the red
sedimentary rock had been eroded by the waves over the years and the salt water bleached out much of the red
in the sand so that is how these unusual pink toned beaches formed. I had dinner at a Chinese restaurant called
Blossoms in downtown Charlottetown.
Saturday, September 6: Awoke and cleared out of my motor lodge. I drove directly to Wood Islands, Prince
Edward Island to catch the Ferry to Nova Scotia. The views from the Ferry were very beautiful of both P.E.I
and Nova Scotia.