One of the things that the tourist literature for PEI boasts of is the preponderance of sea glass. They make it sound that regardless of what ever beach you decide to traverse, a treasure trove of re-formed sand is there for the taking. So like the early Conquistadors seeking gold in the New World, I came to PEI with an expectation of finding the beach glass mother-load.
Ted has been very tolerant and helpful in helping me look for these artifacts. But beach after beach was turning up empty for us. I found a woman looking for beach glass using a sieve at the PEI national park in Cavendish but she said that she was looking for tiny pieces for a mosaic she was creating. I was encouraged by a young boy’s find at Belmont Provincial Park, but the climb downward to the alleged El Dorado was not to either of Ted’s or my liking.
Beach after beach delivered the same results. I was ready to accept coming home empty handed.
Yesterday in Souris as Ted and I were wandering about, a women who makes jewelry out of sea glass told us that the beach in front of us is the best place on the island to find sea glass. I was skeptical, but Ted and I took our shoes off and waded in. Again no luck.
After a typically excellent dinner at 21 Breakwater, Ted and I walked down to the water near the ferry terminal. The sun was setting and the mosquitoes were sharpening their proboscis for the evening’s activities. At the base of the terminal there is a small section of isolated beach that I wanted to take a quick look at.
I finally found my treasure.
