East Coast Trail

Charlottetown, Canada

Today’s mission was to tackle the east coast portion of the island. The beauty of this island just doesn’t stop – from lighthouses, to quaint fishing ports, to great seafood restaurants and a never ending choice of fabulous beaches. It was up to a high of 25 degrees today with mostly full sunshine so the beaches were a little more populated, but still if you want a beach holiday where you have your choice of fabulous sand of various shades along with amenities and lots of space for castle making, this is the place to be. Basin Head Beach was named the Best Beach in North America in 2013 according to one of the information folks. It also has been called the Singing Sands, because of the high silicon content it makes squishy noises when you walk on it. I wasn’t able to hear the noise, to be honest over the roar of the waves coming in, but I’ll take their word for it. I joined up with the recommended trail about 11 am and by 5 pm, having skipped some parts to make better time, I wasn’t anywhere close to being near the end of the trail. I hightailed it back to Charlottetown though in time to pick up tickets for a newer Anne of Green Gables play, called Anne and Gilbert. Not to be a spoiler, I think it involves them becoming friends instead of enemies. There is not much explanation required for the below pics. And yes, there are some lupin pictures.