Lighthouses and Lunch with Friends

Today is overcast with misty rain off and on. Oh well, you don’t control the weather and you certainly don’t let it stop you for going out and seeing things! So off I go, let’s find a couple more lighthouses. I head to the other side of this area to a place called Howard’s Cove. There is a fishing operation here but also a lighthouse! This is the smallest lighthouse I have ever seen. It is up on a hill but it only stands about 10 meters (30 feet) tall! It is your typical red and white. Apparently, this is more of a signal house for the fishing boats coming into the cove. I think it still counts and so it will make it into this blog.

After the lighthouse I head over to see Donna and Bill. I worked with Donna in the Tin Mill for years. Although they still live in Caledonia (near Hamilton) most of the year, they summer down here in P.E.I. Donna’s family is from here and she is literally a stones throw from all her aunts and cousins. They have a lovely place with a nice deck overlooking the water. You can see the fishing boats coming in and out from Howard’s Cove right from her deck! Bill took me down by the water and there is a spring that runs from inland down to the sea. It forms a little waterfall and is running at a very good flow. Nothing that Niagara Falls has to worry about for competition but still it is a waterfall in P.E.I.! Donna has made a very nice lunch and we sit and gab for a few hours. We catch up on all the goings on from people we knew at work and I tell her about my travels. It is a very nice afternoon. Donna sends me home with some molasses cookies which are unique to P.E.I. I’ll have to find the recipe because they were very good. Thanks Donna and Bill!

The last stop of the day is the lighthouse at West Point. This one is unique in that you can actually stay there! They have rooms and a restaurant inside the working lighthouse. There is something different. The other thing different is that this one is black and white. They have a museum that you can go through and you can walk the entire height of the lighthouse. It gets much steeper as you go up but the views are great! This is a large lighthouse and it also sits up on a hill to warn off the ships.

This has been a busy day (for me anyways), I head back to my place to pack up. Tomorrow, I head to a different part of the island for my 4 final days on the island.Meer informatie