The topography that exists in this park is found in only two places in the world, Greenwich and somewhere in Germany. It is a beautiful beyond words and I really believe that if God lived somewhere it would be on Greenwich beach.
I wished I lived there!!!! In , and was later inhabited by David Jr. Maud lived near by, when she was growing up. She had many adventures, exploring the Anne of Green Gables property. This is how Maud discovered memorable places she would later put into her best selling novels. It is a representation of our history and our accomplishments over the last century, in literature and equality. It is a reminder of our childhoods. In a society that rarely spends time appreciating nature and the simple things, the Anne of Green Gables house and property reminds us of our history and country, as something that should be recognized and appreciated.
The house is like many other farmhouses around Canada. Its only difference is the magic in and around it that so easily inspired a classic, that truly represents how beautiful Canada, and its people are. Back on the south side of the island, west of Summerside, Linkletter Provincial Park was one of our favourite campsites of the summer.
We could step out of the van, walk 15 metres right into the warm, shallow waters of the Northumberland Strait. We also spent time on wild beaches, like Cable Head on the north shore, where we enjoyed a van lunch followed by rock collecting and beach wading.
There is certainly no shortage of beaches on PEI. You have only to follow any side road leading to the water. We ate our fair share of the famous spuds while on the island.
Fried, boiled, mashed, and in the form of hand pies and perogies. When it comes to eating and drinking, there is plenty to recommend. Remember to always listen to the locals. They know where to eat! That is how we found out about Gallants and Co, located in a strip mall on the outskirts of Charlottetown. We had the most delicious chowder, biscuits, crab cakes, salad and cinnamon buns there. Not all at once! We stocked up on beans which we brewed right up until we arrived home.
We stocked up a couple of times during the month on great bread, fresh greens, sweet heirloom tomatoes, cheeses, sausages, cider, samosas, pierogies, komboucha, and a terrific variety of vegetables. But I like rainy mornings real well, too. We had a few rainy days and stormy nights, which made the sunny days that much better. Rainy days make great driving days, reading days, sitting inside drinking tea days. On one such day, we woke up smiling, listening to the waves roll into shore while remembering the previous evening spent around a dinner table with new friends.
Having read great reviews of the Handpie Company in Albany, we made sure our route included stopping there for lunch.
They were so good we made sure we had room in our tiny freezer to stow four of them away to enjoy when we got back to Ontario.
There we met and made new friends, including two very witty and friendly guys from Montreal. We drank beer and ate wood-fired pizza while listening to our friend play guitar and sing. By the time we made it to our campsite that night, at Brudenell Provincial Park, we were happy to have been alive on such a day. Harvest Hosts offer paid memberships whereby we may camp at wineries, breweries, and farm markets, provided they have room and we make a purchase from the host.
The first host was Island Hill Farm, a goat milk soap-producing farm with a cafe on site. The cafe hosts are two warm, friendly, engaging, and entertaining islanders named Baker Joe and Willow.
The kids were very fond of climbing the red sandstone cliffs on the beach just outside of our campsite and after just one round, anything they wore that had white or light colors in it was toast. The locals laughed and suggested we wear red or black swimsuits next time. One of the activities at the campground was making mud shirts, which involved dipping a white tee-shirt in red mud, throwing it in a plastic bag and letting it bake in the sun for a few days.
Afterward, you throw it in the wash and ta-da! A red mud-dyed shirt. Basin Head boasted a very nice beach, complete with the ubiquitous towering red sandstone cliffs topped with evergreens. The sand on this beach is very unique. It's primarily composed of white silica that is just the right size and spherical in shape with the result that walking on it produces a surprisingly loud scrunching noise.
It's known as the "singing sands. We spend a lot of time at beaches, whether it's on Lake Erie, Lake Huron or Cape Cod and we're pretty accustomed to creatures that are washed ashore. The beaches on the South shore of PEI were swimming with jellyfish.
I mean literally swimming. They were in the water, in the tidal pools and fist-sized or larger purple jellyfish littered the beach when the tide went out.
I believe the ones we saw were Arctic Red Jellyfish , but I'm not entirely certain. The boys got up the nerve to touch one they feel like jelly , but we were always careful to avoid the tentacles.
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