"One
Day at a Time, 2015” ..... Canada ..... (July 16th - August 19th)
….. August 13
August 13– Day 29 -
We were uncertain what to do today what with Zoey not
feeling 100% but we only had one day left in PEI, and we still had so much to
see. So we decided to take the princess
with us and see as much as we could.
Today we planned to investigate the North Cape. In order to get there, we had to take Route 2
again to Kingston, but this time we headed south down to Summerside,
the island’s second-largest city. Outside
of the town and standing in the right place, you
can get a glimpse of the Confederation bridge.
We decided that we’d better take the faster route to the North Cape instead of meandering our way alongside the ocean. However, I directed Bruce to exit Route 2 near Unionvale. He didn’t know why or where I was taking him but laughed when we pulled into the parking lot at the Canadian Potato Museum in O’Leary, PEI, home of the largest potato and the yearly Potato Blossom Festival. We treated ourselves to lunch there enjoying some potato chowder, freshly-made French fries, and seaweed pie. Yes, you read that right. (Neither of us cared much for it.) He didn’t want to take a tour of the museum nor would he let me take his picture but I did take a picture of the potato! (I finally got to stop at one of the stops featured on the Roadside.America.com website.) (And it’s in Canada!)
We decided that we’d better take the faster route to the
North Cape instead of meandering our way alongside the ocean. However, I directed Bruce to exit Route 2
near Unionvale. He didn’t know why or where
I was taking him but laughed when we pulled into the parking lot at the Canadian Potato Museum in O’Leary,
PEI, home of the largest potato and the yearly Potato Blossom Festival. We treated ourselves to lunch there enjoying
some potato chowder, freshly-made French fries, and seaweed pie. Yes, you read that right. (Neither of us cared much for it.) He didn’t want to take a tour of the museum
nor would he let me take his picture but I made him take mine in front of the
potato! (I finally got to stop at one of
the stops featured on the Roadside.America.com
website.) (And it’s in Canada!)
We decided to continue on coastal road 14 and went through Miminegash
(Where I was hoping to catch a glimpse of someone harvesting sea moss.) (Sea Moss makes compost.)
and Skinners
Pond (home of Stompin’
Tom Connors) before arriving at North Cape.
We headed into North Cape known for the North
Cape Interpretive Centre (home of the longest rock reef) and the Atlantic Wind Test Site. At this point in our day, we realized that
our Miss Zoey was not going to get any better; in fact, we felt she was
worse. So after each of us just doing a
quick walk around, we started back to Cornwall.
I didn't take very many pictures up in North Cape so you might want to look at the links.
I had been looking forward to stopping in Tignish. Why?
It just sounded like a neat place to stop! I had read about the beauty and simplicity about the town including the
St. Simon and St. Jude Cathholic Church and the Tignish Run and Judes Point
Harbour Wharf which is home to the largest inshore fishing fleet in Prince
Edward Island. But with our baby sick,
we headed back to the Cornwall Veterinary Clinic.
The doctor there definitely advised us to consider taking
her into the Atlantic Veterinary College as soon as possible. She made arrangements for us to do so
tomorrow.
We went back to our campground and spoke with Donna, the
manager at our KOA. She found us a spot
for tomorrow (right on the beach front) and then another spot further back in
the pines. We were very grateful for her
help and compassion.
Posted October 3, 2015
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