Uphill lupines: This picture of Ted going uphill against the backdrop of the lupines for me tells our story of biking PEI. Unexpected beauty combined with unexpected trials. Beautiful churches: Ted remarked to me how many churches exist on PEI. In the smallest community, there are a number of houses of worship of many different […]
A short, hilly day
A slightly later start at 10 am, and we are off and back on the Confederation trail. Cloudy and slightly cooler, I decide to take Ted up on his offer for bug repellant. Happily, he is using a skin-so-soft based spray rather than DEET. Hopefully, when we stop the bugs will not bother me as […]
Meals for Kings
We have both been pleasantly surprised at the excellence and freshness of the meals we have been served during our stay at PEI. The freshness of the seafood, in particular, will spoil me for quite a while in the future. Yesterday’s meals were no exception. For lunch at Carr’s Oyster House, Ted had a cup […]
Favorite photos
On a trip like this there are more photos than we can use for a single post. (Or I forget to use one or Ted forgets to send it to me.) Here a few photographs that we want to share with you. Show me the lobster: These colorful lobster pot markers are an example of not […]
A full day: Morning
It is another great day on the island. Clear skies, a slight breeze, and warming temperatures. We leave our hotel around 9 am, needing to have an early start today. Yesterday we needed to pedal only 29 miles; with side trips that increased to 36. Today we take mileage up to 49. Turning onto the […]
I scream. You scream. We all scream for ice cream
We all have weaknesses, but one of the most elemental is ice cream. particularly in the summer. As we were checking out of our hotel on Sunday, one of the employees was giving Ted the low down on where we should go for ice cream. And Kenny’s was on the top of the list. It […]
A full day: Afternoon
After a filling lunch (Ted had oyster tacos, I a non-seafood burger) we headed off. We had probably biked 25 miles so the rest of the day should not be too difficult. While I was tempted to have a beer for lunch as did Ted, but my poor tolerance for alcohol prevented such an indulgence […]
A gorgeous weed: Lupines
As we closed in on PEI the other day, we started to notice increasing amounts of lupines as a roadside weed. Appearing with more regularity, these spiky blooms of pink, white, blue and purple flowers form little oases of color against their green backdrop. And once we get to PEI, their frequency and popularity explodes. […]
Happy 484th birthday!
We make a quick stop at the Jacques Cartier Provincial Park, a park that offers red sand beaches and spots for camping. There are a good number of campers in the park but far from what would be here if this were in the states with such a lovely view and vantage on a holiday […]
From the Cape
After a seemingly endless ride from Charlottetown, our driver Dan dropped Ted and me off at North Cape at the far north-west end of Prince Edwards Island. The day is clear without a cloud in the sky. At the Cape, there is a wind power research facility as well as well over a dozen huge […]