Well today was a gorgeous day, Sunny and warm and no cold wind. It was so nice that we decided to hop in the car and go down St-Peter’s Road to the beach, we usually go North to Brackley Point Beach but today we decided to look into another area.
This is following Hwy 2 North-East about a 30 minute leisurely drive. Funny enough from our house to the cut-off to St-Peter’s Road which is just next to the airport runway, now quiet because no flights are coming here. There was some traffic and then suddenly a lot more traffic. Note a lot of traffic on PEI is 15 cars.
The reason was the Agency Liquor Store at the Irving Gas Station on St-Peter’s Road. It’s open longer hours than the Government Liquor Stores and has more hard liquor, you know the hard stuff, the brown stuff, like Bourbon. The clientele goes with the Liquor. After that it was clear sailing, the road to St-Peter’s Harbour suddenly becomes unpaved and is basically the red dirt road typical of the Island. It was dry and not muddy, red mud is sticky and clings to everything. Driving on it is difficult, I still have my big winter tires on the car because of the Pandemic I did not want to go to the garage to have them change etc, I now have an appointment for the end of May. Winter tires gives better traction anyway.
We had never been to that area of the Island and discovered that it is a Nature Preserve with very high sand dunes that look like the grand canyon but not quite. With high Marram grass growing on top, the grass is planted by volunteers to protect the dunes. The area behind the Marram Grass covered sand dunes is a mix of wetland, plants, grasses and maritime shrubs and shallow ponds of water which rise or ebb with the tides, perfect for ducks and other aquatic fauna. The dunes are so high that you do not hear the Sea until you follow the marked sandy path across. The dunes are protected and to avoid damaging them people are asked to stick to walking on the beach.
The sand was warm today to the touch and despite nice waves the wind was very light. I have always been fascinated by the immensity of the Sea, it looks infinite. However if you look at the map you will see that we are clearly in the Gulf of St-Lawrence.
The quiet of the beach and the fresh air is exhilirating. The only noise is the surf and bird songs. The Piping Plover nest on the beach and you have to be careful when walking around, it’s a little bird and it camouflage itself with the natural colours around. It is also an endangered species only 6000 in the World.
Near the beach and at the end of the road you can see some beach houses, some are expensive looking but they really only function from May to September. You would not want to live in the area in Winter with the terrible fierce storms, unreliable electricity and rural mud roads. In Winter such roads are not plowed so become impassible. I would love to live at the beach like that in the Summer.
The nice thing about beaches in PEI is that they are very clean, quiet and not overrun with people.
Today was a nice break from the City, we came home, had a nice Osso Buco for dinner and our neighbour surprised us with a Coconut cream pie she had made, it was delicious.
Uncle Pervy said:
You walked on my favourite beach in PEI. It is quiet and peaceful. There are no crowds. Thank you for the pictures. This is the beach where I went with Nora and Cathleen for the sunset the day before the hurricane. It is where I took the lovely sunset that I want to make into a hooked wall hanging or a fabric quilt hanging or both.
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larrymuffin said:
I did not know that
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Moving with Mitchell said:
How beautiful… and dessert!
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larrymuffin said:
the dessert I am sure you would have liked, it was excellent
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rjjs8878 said:
Simply beautiful!
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Brian Dean Powers said:
I like your beach pictures. Particularly because there are no crowds on them.
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larrymuffin said:
The beaches ring the Island so even at the height of Summer you will see a handful of people, always pleasant.
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mcpersonalspace54 said:
I loved looking at all of your photos. I loved PEI when I was there in 1993. It is a magical place.
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larrymuffin said:
Well the Island has changed since 1993. But you probably would find similarities. Looks like 2021 now before anyone is allowed to come to PEI to visit.
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mcpersonalspace54 said:
I know. I can’t wait for this to be over.
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Ron said:
Very nice. Thank you for sharing. Natural beauty is always the best.
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JACKIE SUE DENNEY said:
I wannnnnna come there.
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larrymuffin said:
Well come and visit when we re-open whenever that is probably next year 2021.
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