Saturday October 21, 2006

Saturday we headed out to the west to find out what the quieter part of the island had to offer. Turns out, lots of things are closed at this point, but we made the best of it. We first headed to Cavendish Beach where Meg and I did some solid sea glass searching and photo taking. The sandstone and sand dunes were just beautiful! It was a little cold and windy, but it was still a lot of fun. From there, we headed into Tyne Valley, which appears to be hopping during the summer with their oyster festival, but October looks a bit different. In fact, it was extremely quiet. It’s probably a well deserved rest from the tourists all summer long. We went through the four corners, and made our way to Lennox Island. Again, it was pretty well closed up for the season, but it was a fun drive out there. Getting a bit hungry, we headed back into Tyne Valley to the general store, slash movie rental store, slash restaurant where we both had fish and chips. From their, we wanted to head out to the West Point. We decided upon a short cut that entailed an unpaved road. With all the rain, we were presented with some large puddles, but it wasn’t anything that the Malibu couldn’t handle! Side note, Chevy Malibu not too shabby in mudding conditions! Back on paved road, we drove out to West Point lighthouse for some pictures and a bit of a walk on the beach the yielded a bit more sea glass. After that, we saw a bit more glass, but used in a very different way. The Cape Egmont Bottlehouses were a labor of love for one local Acadian resident of PEI. After his daughter visited bottle houses in British Columbia, he decided to build his own. The light coming through the now three structures was beautiful and made for great pictures. It was a very unique place to visit. We actually interrupted the woman who owns the property, the builder’s daughter, from her dinner. She was nice enough to open up for us and allow us to go through. We finished our driving by arriving in Summerside, and the Silver Fox Inn. Turns out that the island was known for its fox pelts, hence the Silver Fox. The room and entire home were beautiful. We asked for some thoughts on where to go for dinner, and the hotel down the street was mentioned. We got a table at the Loyalist Hotel, where we had a great time with the food, hockey night in Canada, and the waitress mistaking us for locals. We opted to walk around a little bit after dinner, and found ourselves at Sobey’s where we picked up a few snacks. We then headed to the huge bed waiting for us and the inn.