North Rustico - PEI

I tagged along with Frenchie as he did sales calls in the North Rustico area. We stopped at the Great Canadian Soap Company on the way. I got to talk to some baby goats who then tried to eat my hair. The store was interesting, but the goat milk soaps still carried a sickeningly sweet after-smell like an old, sweaty udder that perfume could not disguise. As we drove towards the water, it was so unbelievably cold and blustery for the end of June, I regretted not digging out my winter coat before going over to the Island. North Rustico is a pretty coastal area full of sand dunes and spots where tourists can go out sight-seeing and fishing on rented boats. I sat in the car most of day reading maps while Frenchie did his heat pump spiel to potato farmers and guys who ride Harley's to Mexico. 

Cape Wolfe - North Cape Coastal Drive - PEI

We drove out to this more desolate part of Prince Edward Island on a wild goose chase to look at some old, run down RV in PEI's North Cape area. Not without it's own charm - the area looks like old Ireland, but with huge, metal windmills everywhere. Guessin' it gets a little windy in these parts, although the molinos (as they are called in Spanish) were at a standstill the day we drove through. And even though the Frenchman has been all over PEI, he had not been here prior. After checking out the old, over-priced RV, we headed back via the Cedar Dunes Provincial Park area, Glenwood, and the the Big Pierre Jacques River area. Then it was back to Highway 2 arguing the entire way about why whenever we get out to a supposed gas station listed on the GPS, it looks like the 1956 remnants of nuclear testing in Arizona. Frankly, I'm old school and like paper maps.  

Victoria-by-the-Sea - Prince Edward Island

Oh Victoria, you so beauty. This four block square little village, first formed in 1819, of beach, greenery and gorgeous little houses, looks like a movie set. It is just too cute for words. We went there when were little in the way of tourists and the small adjacent beach had just few local families swimming on the beach and jumping off the wharf. Personally, the jumping off the wharf into dark water looked a little scary to me, but all the little kids didn't seem to think it was a big deal. The wharf has a couple of amazing eateries like the Lobster Barn Pub & Eatery. The food was great, the decor even better, and it seemed like my Mom was in back making my salad. It was a pleasant surprise. All in all, well worth a visit. There are chocolates, pottery, crafts and EVEN ... drum roll ... wood-fired oven-baked pizzas - which you could literally smell on the way out of town - doesn't get any better than that!