Prince Edward Island- Visit #2

Confederation Bridge

We decided to make a second visit to Prince Edward Island, this time to the west side.  We have never travelled to the west side in our PEI visits.     We have been royally treated by the islanders.  Our first night, we stayed at Sun and Shade Campground in Borden-Carleton, near the Confederation Bridge.  That evening, the park owners along with other locals entertained in country western fashion.  Harold Noye and his family entertain Fri and Sat nights for the Halifax Children’s Hospital charity and have raised about $60 000 dollars.  It was wonderful.

While there, Cowboy and I walked the Confederation Trail, part of the cross-Canada trail system and constructed on the now defunct rail line.  Our walk took us between concessions; at the southern end, I could see the Confederation Bridge.

A 1932  Willys Jeep

The next day, we travelled to Port Hill and Green Park Provincial Park and again were entertained by the locals.  Sunday, about 50 antique cars assembled in the park.  The cars were in mint condition;  two of them are the only ones like them in Canada.  There are only three Willy-s Jeeps like this one left in Canada.  For the hood ornament, the owner was offered $12 000 dollars and he turned it down...this one is authentic, the replacement would have been plastic.
The 1989 Curtland is a Ford product and is very rare; it is built on a mustang frame, but looks nothing like a Mustang.  It has 8000 original miles as it has been in  an Ontario storage for 21 years of its life.

1989 Curtland powered by Ford

 Today, we visited North Cape and the Wind Energy Research Station.  A long spit of reef off the tip reaches out into the Strait, touted to be the longest reef in PEI.  A gentleman with binoculars spotted a walrus sunning on the reef; thousands of cormorants  rested after a feeding frenzy and seagulls drifted overhead.

Stompin' Tom's Home at Skinner's

Further down the coast, we visited Skinner’s Pond, the boyhood home of Stompin’ Tom Conners.  We viewed the beach from the dunes and boardwalk, as well as the harbour. The peak at the backside of the house has Tom's boot nailed to it.  The beach has the whitest of sand; it was great to hear the gulls as they flew over the shore in hunt of dinner as well as the lapping waters of the Northumberland Strait.