A loop drive around some of PEI

Today Pat and Nancy had things to do, so Cathie and I went on a little tour. Some areas we've been to before, and some were new to us. Just a nice drive on a beautiful day.

First we headed to Summerside, via some back roads. This blossoming potato field caught our eye:

Once in Summerside we stopped by their waterfront area. There was an Arts and Crafts exhibit going on so we went in. Not too many exhibits, but high quality:

This fellow was showing some of his wood carvings

Look at the detail on this one!

 

He had a table set up outside the main entrance, and was working on a new carving. He doesn't sell his models, he's just a dedicated enthusiastic carver.

Once inside there were more and varied exhibits. Here's a small sampling:

A knitted vest, asking $300.

Golden eagle, not for sale. It was a large bird!

 

Leaving Summerside we followed the coastline as much as possible, dropping in to several little PEI Provincial day-use parks:

Picnic lunch at Linkletter park. See the PEI bridge on the water horizon?

Union Corner, another accessible beach for families, free day use access

So nice that much of PEI coastline is so accessible to residents and tourists

An interesting cottage design:

We drove by a large array of floats, likely a mussel-raising operation:

We don't often see this large an area of floats

 

Later we stopped by Malpeque Bay to see about a few oysters for Cathie and Nancy, and also picked up some scallops for a suppertime picnic:

A lot of fishing boats dock here, a pretty harbour

Adding up and packaging our purchases

 

Scallops in the skillet shortly afterwards, at the nearby Cabot Point day use Prov Park area

 After dinner we carried on, stopping at the beach near Adams Beach Cottages. The road into the Adams Cottages is a public road with parking at the end near a beautiful beach:

We stayed a week at the front cottage (Barbara's) with friends a number of years ago

A 2-minute walk to the beach. There are a few people here, further up the beach

The same beach section, from the water. Only knee-deep here.