Peter & Karen Pecksen

Lighthouses and Fall Colours

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Another beautiful day means another road trip to a new part of the island.

A 332km drive to the SE corner of the island.

We started out our day by heading to the Summerside COVID testing site for our mandatory follow up COVID test after our arrival in PEI. Negative again. Their organization and no nonsense approach to the whole situation is quite refreshing. After that, it was off to the SE corner of the island.

After passing through Charlottetown our first stop was Point Prim. The lighthouse here is the oldest in PEI, built in 1845. It is also the only round brick lighthouse in Canada.
Our luck with the autumn colours is still holding.
The Cape Bear Lighthouse built in 1881. It is unfortunate that nearly all museums, lighthouses and points of interest are closed at this time of year. However the upside is you never have to worry about crowds.
The beautiful coastlines and red soil make this a wonderful place to photograph.
This smaller lighthouse just down from the Cape Bear lighthouse was on Beach Point. We are finding that it is so worthwhile to simply drive down some of the unmarked roadways to see what is at the end.

We were able to find an open diner in Murray River and enjoyed a tasty meal at Millstone Grill. Certainly we had heard about east coast hospitality and we can now attest that it is very true. The staff here, as they have been at every place we have stopped have been exceptional.

When we arrived in Montague we continued our quest to visit all the breweries on the island. The oatmeal stout I had at Copper Bottom Brewery was amongst the best I have had since we have been here. The town itself is beautiful and we look forward to returning here next month for a visit.
As we wrapped up the day we tried to stay off the main roads and were amply rewarded.
Great colours in the rearview mirror as we head home.

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One response to “Lighthouses and Fall Colours”

  1. Liz Avatar
    Liz

    It is a beautiful province and you have shown it off beautifully with your awesome photos.
    I just love that red, iron rich soil
    Rémy says hello!
    Enjoy
    Xo

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